gabrielomachado

in the US festivals that Metallica played twice the headliner of the day between actually played the second mainstage, would it be the same at DL? i can't imagine BMTH or whoever headlines Friday playing at Opus

if the rumours about headliners are true: Apex: METALLICA (hits set) / Ghost / Trivium Opus: Limp Bizkit / Alexisonfire ___ Apex: BRING ME THE HORIZON / Architects / While She Sleeps Opus: Alice In Chains / Stone Temple Pilots ___ Apex: METALLICA (Kill Em All Set) / Parkway Drive / Gojira Opus: The Offspring / Papa Roach ___ Apex: GUNS N'ROSES / Alter Bridge / Halestorm Opus: Lamb Of God / Behemoth Apex and Opus headliners not clashing, Metallica and GNR with 2+ hour set

METALLICA Alter Bridge Gojira 2nd: The Offspring _____ BRING ME THE HORIZON Architects While She Sleeps 2nd: Rob Zombie ______ METALLICA Five Finger Death Punch Trivium 2nd: Halestorm _______ PARKWAY DRIVE Ghost Lamb Of God 2nd: Sabaton

just thinking about how powerful the last few years lineups could have been with a 4th headliner added 2017: LINKIN PARK - SYSTEM OF A DOWN - BIFFY CLYRO - AEROSMITH 2018: FOO FIGHTERS - AVENGED SEVENFOLD - GUNS N'ROSES - OZZY OSBOURNE 2019: BRING ME THE HORIZON - DEF LEPPARD - SLIPKNOT - TOOL 2022: METALLICA - KISS - IRON MAIDEN - BIFFY CLYRO

went to a few festivals with main stages side by side and i think it works pretty well, Download itself already did it in 2010 with AC/DC

if they really want to get BIG next year and put a 2 Mainstage setup (with Mainstages side by side) Thursday MS1 (Knotfest UK): SLIPKNOT / Gojira / Killswitch Engage MS2: BRING ME THE HORIZON / Parkway Drive / Bury Tomorrow ___ Friday MS1: METALLICA / Alter Bridge / Halestorm MS2: GHOST / Trivium / Mudvayne __ Saturday MS1: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE / Run The Jewels / While She Sleeps MS2: FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH / Limp Bizkit / Papa Roach ___ Sunday MS1: SYSTEM OF A DOWN / Disturbed / The Offspring MS2: JUDAS PRIEST / Lamb Of God / Amon Amarth

that's what i think, Ghost are playing O2 in london, so did Alter Bridge and BMTH multiple times. FFDP in 2017 pulled a crowd bigger than any headliner that year, i don't know what doesn't make those bands bigger than Def Leppard and KISS

Thursday (Knotfest UK) Mainstage: SLIPKNOT / Five Finger Death Punch / Trivium ___ Friday Mainstage: METALLICA / Alter Bridge / Gojira 2nd: The Offspring / Alexisonfire ___ Saturday Mainstage: BRING ME THE HORIZON / Architects / While She Sleeps 2nd: Amon Amarth / Behemoth ___ Sunday Mainstage: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE / Limp Bizkit / Run The Jewels 2nd: Halestorm / Rival Sons Ghost to headline in 2024

what's the point of having a second stage if it doesn't clash with mainstage?

BMTH are playing everywhere this year, don't know if they are still gonna be around next year

Metallica - My Chemical Romance - Rage Against The Machine?

i have another prediction: Turnstile will never play Download, as King Gizzard never did and never will

i'm thinking of Alter Bridge as one of the subs

Def Leppard just dropped a new single, be excited for the first 20th anniversary edition headliners!

In Flames really have fell a lot haven't they? what spot would they get by now, 6th Main or headline dogtooth?

what about 4 days with Thursday being a Knotfest UK (mainstage only) and the other three Metallica, RATM and MCR

Ghost are now headlining Hellfest, i know this doesn't mean that much since they headlined Wacken before but i can't stop wishing they toping the bill at Download next year

THURSDAY (Mainstage Only) Main: BRING ME THE HORIZON / Architects / While She Sleeps / Sleeping With Sirens Thy Art Is Murder / Wage War ____ FRIDAY (Knotfest meets Download Mainstage) Main: SLIPKNOT / Five Finger Death Punch / Gojira / Mudvayne / Jinjer / Knocked Loose Gatecreeper Second: The Gaslight Anthem / Neck Deep Avalanche: Bad Religion Dogtooth: Converge: Bloodmoon ____ SATURDAY Main: METALLICA / Ghost / Trivium / The Distillers / Avatar / Spiritbox / The HU / Bokassa Second: Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes / Alexisonfire Avalanche: Beartooth Dogtooth: Exodus ____ SUNDAY Main: RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE / Limp Bizkit / Run The Jewels / Turnstile / In This Moment / Hatebreed / Fever 333 / Ho99o9 Second: Sabaton / Behemoth Avalanche: Poppy Dogtooth: Emperor

Machine Head aren't playing festivals but they said they wouldn't play with other bands too and now they are touring with Amon Amarth so i believe the pandemic changed things, maybe they can do the 2023 festival season

i believe the casual audience doesn't know much about how festivals work, they just go and enjoy the bands. i'm going to knotfest brazil in december and there's a band that haven't been announced yet and will play below Slipknot and BMTH and people are begging for acts like Rammstein and SOAD to take that spot lol

DUA LIPA / Doja Cat / Marina SAM FENDER / AJ Tracey / Fredo ____ THE KILLERS / Courteeners / The Wombats PARAMORE / The Libertines / IDLES ____ MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE / Architects / You Me At Six MACHINE GUN KELLY / Yungblud / Blossoms

imagine if...MGK at Download

Architects doing June festivals and not playing Download again...

Architects are doing a festival in Finland in late June, are they big enough? they could move Within Temptation to headline MS1 (again) and put them in MS2

yep, Gojira wasn't supposed to play the festival circuit this year but they are replacing A7X as headliners at every festival. Ghost could do it as well but apparently they are exclusive to Hellfest