tickets on sale today for Download

Tickets go on sale at 9am this morning for this year's Download which takes place at Donington Park, Castle Donington, Leicestershire over the weekend of Friday 12th to Sunday 14th June 2009.

Confirmed acts include Slipknot and Def Leppard as headliners with a supporting card including Korn, Limp Bizkit, Dragonforce, Devildriver, Motley Crue, Pendulum, The Prodigy, Whitesnake, and Trivium. For the latest rumours of who might be playing, please click here.

Tickets are priced are as follows: a full weekend ticket is priced at £135, camping is an extra £25 (family camping is also available), car parking tickets are priced at £10 advance, £20 on the day, camper vans tickets are priced at £40, and lockers will be £11.

To buy tickets, from 9am, click here.

The bars stay open after the entertainment has finished, and running until 2am (Friday to Sunday) they'll be an after-hours Campsite Entertainment Zone, which has a café, beer stall, funfair rides, various shops, and a cinema.

The festival also has markets which include a variety of food from around the world, as well as clothes, jewellery, massages, piercing & tattoos, organic foods, souvenirs, merchandise, chairs, and other stuff.

Children under 14 years of age must be accompanied by a guardian over 21. No children under 5 years will be permitted.

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