Download update: further bands confirmed for rock fest

by Mike Diver [Edit this content] ▾ 19 comments 11:42 April 13th, 2007

The Donnington Park-held Download Festival - a three-dayer running from June 8 'til June 10 - has confirmed a handful more acts.

Added to the already meaty line-up are Drive By Argument, I Was A Cub Scout, Anj and Blood Simple. The bill currently looks like this:

My Chemical Romance
Linkin Park
Iron Maiden
30 Seconds To Mars
Bowling For Soup
Bring Me The Horizon
Buckcherry
Dragonforce
Devildriver
Dimmu Borgir
Dream Theater
Enter Shikari
Evanescence
Gallows
Killswitch Engage
Korn
Lamb Of God
Machine Head
Marilyn Manson (pictured)
Megadeth
Mötley Crüe
Shadows Fall
Slayer
Turbonegro
Velvet Revolver
Wolfmother
I Was A Cub Scout
Bloodsimple
Turisas
Drive By Argument
Anj

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meh

that is all

tobythecat | 13 Apr '07, 11:44 | X | Reply

ouch.

Wouldn't mind seeing Maiden and Turbonegro though.

shucks | 13 Apr '07, 12:08 | X | Reply

zzz...

maybesomeday | 13 Apr '07, 12:36 | X | Reply

There are

some awesome rock titans in there...I wish I was going \m/

To the people above (minus Shuks)....why bother commenting?

Terra @maybesomeday | 13 Apr '07, 13:31 | X | Reply

Forgive my ignorance

but who the hell are Anj?

badgertastic | 13 Apr '07, 14:14 | X | Reply

and for that matter...

what on earth are I was a Cub Scout doing on that list? Maybe Janet Jackson can lend them some minders for the event on the cheap

badgertastic @badgertastic | 13 Apr '07, 14:16 | X | Reply

The few bands I don't mind on there

I've already seen. Seriously what happened? Download 2005 was amazing.

zero1 | 13 Apr '07, 15:54 | X | Reply

Slayer.

That's all. The rest is piffle.

carrot_ram @zero1 | 13 Apr '07, 17:47 | X | Reply

I'm looking forward to this year

I still love how people look at the first few bands confirmed and dismiss the entire festival.

Dalkin | 14 Apr '07, 15:01 | X | Reply

Isnt this EXACTYL THE SAME

as every other year- or am i missing something.

Alex_b | 14 Apr '07, 16:19 | X | Reply

No, it's not

About 2 of those bands played last year.

Dalkin @Alex_b | 15 Apr '07, 11:52 | X | Reply

^

thommo @carrot_ram | 16 Apr '07, 01:55 | X | Reply

carrot ram

speaks the truth

bigmanwithagun @carrot_ram | 16 Apr '07, 04:08 | X | Reply

make that 4

from that list

goddard @Dalkin | 16 Apr '07, 13:47 | X | Reply

goth_mania@msn.com is saying her words

that is one fucked up line up hows about some decent bands not perfectic ones like mcr and stff like that sounds like an emo fest not fucking rock fest suppose it will be depressing all the way but evanescence and Korn are playing. well if people want a rock fest going fucking hellfest better people there will be no emo blood everywhere suppose they just sit in there tents slitting there wrists rather than fucking getting drunk you said emo gits. that my say so for the day. (: goths rule you stupid fucked in the head emo EMO GO HOME

gothmania | 16 Apr '07, 15:44 | X | Reply