U.K.’s Download festival has announced KISS, BIFFY CLYRO and SYSTEM OF A DOWN as its 2021 headliners, plus many more of the world’s most exciting bands in rock, punk, hardcore and metal including KORN, DEFTONES, STEEL PANTHER and THE DISTILLERS will return for Download 2021, with even more yet to be announced.
Festival will take place on June 4-6, 2021 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. Tickets will go on sale at 9 a.m. on Friday, Augut 7 via downloadfestival.co.uk/tickets.
SYSTEM OF A DOWN bassist Shavo Odadjian comments: “We’re disappointed we weren’t able to make it over this year, but we’re looking forward to next. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. Mostly, we all just want to make sure everyone is provided with a safe and secure environment, so we were prepared to wait as long as we needed to.”
Download 2021 festival lineup is as follows:
A DAY TO REMEMBER
A.A. WILLIAMS
AIRBOURNE
ALESTORM
ANCHOR LANE
BARONESS
BIFFY CLYRO
BLACK VEIL BRIDES
BLACKOUT PROBLEMS
BLEED FROM WITHIN
BLUES PILLS
BOKASSA
BUSH
CELLAR DOOR MOON CROW
CEMETERY SUN
CONTROL THE STORM
CREEPER
DAUGHTRY
DEAD LABEL
DEAD POSEY
DEFTONES
DIRTY HONEY
DYING FETUS
ELECTRIC WIZARD
EMPLOYED TO SERVE
FRANK CARTER & THE RATTLESNAKES
FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND
GENDER ROLES
GOJIRA
HAKEN
HATARI
HIGHER POWER
HOLDING ABSENCE
HOT MILK
JAMIE LENMAN
JJ WILDE
JOYOUS WOLF
KILL THE LIGHTS
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KISS
KORN
LACUNA COIL
LOATHE
LOTUS EATER
MARIANAS TRENCH
MASTODON
MODERN ERROR
MYLES KENNEDY & COMPANY
OBITUARY
OF MICE & MEN
P.O.D.
PHOXJAW
POPPY
POWERWOLF
PRESS CLUB
RISE AGAINST
SEPULTURA
SKILLET
SLEEP TOKEN
SPIRITBOX
STEEL PANTHER
STONE BROKEN
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
TEMPLES ON MARS
TEMPT
THE DARKNESS
THE DISTILLERS
THE FAIM
THE HARA
THE PRETTY RECKLESS
THE WILDHEARTS
THEORY
THOSE DAMN CROWS
TINY MOVING PARTS
TWIN TEMPLE
VOLBEAT
WAGE WAR
WARGASM
WAYWARD SONS
WILL HAVEN
