You want to know who is playing Download Festival 2026 and on what day?! All the answers are waiting for you here! If you want to know what time and the exact awful clashes you’re going to have to cope with, that information traditionally doesn’t come until much closer to festival time. Regardless of that,…
Our friends over at Download Festival HQ have been teasing their next announcement for just over a week now. We’re pretty sure it is going to be the second (and maybe last?) set of new bands and artists joining the line up. As Download tradition goes, this second announcement feels pretty late. But then, not…
Download Festival may have been playing catch up to other festivals in terms of the timing of their announcement this year – but they have just unleashed an almighty first announcement for the 2026 Download Festival Line Up! Headlining this years’ annual Donington Park pilgrimage are nu metal legends Limp Bizkit, classic rock icons Guns…
The final day of Download often sees sore heads and tired limbs, and 2025 was no different. Nonetheless, excitement was still very much hanging in the air for KoRn’s first headline set, the return of Spiritbox and much, much more. If you haven’t yet had the chance to check out our in-depth review of the…
We all know that Download Festival starts as soon as the gates open on a Wednesday lunchtime. With many fantastic events like The Takeover and some of our friends doing awesome DJ sets, District X and The Doghouse are definitely the place to be for the early arrivals. For Download 2025, it felt like the…
Our Download Festival 2025 preview has reached the final day! Having brought you Team Rock Sins’ thoughts on day one (Friday) and day two (Saturday), here we are with the preview of the last day of action; The Sunday of Download 2025. Arguably the most stacked line up of all three days, there are some…
Ahhhh, Download middle Saturday. The time when everyone is nicely settled in. Middle Saturday at Download 2025 has a very eclectic feeling. In fact, we put it to Download’s Senior Promoter Kamran Haq that it just might be the most eclectic main stage line up a day at the festival has ever had! Following on…
We are very much into the final countdown before the gates of Donington open for the 2025 Download Festival! We’ve got features aplenty to keep eager attendees excited as they countdown the days, and up today is our preview of the festival’s first full day of entertainment. Recently we caught up with Download Senior Booker…
It’s the final countdown to the 2025 Download Festival! With the gates of Donington opening in just six days, and the arena fully open a couple of days after, excitement is building. Rock Sins caught up with Download Festival Senior Booker Kamran Haq recently to cover a huge range of topics about this years’ Download….
Having just celebrated Record Store Day 2025 (see our recommended best release pick up’s for that on this post), the Download Festival team have another glut of announcements for everyone! This includes the full District X programme – but more on that later! The one that ties in most closely to RSD 2025 is the…
The Vengabus is coming, and Donington will be jumping! Last years’ excellent District X line up at Download Festival 2024 featured everything from Slay Duggee to awesome DJ sets to an unforgettable Bowling For Soup acoustic set. The 2025 District X line up is off to one hell of a start. Dutch Eurodance royalty Vengaboys…
After a wonderful but soggy first day on the hallowed Donington turf, we arrived at the excitement of Middle Saturday for Download Festival 2024. If you’ve not yet seen it, please catch up with our review of all the action from the Friday of Download 2024! Despite the organisers efforts, conditions hadn’t improved any, with…
