Download 2027

[Gricole]

Gojira are unoficially confirmed by the organisation at Hellfest since last December already.

 

Slayer was supposed to be this year as a Mainstage 2 headliner at the place of Volbeat for a thrash day but negotiations fell off. Very likely to be there next year. 

 

MCR I didn't know about but it fits well with Hellfest's desire to keep one day as more punk/rock orientated. 

 

Europe are a confirmed headliner for Sweden Rock 2027. They will not headline HF but we may seem them on the bill. I am very curious who will be the legacy bands next year at HF. There was some backlash after 2025 and a bit of a return to heavier metal on the bill in 2026 - e.g. Gatekeeper on the main stage. The only considerable legacy acts I see coming (if they are in Europe) and haven't been at HF for a while are Def Leppard, Motley Crue, Slash, FFDP (if you count them as legacy), ZZ Top, and Lynyrd Skynyrd.

I really hope they manage to pull sth big for the 20th anniversary like AC/DC.

[andyrhodes24]

29 minutes ago, Tbrady94 said:

Any festival booking Nickelback and Creed on the same day will be on to a huge winner, like a golden bullet for millennial ticket sales.

That leaker off Instagram was saying earlier this year that Nickelback are doing a tour with Broco and Wargasm, but no evidence as yet

[Andre91]

Creed into Nickelback would be the best one-two since they booked The Smashing Pumpkins into Tool. 

[TWY2911]

I'm personally confident that Slipknot will be one of the headliners next year (no insider info just lines up with them likely releasing an album soon) 

 

Then there's the headliner that's never played the festival before which the bookers have alluded to so that's one of Blink, Foos, NIN, Nickelback and possibly Pearl Jam or even Bon Jovi 

 

The third band I also think will be a new headliner who are being bumped up so Deftones, Offspring, Paramore Etc. 

 

I'd love Slipknot, Foos and Paramore but realistically i'd go with Slipknot, Blink and Deftones 

 

 

 

[northernangel]

Blink 182 have been announced here at Rock im Park for next year this evening so you'd think Download will follow up from Green Day and get them. Be a mad miss if they don't.

 

In which case I'm going with Blink, Slipknot and the 3rd could be many options. If they get Foos for the 3rd it'll be the best trio I can remember for a long time. It would absolutely rip this years as a trio to shreds and I say that as a LP big fan.

[Andre91]

That’s Blink locked in then. Happy with that. 
 

 

[wghennessy]

Yea that's Blink for download 

[TWY2911]

Absolutely buzzing if it is Blink 

 

Still can't be 100% sure with Download though 

[foolee]

Wow, Blink-182 back so soon. They’re the band they’ve never booked then. Great booking if they’ve got them. 
 

Deftones, Papa Roach, Knocked Loose

 

Lamb of God

 

Blink-182, Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte

 

Megadeth

 

Slipknot, Gojira, Motionless In White

 

All Time Low

[TWY2911]

[Andre91]

Blink-182 / Avril Lavigne / Good Charlotte / Neck Deep 

 

Lamb of God / Malevolence 

 

 

System Of A Down / Five Finger Death Punch / Skindred / Godsmack

 

Motionless In White / Poppy 

 

 

Deftones / Gojira / Knocked Loose / President 

 

Sabaton / Amon Amarth

[northernangel]

2 hours ago, Andre91 said:

That’s Blink locked in then. Happy with that. 
 

 

 

Not necessarily but it should be, Download have a habit of messing it uo when others get the bookings on point.

2 hours ago, foolee said:

Wow, Blink-182 back so soon. They’re the band they’ve never booked then. Great booking if they’ve got them. 
 

Deftones, Papa Roach, Knocked Loose

 

Lamb of God

 

Blink-182, Avril Lavigne, Good Charlotte

 

Megadeth

 

Slipknot, Gojira, Motionless In White

 

All Time Low

Good Charlotte I doubt are playing 3rd down and that too 3 that day while dreamy is too strong. I think you'd have one another day to help sell weekend tickets. I also doubt Papa Roach play. 

[non-attendee]

We've reasonably predicted/wanted a bill of Blink, Avril, Good Charlotte for a while 😅 

 

I'm surprised that Good Charlotte's UK shows in November seem to be doing well atm... obviously if they sell out those venues then they should be subheadliners right? (if they play download that is). They'd only look a strong sub if it was before Blink though I rekn.

[Andre91]

Avril gets above GC on rarity (see Cypress Hill this year). She drew in something like 70,000 at Glastonbury, so much so that they had to close the field off. I’d wager that she would get the biggest crowd of the entire weekend if she was to play DL. 

[northernangel]

28 minutes ago, non-attendee said:

We've reasonably predicted/wanted a bill of Blink, Avril, Good Charlotte for a while 😅 

 

I'm surprised that Good Charlotte's UK shows in November seem to be doing well atm... obviously if they sell out those venues then they should be subheadliners right? (if they play download that is). They'd only look a strong sub if it was before Blink though I rekn.

