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Busted on playing Download 2024: “It was the perfect time for us to do it – we wouldn’t have done it 20 years ago”

"It ended up being exactly what we all hoped it would be”

Download boss Andy Copping on the 2025 line-up: “The festival will die if we don’t move with the times”

Following the 2025 line-up being shared, Copping talks to NME about tackling fan expectations, the decision for Sleep Token to top the bill, and the female-fronted band he sees as a future headliner

Download 2025 announce stacked line-up with Green Day, Sleep Token, KoRn and more

Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, Spiritbox and Loathe are also among those on the bill

Green Day announce more European shows for 2025, tease extra international dates coming “soon”

Glastonbury and Download-shaped holes remain in their schedule...

Could Download Festival be teasing Green Day as their 2025 headliner?

The band are playing two festivals in Germany the week after the Donington Park event takes place

Wargasm: “Our first dream collaboration was with Fred Durst – our second is on the way”

The duo opened up about their close ties to Download Festival, being "inseparable" from Limp Bizkit, and how they're about to start a new era with new material

HotWax talk debut album plans and touring with Royal Blood

At Download, the band opened up the huge response to their latest material and plans for the future

Bambie Thug: “Change can be done with music, and people listen through art”

The singer talks to us about the new wave of fans following Eurovision, plans for the future, and dedication to using their platform to highlight injustice

Download 2024: Food stalls were shut down as “hundreds” of festival-goers fell ill with food poisoning 

The festival was also plagued by weather issues and threats of boycotts

Avenged Sevenfold on dividing fans: “Being willing to risk everything is the most liberating thing”

Backstage at Download, Zacky Vengeance told NME about wanting to catch fans off-guard with ‘Life Is But A Dream..’ and plans to celebrate milestone anniversaries for ‘City Of Evil’ and ‘Nightmare’
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