This morning at 8am DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL announced their first round of mouth-watering line up additions.
SLIPKNOT, JUDAS PRIEST, BLACK STONE CHERRY and FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH are the first bands to be confirmed for the 2015 festival, and what a start!
There was no way ‘Knot wouldn’t play download. Promoting their new album “5: The Gray Chapter” and kicking off their UK tour in January it was unlikely they would skip with notorious heavy metal weekend.
Frontman COREY TAYLOR comments: "Being invited back to Download always feels like coming home. Headlining for the third time feels like the culmination of a life's dream – it's an honour and we're all looking forward to it."
JUDAS PRIEST, who last appeared at the festival in 2008, say: "We're thrilled to be performing at Download 2015 as the band continues its 40th anniversary Redeemer of Souls World Tour, bringing us home to hear the roar of our Priest family."
BLACK STONE CHERRY guitarist BEN WILLS says: "To come back as headliners of the second stage, for the second time, is just unreal. We'll be back to rock your ass and give you the best show we can." BSC were last year’s “secret band” for Download.
FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH’s guitarist ZOLTAN BATHORY comments: "Download is a bona fide global rock'n'roll destination. Everyone brings their A-game – the bands and the audience. You rarely see crazy crowds like this. It's the place where we may have broken the record for biggest crowd surfing in recorded history." This will be the band’s first Download appearance since their two-part album release “The Wrong Side of Heaven and The Righteous Side of Hell”
Tickets will be on sale from Thursday 20th November 9am.
Further updates soon.
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