The annual gathering at Donington for Download Festival has unfortunately been canceled in the wake of the current Covid-19 crisis. The good news is that festival organizers have pivoted to find a way to bring the international festival experience to cozy confines of your living room. From June 12th to June 14th the Download Festival Youtube Channel will features exclusive content, unseen performances, and artist Q & A’s from a top tier collection of artists.
The format of the programming will feature day and evening blocks of performances with KISS helming the charge on Friday night, Iron Maiden shredding on Saturday, and System of A Down closing out Sunday. The complete list of featured artists is below.
KISS
Iron Maiden
System Of A Down
Alestorm
Alter Bridge
Babymetal
Baroness
Black Futures
Black Veil Brides
Bowling For Soup
Bush
Creeper
Deftones
Disturbed
Employed To Serve
Fozzy
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
Funeral For A Friend
Gojira
Holding Absence
Killswitch Engage
Korn
Lacuna Coil
Loathe
Mastodon
Milk Teeth
Motionless In White
NXT UK
Periphery
Poppy
Powerwolf
Skillet
Steel Panther
The Darkness
The Hara
The Offspring
The Pretty Reckless
The Wildhearts
Theory
Twin Temple
Volbeat
Wage War
Wayward Sons
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