Download 2026

[andyrhodes24]

1 minute ago, bingobear said:

SOAD. QOTSA confirmed for Lisbon with acid bath

London Monday 13th July at Spurs

[northernangel]

6 minutes ago, bingobear said:

SOAD. QOTSA confirmed for Lisbon with acid bath

Haven't seen a Lisbon date but that rules out Nos

[bingobear]

21 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

London Monday 13th July at Spurs

 

Packed week that with Trees going on and MCR

[SweetJesus]

6 hours ago, bingobear said:

SOAD. QOTSA confirmed for Lisbon with acid bath

Lisbon? No word about it

[Audiorocker]

Apex -

Ghost  Iron Maiden  Linkin Park

Opus - 

Alice in Chains  Placebo  Papa Roach

[NorthernSoul52]

Feel increasingly confident Ghost are the Friday night and Linkin Park are the Sunday.

 

The Saturday is... a jumble.

[Andre91]

20 minutes ago, NorthernSoul52 said:

Feel increasingly confident Ghost are the Friday night and Linkin Park are the Sunday.

 

The Saturday is... a jumble.

Same. Maiden or Blink, I’m going for. 

[OllieJ77]

15 hours ago, northernangel said:

 

You'll pick up a Download ticket no bother if you want one. They probably just sold less early bid too. Late bird is awful marketing lol. Wouldn't ever consider purchasing a ticket until that lineup drop is done. With Download, you need to know who's could ideally be on the dogtooth stage as it's the only stage that clashes with main.

 

Queens wouldn't do a gig themselves at Spurs stadium that's 60k tickets, they've also only just finished touring. Let's be honest, SOAD aren't going to play Rock and Roll Circus in Sheffield are they. There is definitely no co-headline about it, SOAD aren't coming over to share duties. 

 

Multiple dates is possible with that Manchester date talked about, bit theh won't be doing multiple London venues or you would just do Wembley.

I buy my ticket the Monday/Tuesday after every year.

[OllieJ77]

12 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Same. Maiden or Blink, I’m going for. 

Yep. I said at Download this year my guess was Ghost Linkin Park and then either Blink or Maiden. Glad I’m not the only one thinking it. 

[northernangel]

8 hours ago, OllieJ77 said:

I buy my ticket the Monday/Tuesday after every year.

 

Fair man

8 hours ago, OllieJ77 said:

Yep. I said at Download this year my guess was Ghost Linkin Park and then either Blink or Maiden. Glad I’m not the only one thinking it. 

I think everyone will be a bit surprised if it wasn't. There is still time for Ghost to announce the rumored Gunnersbury run though.

[Andre91]

I don’t think Ghost doing that run is actually rumoured though outside of a few people across various forums. 

[OllieJ77]

4 hours ago, northernangel said:

 

Fair man

I think everyone will be a bit surprised if it wasn't. There is still time for Ghost to announce the rumored Gunnersbury run though.

Yeah it seems to be the logical choice. Be interesting if Ghost did announce those shows as no clue who else really is in contention to headline. 

[Jrose]

On 08/09/2025 at 16:07, craigcharles420 said:

I think Ghost/Maiden/LP will be the headliners for certain

1000% it is NOT Maiden in 2026 at download

[northernangel]

26 minutes ago, Jrose said:

1000% it is NOT Maiden in 2026 at download

You know who it might be?

[Siddey1994]

33 minutes ago, Jrose said:

1000% it is NOT Maiden in 2026 at download

Any clue who it is?

Can anyone corroborate this?

[Jrose]

7 minutes ago, northernangel said:

You know who it might be?

sadly no, my mate works with maiden, said they are touring europe again, same tour as current, but not playing download. so i only know it definitely isnt them! 

[Jrose]

1 minute ago, Siddey1994 said:

Any clue who it is?

Can anyone corroborate this?

sadly no, my mate works with maiden, said they are touring europe again, same tour as current, but not playing download. so i only know it definitely isnt them! 

