Iron Maiden, KISS, Alter Bridge & more for virtual Download Festival | Planet Rock
"Download Festival may not be happening this year, but organisers of the legendary Donington Park rock extravaganza have today (29th May) revealed the line-up for a virtual weekender.
The Download TV weekend takes place on the exact same days as the cancelled festival – Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2020 – and features an array of artists who were scheduled to play Download Festival this summer.
Taking place on the
Download Festival YouTube channel, the three days will be divided into a day and evening schedule, with the evening boasting two to three hours of shows featuring some of your favourite artists.
Broadcast direct to your homes and gardens, the Download TV weekend will feature hours of music, special interviews, unseen performances, exclusive footage and much more.
In keeping with the 2020 line-up, KISS will top the line-up on the Friday night with footage from their last headline slot at Download Festival 2015 being broadcast.
Iron Maiden top the bill on the Saturday evening and Download Festival promises it will be a very special set featuring archive performances, snippets from the Legacy Of The Beast tour, together with an intriguing exclusive just for Download TV.
System of a Down will bring the Download TV weekend to an emphatic close on Sunday 14th June with footage from three of their previous Download Festival performances in 2005, 2011, and 2017.
Other acts confirmed to perform across the weekend include Alter Bridge, Bush, Deftones, The Darkness, Wayward Sons, Steel Panther, Volbeat, Mastodon and The Pretty Reckless.
Daytime activities include cookalongs with MasterChef Simon Wood, vegan superstars BOSH, and the hilarious Nat’s What I Reckon who comes to us from Australia, LIVE artist Q&As, lockdown performances, tutorials, mindfulness sessions, and even content that the Downloaders themselves have provided.
Downloaders are encouraged to erect tents in theirs gardens/living rooms, wear Download merchandise, dress as your rock idols and send in photos and videos using the hashtag #DOWNLOADTV.
The full list of bands on the Download TV line-up are:
KISS
Iron Maiden (Saturday headliner)
System of a Down (Sunday headliner)
Alestorm
Alter Bridge
Babymetal
Baroness
Black Futures
Black Veil Brides
Bowling For Soup
Bush
Creeper
Deftones
Disturbed
Employed To Serve
Fozzy
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
Funeral For A Friend
Gojira
Holding Absence
Killswitch Engage
Korn
Lacuna Coil
Loathe
Mastodon
Motionless In White
NXT UK
Periphery
Poppy
Powerwolf
Skillet
Steel Panther
The Darkness
The Hara
The Offspring
The Pretty Reckless
The Wildhearts
Theory
Twin Temple
Volbeat
Wage War
Wayward Sons