Coup of the century: Faith No More to reform to headline Download Festival 2009!

Download Festival at Donington Park has confirmed that its third and final headliner for the 2009 event will be the hugely influential and pioneering American rock band Faith No MoreE. They will join Slipknot and Def Leppard as headliners for Download, taking place 12-14 June, with The Prodigy, Whitesnake, Motley Crue, KORN, Limp Bizkit, Pendulum, Privium, Dragonforce, Devildriver and lots more to be announced very soon!

The UK's premier rock festival, the Download Festival at Donington Park, spanning five days giving you more ‘bang for your buck' has revealed the first set of bands c...

Coup of the century: Faith No More to reform to headline Download Festival 2009!

Download Festival at Donington Park has confirmed that its third and final headliner for the 2009 event will be the hugely influential and pioneering American rock band Faith No MoreE. They will join Slipknot and Def Leppard as headliners for Download, taking place 12-14 June, with The Prodigy, Whitesnake, Motley Crue, KORN, Limp Bizkit, Pendulum, Privium, Dragonforce, Devildriver and lots more to be announced very soon!

The UK's premier rock festival, the Download Festival at Donington Park, spanning five days giving you more ‘bang for your buck' has revealed the first set of bands confirmed to play at this year's event.

Headlining one of the days will be Iowa metal titans Slipknot, who will bring their legendary masked nine-strong circus to Download for the third time. Off the back of their critically acclaimed new album Invaders Must Die, dance-crossover kings The Prodigy will be making their second Download appearance, injecting a dose of fierce electronica and rock-rave beats - a live performance not to be missed.

Other acts confirmed to play over the weekend are L.A. wildcats Mötley Crüe, who last time they came to Download played to a ram-packed tent to screaming fans, throwing out hits such as ‘Girls Girls Girls' and ‘Dr. Feelgood'. Nu-metal stalwarts Korn will be returning to Donington for the fifth time, young power metallers Dragonforce will be inhumanly rampaging at this year's Download too, as will circle-pit extraordinaires Devildriver. Finally, 2008's heroes of drum ‘n' bass / metal mash ups Pendulum will join the fray after a welcoming reception last year from the Download crowd.

The Download Festival continues to take place at Donington Park, which has established itself as the original and ‘spiritual' home of all things rock since the first Monsters of Rock festival in 1980. The benefit of Download Festival at Donington Park in its seventh year is that it has enabled festival organisers to confirm some changes to the site layout, improving the festival experience of everyone attending this year. Following one of the regular Fan Forums, in which Download fans get to speak directly to organisers with suggestions and improvements, it has been confirmed that the campsites will be closer to the main arena, and the design of this year's site will enable a more integrated festival experience with one main expanded arena incorporating all three stages. Organisers have also announced that gas cylinders will not be permitted in the campsite, campers are advised to use disposable BBQs or Hexi Stoves. With the Download Festival renowned worldwide for its excellent on site facilities and 24-hour entertainment, this year's event will more than ever reflect the recommendations from its fan base to make the festival bigger and better than ever.

‘We have gone to great lengths to communicate with our core fan base and listen to what they want at Download in relation to facilities, activities and the bands. This year's festival is going to be better than ever with a brand new arena designed by our fans and a great line-up of music!' commented Live Nation COO and Festival Director John Probyn.

Live Nation VP of Promotions and Download Festival Promoter Andy Copping added, ‘This year more than ever before, Download Festival celebrates the history of Donington and all that is ‘rock'. With acts such as Slipknot, The Prodigy and Mötley Crüe already confirmed to play, this just shows how varied and diverse the rock genre can be and we are delighted to reflect this with our 2009 line-up.'

FRIDAY 12 JUNE
 
Faith No More
KORN
Limp Bizkit
Killswitch Engage
Billy Talent
Staind
The Backout
 
Motley Crue
Opeth
Lacuna Coil
Bring Me The Horizon
Parkway Drive
A Day To Remember
In This Moment
Steadlur
 
Meshuggah
Duff McKagan's Loaded
Backyard Babies
Voivod
Middle Class Rut
Sylosis
 
SATURDAY 13 JUNE
 
Slipknot
Marilyn Manson
Pendulum
Dragonforce
Down
Hatebreed
Devildriver
Five Finger Death Punch
Ripper Owens
 
The Prodigy
Chris Cornell
You Me At Six
The Answer
Static X
Fightstar
 
Anvil
Architects
Lawnmower Deth
Manraze
Facecage
Turbowolf
 
SUNDAY 13 JUNE
 
Def Leppard
Whitesnake
ZZ Top
Dream Theater
Journey
Black Stone Cherry
Skin
Tesla
Stone Gods
 
Trivium
Papa Roach
Buckcherry
Clutch
Shinedown
Volbeat
Karma To Burn
Sevendust
God Forbid
Suicide Silence
 
Go Audio
Therapy?
Hostile
Esoterica
We Are The Ocean