Download Festival 2026 Announces Second Wave of Artists

Download Festival 2026 Expands Line-Up with A Day To Remember, THE PRIMALS and More

The already highlight-packed line-up of Download Festival 2026 apparently hasn’t caused enough chaos yet and now releases a second wave of artists — names that are hard to greet with anything other than an approving nod. A musical mix is good. More is better. Download seems to agree.

Alongside headline giants Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses, and Linkin Park, things get a little more punk-infused with new arrival A Day To Remember. Also stepping onto English — and generally Western — soil for the first time outside Asia: THE PRIMALS, the official band of Final Fantasy XIV.

Still haven’t spotted your absolute favourites in this sea of names? Good news — more have been thrown into the mix. Efficiently, in rapid-fire form:

Creeper, Daughtry, Hot Milk, Silly Goose, Marmozets, Band-Maid, Stampin’ Ground, Frozemode, Conjurer, Annisokay, Private School and Decessus — the Santiago death metal outfit fronted by current Ignacia Fernández.

When? June 10 – June 14, 2026
Where? Donington Park

Download Festival promoter Kamran Haq says:

We’re really proud of our line-up 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.

Last chance indeed. And for anyone who feels five full days might be slightly excessive, there’s no need to panic — day tickets are now available. Anyone paying with PayPal will have exclusive 48-hour presale access to day tickets from 10am on February 23 with the general onsale beginning at 10am on Wednesday, February 25.

Whether it’s one day, two days, or all of them for those with slightly too much energy — tickets and further information can be found here.

For those wanting even more details on the first line-up announcement, you can read our previous article here.