Live Blog: Download Festival 2016 – Saturday

Saturday. Let’s do this!

June 11, 2016

Hello and welcome to the Download Festival 2016 live blog. Catch up with all the gossip, news and backstage antics that happens on the Saturday. Kerrang! is here to bring you the only live blog you need this weekend. SCREAM FOR ME, DONINGTON!

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Features

Simon Neil’s 2025: “Biffy’s had a f*cking great year, even when the world’s been a dumpster fire”

Biffy Clyro frontman Simon Neil looks back on a whirlwind 12 months, talks turkey and stuffing, and ponders the eternal festive question about Die Hard.

News

“Life goal achieved”: Tom Morello and Caleb Shomo join forces for new single, Everything Burns

Watch the video for Tom Morello and Caleb Shomo’s explosive collab Everything Burns, which is available in the latest Final Fantasy XIV update.

Features

The Kerrang! staff’s top albums of 2025

You’ve seen the Kerrang! albums of 2025. Now check out what the staff were all listening to this year…

News

Perry Farrell says he’s “truly sorry” for 2024 Boston bust-up as Jane’s Addiction confirm they’ve resolved their differences

As Perry Farrell apologises for “losing my temper” onstage last year, Jane’s Addiction reveal that they “look forward to the future as we embark on our separate musical and creative endeavours…”

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Avenged Sevenfold’s Zacky Vengeance has released his debut solo song

Hear what Zacky Vengeance has been cooking up in the studio under his real name, Zachary Baker…

News

Ghost have confirmed the end date for their Skeletour

It’s official: Ghost’s Skeletour finishes in February 2026. But is this the end of the band’s live plans for now, or might we get a Re-Skeletour in the future?!

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Taylor Momsen: “I took this thing that I had shunned for so long and turned it into something I can embrace”

It’s famously the most wonderful time of the year, but for Taylor Momsen, the season of goodwill used to be anything but. Now, having spent decades wrestling with the ghost of Christmas past and a certain green fuzzy mountain-dweller, The Pretty Reckless superstar has rediscovered that merry magic and channelled it into reclaiming the past she tried to escape…

News

Waterparks share nostalgic new video for ANY MINUTE NOW

A mixture of footage from their North American headline tour and sweet throwback stuff from the band’s early days, watch Waterparks’ new video for ANY MINUTE NOW.

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Simon Neil’s 2025: “Biffy’s had a f*cking great year, even when the world’s been a dumpster fire”

“Life goal achieved”: Tom Morello and Caleb Shomo join forces for new single, Everything Burns

The Kerrang! staff’s top albums of 2025

Perry Farrell says he’s “truly sorry” for 2024 Boston bust-up as Jane’s Addiction confirm they’ve resolved their differences

Avenged Sevenfold’s Zacky Vengeance has released his debut solo song

Ghost have confirmed the end date for their Skeletour

Taylor Momsen: “I took this thing that I had shunned for so long and turned it into something I can embrace”

Waterparks share nostalgic new video for ANY MINUTE NOW

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