Download 2026

[andyrhodes24]

4 minutes ago, SmackRat said:

 

Friday - Blink
Saturday - Foos
Sunday - LP

🔥🔥🔥

It’d be incredible, imagine the cost of that trio.

[Marka23]

6 minutes ago, TWY2911 said:

Some serious reaching going on here 

 

I think it's just because of Halloween lol 

It's just because of the announcement of the announcement being in October, Download rarely actually hint at the headliner unless it's someone massive like when they hinted at Green Day before the announcement. 

[SmackRat]

2 minutes ago, Marka23 said:

It's just because of the announcement of the announcement being in October, Download rarely actually hint at the headliner unless it's someone massive like when they hinted at Green Day before the announcement. 

I like the idea of this hinting towards something though, as in similar to how the hinted ta Greenday last year. Adds a bit of hype to it all before they officially announce. Would be cool if this was something that they just did from now on each year.

[ThatDazFella]

6 minutes ago, SmackRat said:

I like the idea of this hinting towards something though, as in similar to how the hinted ta Greenday last year. Adds a bit of hype to it all before they officially announce. Would be cool if this was something that they just did from now on each year.

Agree, makes the wait a bit more interesting.

[partypirate]

If it is alluding to someone then my money is on Ghost (witch image, the truth is out there - supernatural)

[kitatus]

I mean conspiracy theory hat on, "the truth is out there" is definitely some sort of clue to something. I don't quite think it's X-Files, lol. But it's a random thing to add onto the announcement. 

 

Also worth nothing the image is clearly AI generated, as in they specifically wanted that image for this email.

 

I'm not sure what it means / what it says but it is saying more than just a generic picture of the festival and saying "announcement is soon!".

[Marka23]

17 minutes ago, SmackRat said:

I like the idea of this hinting towards something though, as in similar to how the hinted ta Greenday last year. Adds a bit of hype to it all before they officially announce. Would be cool if this was something that they just did from now on each year.

Andy Copping did use to hint at bands on his Instagram for a few years the day before the announcement 

[kitatus]

I think that is what the "truth is out there" is alluding to. Specifically "keep an eye on our socials, the truth is out there" - I believe it means they'll be hints at some point over the month or a specific hint of some kind. Probably like when we had the green fireworks last year, they'll be some sort of lite-touch hint coming soon. 

 

That's my takeaway.

Edited October 3, 2025 by kitatus

[foolee]

16 minutes ago, kitatus said:

I think that is what the "truth is out there" is alluding to. Specifically "keep an eye on our socials, the truth is out there" - I believe it means they'll be hints at some point over the month or a specific hint of some kind. Probably like when we had the green fireworks last year, they'll be some sort of lite-touch hint coming soon. 

 

That's my takeaway.

Yeah that’s it and the fact it’s Halloween. Don’t think we can link it to a band yet like Foos, Blink & Ghost. That’s just proper stretching 

[chatty]

You could make any spurious guess out of it but as it's a bit of fun, I'm all for it, even if it doesn't mean jack sh*t. 

 

Some sort of Ozzy/Sabbath tribute. 

 

Season of the Witch - Donovan is headlining. 

 

Black magic woman and I'll have a bit of Carlos Santana at DL. 

[Andre91]

It’s spooky. It’ll be Ghost. 

[andyrhodes24]

Had a look back and the Green Day hint wasn’t even subtle 

[firehazard]

56 minutes ago, Marka23 said:

Andy Copping did use to hint at bands on his Instagram for a few years the day before the announcement 

 

Did he? All I remember is people thinking MCR were going to be the secret set last year because of something he posted. 

[Marka23]

8 minutes ago, firehazard said:

 

Did he? All I remember is people thinking MCR were going to be the secret set last year because of something he posted. 

Yeah he use to have a box with a bunch of images in that were loosely related to bands getting announced, some of which being more obvious than others like a white snake being Whitesnake.

 

The MCR thing though was him just posting an image of the Download Dog skeleton plush people in RIP got in their Download goodie bag and people took it completely out of context to somehow think a skeleton dog plush must mean MCR are playing because it's black and white like they are. 

 

Secret set ended up being Parkway Drive and got leaked before the actual festival. 

