Download Festival 2026 lineup: Second wave of artists confirmed for Donington Park

Download Festival has unveiled a fresh batch of performers who'll be joining the stellar line-up alongside Linkin Park , Limp Bizkit and Guns N' Roses at the highly anticipated 2026 event. " DLXXIII " will showcase some of hard rock and heavy metal's most prominent names at Donington Park this June, where tens of thousands of metalheads will converge for a weekend of either torrential downpours or scorching heat (it's typically one or the other). Following the initial line-up announcement at the close of last year, organisers have now revealed 14 additional artists. Ocala's own metalcore legends A Day to Remember will be making their return to Donington, appearing alongside Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello on the Opus Stage on Sunday (June 14). Sharing the bill with A Day to Remember will be The Primals, a Japanese outfit established in 2014 by Masayoshi Soken, sound director for the video game Final Fantasy XIV, with the group performing heavy metal interpretations of music from the game. English rockers Creeper will also feature, supporting fellow newly announced acts Daughtry on the Opus Stage on Friday (June 12), reports Derbyshire Live . Additional newly confirmed acts include Hot Milk, Conjurer, Decessus and Annisokay, with the complete list of new performers available below: A Day to Remember Annisokay Band-Maid Conjurer Creeper Daughtry Decessus Frozemode Hot Milk Marmozets Private School Silly Goose Stampin' Ground The Primals This follows the initial announcement of over 90 acts by Download last November, assembling some of the genre's biggest artists under one roof (or sky). Linkin Park will headline Sunday's proceedings, with new vocalist Emily Armstrong poised to make her debut before the Donington audience, 12 years after the band's previous Download appearance, prior to legendary frontman Chester Bennington's death in 2017. Ahead of that, rap-metal pioneers Limp Bizkit will deliver their high-octane anthems to the East Midlands on Friday, while Slash, Duff, Axl, and the remaining members take command of the mainstage on Saturday evening (June 13), as Guns N' Roses make their UK comeback. It's certain to be another brilliant festival to kick off the summer, with day tickets now on sale following "huge demand". Download Festival's Kamran Haq said: "We're really proud of our lineup this year, and our second announcement brings further depth and diversity to DLXXIII. We have huge artists like A Day To Remember, Daughtry, Creeper and Hot Milk, as well as bringing Final Fantasy XIV's official band THE PRIMALS to Download for their very first show outside of Asia. "And due to popular demand, Miss World Chile - Ignacia Fernández - will be performing with her band DECESSUS after surprising the world with her incredible death metal vocals a few months ago. We have even more surprises to come, and tickets are selling out faster than ever this year, so this is your last chance to snap up the final remaining tickets."