Download Festival 2015

It's prob time to get the ball rolling here considering an announcement looks imminent.

Fests that usually share a lot of acts with DL are both celebrating anniversaries Graspop (20th edition) and Hellfest (10th edition) and will no doubt be trying to form the best bills possible.

Hellfest have recently updated their site and added a clock and countdown up next Monday suggesting thats when they will reveal their first acts.

Gene Simmons tweeted a poster with Kiss,Motley Crue,Slash & Myles & Enter Shikari. Andy Copping quickly responding dismissing it as a fake by a mad fan.

I say it could be bull and these acts ARE appearing. All very likely for a first announcement too its known Kiss and Crue are touring next summer,Slash current gig run in Europe is underway and although ES have a UK tour in Feb those gigs are practically Sold out so would be no harm to that tour, both Slash and ES are at Rock Am Ring the week before Download.

Continuing on from recent years I expect one act will certainly be a new headliner whether or not they've played the festival before (Rammstein,Prodigy,A7X)

Some suggestions....

Foo Fighters have been the most requested act for the past number of years by attendees yet they've never played Donnington could this be the year?

Pearl Jam seemed all set for Download 2013 but rumored to have fell through, Slipknot were then announced either surprising/disappointing people or both.

Muse highly praised for their live shows reckon Download isn't beyond the realms of possibility but imagine Glastonbury is more likely.

Van Halen; rumored for Europe last year but never materialized next June will be 20 years since last UK show that was to support Bon Jovi. If they weren't a headliner then are they now? Hard to say maybe the rarity factor will have pulling power?

Then you have the Donington favourites who could be likely; Metallica,AC/DC,GnR,Ozzy Osbourne,SOAD

If the Kiss rumor is true the likes of VH, GnR & Def Leppard can be chalked off straight away :D

Won't be Foo's, they are doing multiple dates in the UK, so I'd say Glastonbury, Wembley, Manchester for them.

Copping said one headliner is brand new, and in way question was put it reads as never played the festival new, so I'd hazard a guess at Muse.

Kiss would make sense, they are in the area at the time. It would seem like Slipknot would be the third one, but never know, they could do Soni if it's on.

Kiss, Muse, Slipknot are TBC on efestivals now.

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Karnivool please

Playing own shows in March in UK in case you didn't see.

Mushy wrote: »

Won't be Foo's, they are doing multiple dates in the UK, so I'd say Glastonbury, Wembley, Manchester for them.

Copping said one headliner is brand new, and in way question was put it reads as never played the festival new, so I'd hazard a guess at Muse.

Kiss would make sense, they are in the area at the time. It would seem like Slipknot would be the third one, but never know, they could do Soni if it's on.

That could well be what i've heard, Eminem.

Furious-Red wrote: »

Did they mention anything about Irish shows?

No, she's from Cambridge so had no need to ask about Ireland

scudzilla wrote: »

That could well be what i've heard, Eminem.

He did say only one headliner was brand new, so that'd be between Muse and Eminem. Now efests have Muse as TBC, and Eminem has never been touted as a rumour, it'd seem clearer who it's going to be.

Lithium93_ wrote: »

I'd imagine Motley Crue, Foo Fighters, and a long shot for Sunday headliner....... Megadeth perhaps depending on their plans come the festival season

Megadeth are not a headline act, a solid one to make up a bill alright second stage Headliners or 3rd/4th down on main. CRUE aren't headliners either but considering it's their last tour will be bumped up to 2nd down only for that reason most likely under Kiss

Lithium93_ wrote: »

Kiss headlining?, i call shenanigans Then again you called Slayer playing The Academy this past July.


Eminem @ Download, that's just a bottling waiting to happen.

Eminem won't play Download but if he did why would people buy tickets to bottle him? Thats silly people would buy tickets to see his show there would be other stages others not interested could head to (I'd be one of them)

Kiss haven't headlined since 2008, Linkin Park,Slipknot,Aerosmith & Def Leppard have all headlined the festival not once but twice since Kiss last did. Kiss are surely nailed on one of the headliners.

scudzilla wrote: »

Why wont Eminem play? They had Chase & Status a few years back.

Copping is not afraid of mixing things up, and by adding Eminem he's gonna sell a lot more tickets to people who wouldn't normally go

Don't disagree no touring plans AFAIK thats why I'd say won't be there , Chase & Status were requested by the Prodigy supposedly to play under them.

G'wan the Priest!

As regards BSC Should've been put on main really to ensure upward trajectory after their arena tour seems odd they are now occupying same spot they did 2013. Playing the fest 5 out of last 7 years is overkill and now they playing at it again next year mightn't be such a good thing for being touted as potential headliners.

No drip feeding from Hellfest so gives idea of whats about.

Shocked not to see Kiss/Motley Crue combo tbh and the feckin' Scorpions how they still continue to headline big fests in mainland Europe is baffling IMO......

Reiketsu wrote: »

Hellfest line up is completely underwhelming for me personally. There is some good bands on it but a lot I've seen before and out of those there's only a handful I'd be interested in seeing again - the rest I can take or leave. Only about 10 bands I've not seen that I'd like to and even then I'm not dying about them. Just my opinion though!

I agree with your opinion in fairness they were always gonna find it tough top the line up they put together the summer gone.

Some great bands no doubt but none that would have me rushing off to France, seen practically all their top Logo-ed bands at some stage or another myself. Wonder when Graspop announce.