 

Yup and they aren't cheap

 

25 minutes ago, Andre91 said:

Avril gets above GC on rarity (see Cypress Hill this year). She drew in something like 70,000 at Glastonbury, so much so that they had to close the field off. I’d wager that she would get the biggest crowd of the entire weekend if she was to play DL. 

Glastonbury is different though, it's a place that will pack out for rarities they don't usually see. Download strictly speaking shouldn't be the strangest place for Avril to pop up of she had been a touring artist of longer times over the years.

 

Avril and GC would get the same billing for me and GC are selling arenas out quicker than Avril sold Ally Pally. Bearing in mind she'd pnly done soem Brixton dates before.

[northernangel]

On another note for RIP as an event, there is some good things but there are so many things people going to UK festivals would hate and how far behind they are. 

Consistent network and water, beer and pretzel like food is brought around to buy in the crowds. Topping up on the wristband is good. The camping and food arrangement is not good, you really need cooking kit. Water points inside the arena are bonkers, water points in camping are a faff unless you are close enough in general camp. Merch stands are crazy. You MASSIVELY need to think about your lidl shop for camping and try and do it so you've one stop. It's definitely worth it getting to a camping shop here, picking up a rolley between your mates and stacking it for the walk back....lidl is cheap though, not hard getting in but Thursday queues getting in and into the camping is mad.

You have to register first for a wristband as well leaving any bigger bags behind so pull to a side if only two and do it separately. I was joining a WhatsApp group for solo camp so went with the flow but I've learnt. Had it been me or just two my tent would have been down much quicker. 

Big final note, I got a fresh and black 3 man from decathlon before coming and put in bigger suitcase with my airbed and sleeping bag...do this.

Take a smaller option for your clothes.

If you go to Munich first, book your train to Nuremberg as far in advance as you can....very important!....it hikes crazy. Probably bettee overall for baggage sizes to do BA both ways but you do then need to go back to Munich after too.

Use the B&B hotel hbf the night before....its very nice, comfortable, cheap and within 10 minutes of the station which also serves as a transport stop 15 minutes from the registration. 

Get up literally like 5am with everything back the night before, shower and go. Transport is free anyway for festival ticket holders during the duration. 

Would I just choose to travel in each day and back to a hotel?, on the basis of sleep and getting accommodation cheap enough for 3 nights i might just do especially if I picked the ticket up early enough. It doesn't feel like a festival in a normal sense....unless you are in general yoi have to exit on the paths outside the camping to walk down and in which also applies for getting water so have a stock up. Toilets are in the camping.

Edited June 6 by northernangel

[northernangel]

Another note, if I didn't mention the food in the arena for main stage is right at the back. Bands wise they do very well for but as a festival so far they pros are outweighed quite heavily currently for me.

[TWY2911]

Funny the amount of "K*ll The Kardashians" shirts I see at Download that we could be a getting a member of that family headlining next year lol

[Andre91]

34 minutes ago, TWY2911 said:

Funny the amount of "K*ll The Kardashians" shirts I see at Download that we could be a getting a member of that family headlining next year lol

Proper loser behaviour wearing a tee like that. Me and my mate play a game every year called ‘Boomer Tees’ and there’s some gems every time. 

[non-attendee]

6 hours ago, Andre91 said:

Avril gets above GC on rarity (see Cypress Hill this year). She drew in something like 70,000 at Glastonbury, so much so that they had to close the field off. I’d wager that she would get the biggest crowd of the entire weekend if she was to play DL. 

That's what I was thinking, but with GC ticket sales looking good atm, I cant imagine download would pull off a blink, avril, GC top 3... when has this forum ever pulled off a prediction like that anyway, it won't happen will it 😂

[Andre91]

52 minutes ago, non-attendee said:

That's what I was thinking, but with GC ticket sales looking good atm, I cant imagine download would pull off a blink, avril, GC top 3... when has this forum ever pulled off a prediction like that anyway, it won't happen will it 😂

Hey, I correctly predicted the entire Bizkit Main Stage day months in advance 😝

[TWY2911]

There aren't too many realistic options to sub Blink 

 

I can see it being GC or Avril not both 

 

The dream would be Turnstile into Blink

[Andre91]

8 minutes ago, TWY2911 said:

There aren't too many realistic options to sub Blink 

 

I can see it being GC or Avril not both 

 

The dream would be Turnstile into Blink

Pierce The Veil. 
 

Could have Avril, GC, All Time Low. Turnstile would be the dream. 

[TWY2911]

The Smashing Pumpkins are also a shout

[TWY2911]

Dream Blink day 

 

Blink - Turnstile - Neck Deep - The Story So Far