Reviews Take your crown! Linkin Park reclaim their throne at Download Download 2026 gets an immense finale as Linkin Park return to Donington...
Reviews The time of your knife! How Ice Nine Kills slaughtered Download Spencer Charnas and his murderous men hit the Apex Stage with a glorious amount of blood, fire and death
Reviews Surprise! What happened at Skindred's secret Download set The Newport Helicopter makes an unscheduled landing at Download as Skindred hit The Dogtooth Stage
Reviews Ready to break: What happened at Spitting Glass' Download debut For the fourth show in their short career so far, Spitting Glass set out to shatter the Dogtooth Stage...
Features Scooter: “It’s going to be full-on party mode, so Download better be ready for us!” Download’s most left-field booking to date, Scooter, are here to give Donington the full rave experience. Here, legendary frontman H.P Baxxter talks all things metal and why it's going to be a night to remember...
Reviews Guns akimbo! Guns N' Roses give Download Festival flashes of brilliance The Most Dangerous Band In The World still know how to deliver the odd knockout blow across mammoth, exhaustive three-hour show...
Reviews Drama, danger, disgustingly good riffs: What happened when Architects headlined Download's Opus Stage Architects get "very naughty" at their chaotic, brilliant Download Festival outing...
Reviews The big review: Download 2026 – Saturday From Guns N' Roses to Lowen: all the action from the second day of Download 2026!
Reviews "A different sort of celebration": How Limp Bizkit triumphed at their Download 2026 headliner Freddy D and co bring the mosh, the foolishness, and a surprising degree of gravitas to their Download mega-show
Reviews "It’s Download cranked all the way to 11": How Electric Callboy got the party started at Download 2026 Electric Callboy bring the bants to the Main Stage and get a whole field dancing like nobody's watching...
Reviews The big review: Download 2026 – Friday Bounce in the moshpit! We bring you all the madness from Download 2026 as it happens in our massive live review!
News Ice Nine Kills announce huge show at The O2 for next year We've spotted a poster on site at Download Festival confirming that Ice Nine Kills are playing The O2 in 2027...
Reviews Album review: Sublime – Until The Sun Explodes Cult favourite reggae rockers Sublime return after 30 years with bloated and boring fourth album
News Muse announce massive The Wow! Signal UK and EU tour The Teignmouth trio are doing the double at the O2 in November
News Listen to Imminence’s bombastic new single The Sword That Never Bends "The Sword That Never Bends came alive in a way that immediately defined both the sound and the themes of where Imminence is headed next," the band say of their new single.
