Download Festival Announces Headliners Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses and Linkin Park for 2026

Download XXIII is bringing out the big guns. And parks. And Bizkits. And Keanu Reeves!

Download have announced a staggeringly huge line up for their 23rd edition, with Guns N’ Roses, Linkin Park, and Limp Bizkit heading a jaw-dropping line up of over 90 artists. All headliners are playing their only 2026 dates at the festival, making Download XXXIII one of the hottest tickets of the year. Limp Bizkit are headlining Friday night, with Gunners on Saturday, while Limp Bizkit will make their festival debut with new singer Emily Armstrong on Sunday.

Other big name acts include Bad Omens, Cypress Hill, Trivium, Architects, Electric Callboy, Halestorm, Ice Nine Kills, BABYMETAL, Pendulum, The Pretty Reckless, Black Veil Brides, Behemoth, Mastodon, The All-American Rejects, Feeder, Cavalera, Static-X, and Blood Incantation.

And further down the lest, we have (deep breath) Ash, Bloodywood, Bush, Dogstar, Hollywood Undead, Imminence, Kublai Khan TX, letlive., LANDMVRKS, Mammoth, Paleface Swiss, Periphery, P.O.D, RØRY, Scene Queen, Set It Off, Sleep Theory, Social Distortion, Story Of The Year, South Arcade, The Plot In You, Thornhill, Those Damn Crows, thrown, Tom Morello, We Came As Romans, ANKOR, As Everything Unfolds, AS IT IS, Boundaries, Catch Your Breath, Corrosion of Conformity, Decapitated, Die Spitz, Dinosaur Pile-Up, DRAIN, Drowning Pool, Ego Kill Talent, Elder, Gatecreeper, Headwreck, Holywatr, ivri, James and the Cold Gun, Lake Malice, Lakeview, Last Train, Lowen, Magnolia Park, Melrose Avenue, Mouth Culture, Nasty, Native James, Nevertel, PUSSYLIQUOR, Rain City Drive, Return To Dust, Self Deception, Silent Planet,Slay Squad, Snot, Spineshank, Spitting Glass, Sweet Pill, Sweet Savage, TAILGUNNER, The Pretty Wild, Tropic Gold,TX2, unpeople, vianova, Wayside, and Zero 9:36.

One name that jumps out of that list is Dogstar, a band most famous for their bass player, one Keanu Reeves, so I’ll guess we’ll be partying with Keanu in the northern summer. Excellent stuff.

Download XXXIII takes place at the UK’s Donington Park in Leicester from June 10 – 14, 2026. For full details, tickets and more, hit up the official site.