[craigcharles420]

LP, Ghost and NIN then if there is no Maiden

[OllieJ77]

23 minutes ago, craigcharles420 said:

LP, Ghost and NIN then if there is no Maiden

That would be a real let down, not a NIN fan at all. For me they’d be a weak headliner but that’s me. I’d much rather have Maiden to be honest. 
 

If it’s not Maiden I’m hoping Blink. If it’s not Blink it could be anyone and will depend on how much money they want to spend on the festival. If they’re going cheap route I can see NIN being given it. 

[gabrielomachado]

In a no Ghost and no Maiden scenario:

 

Friday

 

Apex: Blink-182 / Yungblud / Ice Nine Kills / President.

Opus: Alice In Chains / Acid Bath

Avalanche: Bloodhound Gang

Dogtooth: Cavalera performing Chaos A.D.

_____

Saturday

 

Apex: Twenty One Pilots / Wolf Alice / Turnstile / Hot Milk

Opus: Volbeat / The Pretty Reckless

Avalanche: While She Sleeps

Dogtooth: Chimaira

____

Sunday

 

Apex: Linkin Park / Bad Omens / Motionless In White / Malevolence

Opus: Trivium / Mastodon

Avalanche: Yellowcard

Dogtooth: Bloodbath

[OllieJ77]

Potential headliners who haven’t been ruled out:

- Linkin Park

- Ghost

- Blink

- Iron Maiden (not officially ruled out)

- Slipknot

- Tool 

- BMTH (not ruled out despite Oli’ comments)

- Limp Bizkit

- Twenty One Pilots 

- NIN

- GnR

- AC/DC 

- Foo Fighters (though they’ll do R&L)

- Nickelback 

- Paramore

- Pearl Jam (very unlikely)

- Rammstein 

- Muse

Anyone think of any other bands to include in this headliner mix of who hasn’t been ruled out via tours officially that could headline?

[OllieJ77]

2 minutes ago, gabrielomachado said:

In a no Ghost and no Maiden scenario:

 

Friday

 

Apex: Blink-182 / Yungblud / Ice Nine Kills / President.

Opus: Alice In Chains / Acid Bath

Avalanche: Bloodhound Gang

Dogtooth: Cavalera performing Chaos A.D.

_____

Saturday

 

Apex: Twenty One Pilots / Wolf Alice / Turnstile / Hot Milk

Opus: Volbeat / The Pretty Reckless

Avalanche: While She Sleeps

Dogtooth: Chimaira

____

Sunday

 

Apex: Linkin Park / Bad Omens / Motionless In White / Malevolence

Opus: Trivium / Mastodon

Avalanche: Yellowcard

Dogtooth: Bloodbath

I’d be all for this!!

[DomDom1984]

NIN would be just delightful. I've definitely thought there's a chance of them.

 

Wouldn't be against Blink at all though.

 

[craigcharles420]

I can't lie, Blink instead of NIN would be terrible for me personally. I can only tolerate a small number of pop punk bands for more than a couple of minutes and Blink isn't one of them. Avoided them at Leeds fest last year

Edited September 11, 2025 by craigcharles420

[Bluewolf]

57 minutes ago, gabrielomachado said:

In a no Ghost and no Maiden scenario:

 

Friday

 

Apex: Blink-182 / Yungblud / Ice Nine Kills / President.

Opus: Alice In Chains / Acid Bath

Avalanche: Bloodhound Gang

Dogtooth: Cavalera performing Chaos A.D.

_____

Saturday

 

Apex: Twenty One Pilots / Wolf Alice / Turnstile / Hot Milk

Opus: Volbeat / The Pretty Reckless

Avalanche: While She Sleeps

Dogtooth: Chimaira

____

Sunday

 

Apex: Linkin Park / Bad Omens / Motionless In White / Malevolence

Opus: Trivium / Mastodon

Avalanche: Yellowcard

Dogtooth: Bloodbath

 

Really good line-up that

 

Could be next year is one of those rare years we don't have a British Headliner 

 

With 21P playing Germany the week after Download surely they are a good shout for next year

 

Hopefully we get an announcement before November this year