Killswitch Engage to play Download

replacing Wolfmother who cancel their festival appearances this summer

By Scott Williams | Published: Tue 1st Jun 2010

Download Festival 2010

Friday 11th to Sunday 13th June 2010
Donington Park, Leics, England MAP
£140 weekend (with 5 nights camping + £40)

Daily capacity: 111,000

Killswitch Engage have been announced as replacements for Wolfmother at Download after the latter cancelled all their festival appearances due to illness.

Due to illness Wolfmother have pulled out of their festival appearances in June and July with T in the Park and Download organisers already confirming the news, and both Hard Rock Calling and Oxegen also having to find replacements on their line-ups .

So far only Download has announced their replacement act with US metalcore outfit Killswitch Engage stepping in to fill the breach on the Main Stage on Friday.

Download festival is held at Donington Park over the weekend of Friday 11th to Sunday 13th June 2010 and features a line-up that includes headliners AC/DC, Rage Against the Machine, and Aerosmith, with Them Crooked Vultures, Bullet For My Valentine, Motorhead, Deftones, Stone Temple Pilots, Volbeat, Stone Sour, Billy Idol, 30 Seconds to Mars, Lamb Of God, Five Finger Death Punch, and Megadeth also confirmed. For the line-up details as available please click here.

Weekend arena tickets with 3 nights camping were priced at £170 and have sold out, a five nights camping weekend ticket is still available priced at £180, and a weekend only ticket without camping is priced at £140. Lockers in the campsite are priced at £11 with car parking £10 in advance, £20 on the day. A campervan supplement is £40. There will be an additional £10 charge to enter the campsite either on the Wednesday or Thursday. Day tickets for Download are also available priced at £75 each.

To buy tickets, click here.

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