Download 2023

[BenG92]

11 minutes ago, guylin29 said:

Against the Current/Alter Bridge/The Amity Affliction/Amon Amarth/Arch Enemy/August Burns Red/Avatar/Bad Omens/Bad Wolves/Black Flag/Bob Vylan/Butcher Babies/Candlemass/Clutch/Coheed and Cambria/Crown the Empire/Deep Purple/The Devil Wears Prada/Electric Callboy/Employed to Serve/Five Finger Death Punch/Florence Black/Gojira/Halestorm/Hatebreed/Jinjer/Judas Priest*special guests/Kadavar/Katatonia/Lamb of God/Mammoth VH/Northlane//Nothing More/Orbit Culture/Pantera/Papa Roach/Pop Evil/Saxon/Skid Row/Sleep Token/Suicide Silence/Thundermother/Turnstile/Underoath/Vended/Wig Wam/Wolfmother

You sent us into a very brief frenzy on the official forums thinking this was a leak 😂

[guylin29]

6 minutes ago, BenG92 said:

You sent us into a very brief frenzy on the official forums thinking this was a leak 😂

I reckon the majority will be there

[gwynneleon]

Where is everyone seeing stuff from these leakers? 

 

 

[Spiral_Low]

1 minute ago, gwynneleon said:

Where is everyone seeing stuff from these leakers? 

 

 

Official forums in the Download 2023 rumours thread. 

[BenG92]

12 minutes ago, gwynneleon said:

Where is everyone seeing stuff from these leakers?

Edit: guy was on a wind-up or now claims to have been! 

Edited February 15, 2023 by BenG92

[NorthernSoul52]

Deep Purple would be wild. Was pretty certain they didn't do festivals where they're second-billed because Gillan's ego couldn't take it?

Piss-poor sales in Leeds last year, to be frank. Definitely a sub, possibly even third, despite their legacy and reputation.

Coheed and Cambria would be terrific sauce.

[BenG92]

Official drop is 4pm tomorrow but I can't imagine it's not leaked by tonight

One of the OG leakers thinks people are being cautious dropping the actual graphic as it's got some sort of data attached that might ID them, watermark etc

[NorthernSoul52]

Not on that above list, but have just twigged - The Gaslight Anthem's latest batch of US dates runs exclusively through May next year.

That's enough of a hunch for me to think they may have EU shows in the summer. Can only imagine Download for them now - they drew a pitiful crowd in '15, just before the "hiatus", at R+L. (They might well be kicking around at Glastonbury too.)

[justanothername]

8 minutes ago, BenG92 said:

Official forums https://forums.downloadfestival.co.uk/topic/14237-download-2023-rumours-speculation/page/678/

Been dripfed Clutch, Green Lung, Coheed & Cambria, Perturbator from someone who's apparently got eyes on the poster

Can also add Pup and Mom Jeans (I think so) to that list

[BenG92]

Just now, justanothername said:

Can also add Pup and Mom Jeans (I think so) to that list

He was on a wind up it seems, I was so bored at work and thirsty for the drop I just played along 😂

[NorthernSoul52]

Four o'clock tomorrow can't come soon enough.

[BenG92]

Just now, NorthernSoul52 said:

Four o'clock tomorrow can't come soon enough.

Legit leaker from last time before the poster dropped has said Clutch and Carcass to keep us fed until then (or it inevitably drops on Reddit later)

[NorthernSoul52]

Just now, BenG92 said:

Legit leaker from last time before the poster dropped has said Clutch and Carcass to keep us fed until then (or it inevitably drops on Reddit later)

Andy Copping masquerading among us once again.

[BlackFoxx]

38 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Not on that above list, but have just twigged - The Gaslight Anthem's latest batch of US dates runs exclusively through May next year.

That's enough of a hunch for me to think they may have EU shows in the summer. Can only imagine Download for them now - they drew a pitiful crowd in '15, just before the "hiatus", at R+L. (They might well be kicking around at Glastonbury too.)

Think Trees could be after them as a headliner? Pretty perfect fit in terms of size and sound. Would also explain why they've still been unannounced.

[NorthernSoul52]

1 minute ago, BlackFoxx said:

Think Trees could be after them as a headliner? Pretty perfect fit in terms of size and sound. Would also explain why they've still been unannounced.

Hadn't even crossed my mind. Would be a very good shout. Love them, but find it hard to judge size. Was at the O2 Apollo gig in Manchester, which was a sweaty sell-out, but from what I saw, they were maybe 60% filled at Wembley Arena, which is a bit of a shame.

[BlackFoxx]

 

[TKOCF]

9 minutes ago, BlackFoxx said:

 

This matches up with a lot of the names that have been suggested, could be a winner

[pipebomb]

15 minutes ago, BlackFoxx said:

 

disappointed if no limp bizkits,pantera,tenacious d, amon amarth, papa roach, arch enemy on the poster....

[beetchez]

Green I want to see, yellow if there's time.

... Going to be a lot of hard decisions for me this year.

[JSmurphy]

I suppose that's Neck Deep headlining Avalanche then?

Architects/Evanescence/Neck Deep clash... shit.

[49Lawson]

8 hours ago, BlackFoxx said:

 

I’ll take that all day if it’s real. Think it might be as there’s no Seether on the poster and I heard the other day that they had pulled out.

Disappointed about no Limp Bizkit but with Alter Bridge, FFDP, Halestorm, Carpenter Brut (who I was really hoping for), Clutch and Electric Callboy being added (and that’s just the bigger bands, haven’t even done a deep dive into the smaller font) I’m really happy with that line up!

[JSmurphy]

Plenty of nice additions: Mammoth WVH, Neck Deep, Coheed and Cambria, Bob Vylan, The Hu. Looking forward to checking out the rest I'm unfamiliar with.

[justanothername]

Ok announcement for me. PUP the only standout band for me. Still plenty of stuff I would see if nothing else was on though: Pertubator, A.A. Williams, The Bronx, Mom Jeans., Carpenter Brut, Neck Deep, Bob Vylan, Greg Puciato and Hatebreed

[NorthernSoul52]

Seven and a bit hours now!

[Superunknown]

2 hours ago, JSmurphy said:

I suppose that's Neck Deep headlining Avalanche then?

Architects/Evanescence/Neck Deep clash... shit.

Didn’t they do that last time? Presumed it was a 4th/5th main stage slot