United Kingdom’s Download festival will return for its 23rd edition, reborn and recharged in 2026 as DLXXIII. Yesterday, the festival announced three monumental headliners, with their only U.K. shows in 2026 — LIMP BIZKIT, GUNS N’ ROSES and LINKIN PARK — with over 90 more colossal names spanning the full spectrum of rock, metal, punk, emo, hardcore, alternative and classic rock. Next year’s festival will take place on June 10-14, 2026 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire.

In 2026, Download XXIII will host a trio of legendary headliners: nu-metal icons LIMP BIZKIT — headlining Download for the very first time in 31 years of career — on Friday, hard rock royalty GUNS N’ ROSES on Saturday and the mighty LINKIN PARK performing at Download for the first time since the band reformed in 2024 with lead singer Emily Armstrong. They have headlined Download Festival 4 times with their original line up between 2004 and 2014 though.

Other bands announced so far are  BAD OMENS, CYPRESS HILL, TRIVIUM, HALESTORM, ELECTRIC CALLBOY, PENDULUM, THE ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS, MASTODON, BABYMETAL, ARCHITECTS, ICE NINE KILLS, Tom Morello, BLACK VEIL BRIDES, DROWNING POOL, BUSH, FEEDER, PERIPHERY, ASH, THE PRETTY RECKLESS, LETLIVE., STATIC-X, SPINESHANK, RØRY, DINOSAUR PILE-UP, MAGNOLIA PARK, TX2, AS IT IS, STORY OF THE YEAR, SLEEP THEORY, MELROSE AVENUE, THOSE DAMN CROWS, P.O.D., HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD, SCENE QUEEN, DOGSTAR, WE CAME AS ROMANS, MAMMOTH, KUBLAI KHAN TX and so many more.

For more information, visit www.downloadfestival.co.uk.