Edited October 3, 2025 by Marka23

[Marka23]

13 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Had a look back and the Green Day hint wasn’t even subtle 

There was still a lot that just completely denied it and didn't think Download would make the hint that obvious 

[Andre91]

I still can’t believe that there were some people who thought that My Chemical Romance (you know, biggest band in the universe, My Chemical Romance) were going to turn up and play for 30 minutes unannounced. 

[RandomEnglishPerson]

40 minutes ago, Marka23 said:

Yeah he use to have a box with a bunch of images in that were loosely related to bands getting announced, some of which being more obvious than others like a white snake being Whitesnake.

 

The MCR thing though was him just posting an image of the Download Dog skeleton plush people in RIP got in their Download goodie bag and people took it completely out of context to somehow think a skeleton dog plush must mean MCR are playing because it's black and white like they are. 

 

Secret set ended up being Parkway Drive and got leaked before the actual festival. 

tbf i was at the festival all weekend, had a feeling they'd be one of three bands that could be the secret set and i didnt fully know until the morning of the set

[LazyDavid]

Spooky image = Halloween = You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween = Muse

 

Easy

 

So therefore from this thread Foos/Blink/Muse, well done guys cya for 2027 

Edited October 3, 2025 by LazyDavid

[andyrhodes24]

1 hour ago, Andre91 said:

I still can’t believe that there were some people who thought that My Chemical Romance (you know, biggest band in the universe, My Chemical Romance) were going to turn up and play for 30 minutes unannounced. 

Did I miss that or just discount it immediately, I have no memory of that one.

 

Only secret set rumour I remember was Trivium. Good old fashioned hoax that one, not seen the like in years.

[Andre91]

2 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Did I miss that or just discount it immediately, I have no memory of that one.

 

Only secret set rumour I remember was Trivium. Good old fashioned hoax that one, not seen the like in years.

This was year before last when it turned out to be Parkway. 
 

Trivium one is hilarious upon reflection. We’re divvies for turning up 🤣

[RandomEnglishPerson]

3 minutes ago, andyrhodes24 said:

Did I miss that or just discount it immediately, I have no memory of that one.

 

Only secret set rumour I remember was Trivium. Good old fashioned hoax that one, not seen the like in years.

it was that or the foos last year, then this year it was either Architecxts or Malevolence on the sunday while Trivium was opening a stage on the saturday (the latter people actually beleived so badly taht they turned up expecting it just to be told on the tannoy it was bullshit)

[Bluewolf]

"The truth is out there" is also a phrase associated with former band member Tom DeLonge, who adopted it as a personal mantra for his UFO and extraterrestrial research, leading him to a brief departure from the band in the 2010s to pursue these endeavors.  

 

It's such a random quote to have below an image of 2 witches.

 

Blink-182 it is then

[Siddey1994]

2 hours ago, Marka23 said:

Yeah he use to have a box with a bunch of images in that were loosely related to bands getting announced, some of which being more obvious than others like a white snake being Whitesnake.

 

The MCR thing though was him just posting an image of the Download Dog skeleton plush people in RIP got in their Download goodie bag and people took it completely out of context to somehow think a skeleton dog plush must mean MCR are playing because it's black and white like they are. 

 

Secret set ended up being Parkway Drive and got leaked before the actual festival. 

Tbf the dog plush thing was kind of on copping, he used the hashtag “black parade” on the original photo. Although the lineup had already been announced at that point so the chances of MCR actually turning up were diddly squat.

[Frankly Mr Shankly]

21 minutes ago, Bluewolf said:

"The truth is out there" is also a phrase associated with former band member Tom DeLonge, who adopted it as a personal mantra for his UFO and extraterrestrial research, leading him to a brief departure from the band in the 2010s to pursue these endeavors.  

 

It's such a random quote to have below an image of 2 witches.

 

Blink-182 it is then

I mean that’s a reach. 
 

The Green Day ‘clue’ was on the nose referencing one of their biggest hits and the colour Green. If that’s what they were going for with the witch and the quote I doubt they’d reference some obscure UFO research of Tom DeLonge. 

[Andre91]

I did think Blink. ‘The Truth Is Out There’, Aliens Exist etc. 

 

I’m not expecting them, though. 

Edited October 3, 2025 by Andre91