Download 2026

[Andre91]

The announcements are so late now to tie in with their little influencer gala things they do. 

[49Lawson]

35 minutes ago, northernangel said:

Fairplay, I stand corrected. Doesn't make it any stranger a time to announce mind.

Oh aye sorry mate, that wasn’t specifically at you. Was just looking into it being their standard practice now. Totally agree that 09:15pm is a bizzare time to announce on paper. 

 

As @Andre91 points out, they do that influencer event thing now too so it’ll be for that as well, someone there managed to leak it last time too I think. 

[alexs7]

I doubt the extra 15 mins means much.

 

There is no difference between 4pm and 4.15 pm or 22:00 and 22:15 in Europe.

 

Why would Ghost all of a sudden be ruled out because of an extra 15 mins.

 

it's probably something to do with the gala they hold

[Judas Yeast]

Saying the announcement time rules Ghost out is a mad take 

[Jos92]

Don't they normally do an evening announcement as they host a party with industry folks and the like, I think last years was 8pm?

[OKMess]

27 minutes ago, Judas Yeast said:

Saying the announcement time rules Ghost out is a mad take 

I said this on the new Download forum. 

[OKMess]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

The announcements are so late now to tie in with their little influencer gala things they do. 

Be weird not seeing all the pictures from this on the forums. 

[northernangel]

51 minutes ago, 49Lawson said:

Oh aye sorry mate, that wasn’t specifically at you. Was just looking into it being their standard practice now. Totally agree that 09:15pm is a bizzare time to announce on paper. 

 

As @Andre91 points out, they do that influencer event thing now too so it’ll be for that as well, someone there managed to leak it last time too I think. 

 

To be honest I remember thinking previously when it was being announced late once now I think of it why was it so late, just get it done early lol. But of course it's not until things like this that trigger the memory.

47 minutes ago, alexs7 said:

I doubt the extra 15 mins means much.

 

There is no difference between 4pm and 4.15 pm or 22:00 and 22:15 in Europe.

 

Why would Ghost all of a sudden be ruled out because of an extra 15 mins.

 

it's probably something to do with the gala they hold

 

45 minutes ago, Judas Yeast said:

Saying the announcement time rules Ghost out is a mad take 

 

To be fair to these comments, I had already clearly said fairplay and said I stand corrected so I don't see the need continue to point out it was a wrong take. 

[northernangel]

10 hours ago, alexs7 said:

I doubt the extra 15 mins means much.

 

There is no difference between 4pm and 4.15 pm or 22:00 and 22:15 in Europe.

 

Why would Ghost all of a sudden be ruled out because of an extra 15 mins.

 

it's probably something to do with the gala they hold

 

I'll also add here that the rock show starts at 8pm i believe so it wouldn't have been 15 minutes, it would have been 1hr 15 minutes being a fair time to wait but that's been covered now anyway.

[Gingerfish79]

12 hours ago, OKMess said:

I said this on the new Download forum. 

there's a new Download forum?

[OKMess]

13 minutes ago, Gingerfish79 said:

there's a new Download forum?

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[Jos92]

Going to assume Three Days Grace are out, Rock for People Friday and Nova Rock Sunday 

[northernangel]

1 minute ago, Jos92 said:

Going to assume Three Days Grace are out, Rock for People Friday and Nova Rock Sunday 

Was pretty obvious when they switched their playing days to a festival that playing Download wouldn't have been an issue.

[alexs7]

Bizkit on the Thursday of RFP means they are either headlining Download on the Sat or Greenfield on the Sat

 

Yeah they could do both but seems unlikely 

[OllieJ77]

15 hours ago, chatty said:

Looks like Chris Jericho's Save Us 222 return videos. 

 

Fozzy to headline?

Fozzy confirmed 

[OllieJ77]

26 minutes ago, alexs7 said:

Bizkit on the Thursday of RFP means they are either headlining Download on the Sat or Greenfield on the Sat

 

Yeah they could do both but seems unlikely 

Have they been announced for Greenfield?

[alexs7]

13 minutes ago, OllieJ77 said:

Have they been announced for Greenfield?

Not yet but they have two headliners unannounced. I believe Bad Omens are headlining the Friday.

 

I could definitely see them giving Bizkit the Sat

[foolee]

1 hour ago, alexs7 said:

Not yet but they have two headliners unannounced. I believe Bad Omens are headlining the Friday.

 

I could definitely see them giving Bizkit the Sat

I don’t think there would be too much of an issue with RFP > Download > Greenfield considering Limp Bizkit have minimal production but not sure if that’s a bit mad logistically or if they do 3 days in a row. 

[OllieJ77]

1 hour ago, alexs7 said:

Not yet but they have two headliners unannounced. I believe Bad Omens are headlining the Friday.

 

I could definitely see them giving Bizkit the Sat

Will have to see if they get announced or not I guess. 

[RandomEnglishPerson]

So now Limp Bizkit might not be playing, Christ this is painful

[northernangel]

30 minutes ago, RandomEnglishPerson said:

So now Limp Bizkit might not be playing, Christ this is painful

So things could go really weak and have LB and Ghost 

[chatty]

32 minutes ago, RandomEnglishPerson said:

So now Limp Bizkit might not be playing, Christ this is painful

They might be headlining. 

 

Or not playing at all. 

 

Or sub headlining. 

 

Or headlining the 2nd stage. 

 

I think it's fair to say no one knows f**k all other than Linkin Park are probably one headliner and Hot Milk are playing somewhere. 

[andyrhodes24]

9 minutes ago, chatty said:

They might be headlining. 

 

Or not playing at all. 

 

Or sub headlining. 

 

Or headlining the 2nd stage. 

 

I think it's fair to say no one knows f**k all other than Linkin Park are probably one headliner and Hot Milk are playing somewhere. 

I’ve got 50p on Elvana turning up myself.

[kitatus]

15 minutes ago, northernangel said:

So things could go really weak and have LB and Ghost 

Ghost weak? Give them a shot. Ghost have been pretty good live the times I've seen them.

[craigcharles420]

56 minutes ago, RandomEnglishPerson said:

So now Limp Bizkit might not be playing, Christ this is painful

Out with LB and in with NIN sounds good to me