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DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2027 THREE HUGE HEADLINERS REVEALED


The truth is finally out there as Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival on the planet, returns for its 24th edition as DLXXIV. Announced today are three huge headliners – blink-182, Bring Me The Horizon and Evanescence – and more than 100 other names. Download will return to Donington Park, the spiritual home of rock, on 9-13 June 2027. Tickets are on sale now at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.

Bigger, better and bolder than ever, Download XXIV promises unmissable headline sets from blink-182, the kings of pop punk, making their Download debut; the mighty Bring Me The Horizon, doing a victory lap after their unbelievable headline set in 2023; and the iconic Evanescence, fronted by goth-rock goddess Amy Lee, the festival’s second female-led headliner. They will all perform on the UK’s biggest festival stage.

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21 NEW BANDS READY FOR COPENHELL 2027 AND 1-DAY TICKETS ON THE WAY


PARKWAY DRIVE, MARILYN MANSON, PRIMUS, SUBLIME, SEVENDUST, WIND ROSE, PARADISE LOST, NILE and many more bands are joining COPENHELL 2027. 1-day and 1+1-day tickets go on sale on 12 November, with a presale the day before for everyone subscribed to the COPENHELL newsletter.

COPENHELL announce 21 new bands for the 2027 festival poster:

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OZZFEST RETURNS FOR 2027


OZZFEST, the iconic global touring hard rock music festival launched by Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, is set to return to its spiritual UK home at The National Bowl in Milton Keynes on Saturday 10 July 2027.

The announcement comes off the back of the 30th anniversary of the first OZZFEST in 1996, and will be the first since the passing of the late global rock icon Ozzy Osbourne and his historic farewell concert Back to the Beginning in 2025.

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102 new bands confirmed for #GMM27!


Graspop Metal Meeting Festival unleashed the first 8 names for their 30th anniversary edition. High time to drop another 102 names for the line-up of Graspop Metal Meeting 2027! Amon Amarth, Bad Religion, Body Count ft. Ice-T, Brutus, Dimmu Borgir, Down, Lorna Shore, Motionless in White, Pierce the Veil, Staind and Tom Morello are just a few of the heavy hitters to roam the Dessel plains next summer.

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BLOODSTOCK founder’s artwork takes its place in George Lucas’s new museum


Bloodstock Open Air Festival is proud to announce that founder and resident artist Paul Raymond Gregory has been selected for inclusion in the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, founded by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson. The museum, dedicated to the art of visual storytelling, is located in Exposition Park in Los Angeles, California and was designed by architect Ma Yansong of MAD Architects. It opens to the public on 22 September 2026, eight years after its 2018 groundbreaking.

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BLOODSTOCK NEWS: PRIZES, POWER, AND PIXELS


BLOODSTOCKers! The big 25th Anniversary celebrations are here, and there’s no shortage of ways to get involved – whether you’re pedaling, gaming, or just feeling lucky. You can even join in if you’re not at BLOODSTOCK!

Heavy Metal Truants: The “Ed To Ed” Challenge

While the HMT crew makes their epic ride to Catton Park starting today (follow them here), you can get in on the action without breaking a sweat on the road. If you’re at BLOODSTOCK, head to the HMT tent in the main arena and hop on a static bike to see how fast you can generate enough real electricity to boil water – kids are racing to 5ml, adults to 10ml (a hand crank is available for differently-abled participants).

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