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Tons Of Rock Announce Two New Acts To 2025 Line Up


Tons Of Rock delivers two fantastic announcements today! With heroic tributes, backyard boogie, and symphonic metal, this year’s festival dream is coming together at Ekeberg!
Even though the Norwegian legends in Backstreet Girls and Within Temptation belong to two completely different musical worlds — raw, boogie-based hard rock versus symphonic metal — they share some common traits that have made them iconic bands. Both are highly sought after and proudly featured on this year’s Tons of Rock lineup.

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Announcing… BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING


Be part of BLOODSTOCK history!! Will you be one of the very first to bear witness to BLOODSTOCK’S WINTER GATHERING this December?! This brand new, one-day edition of the premier heavy metal summer weekender is set to debut this festive season on 6th December 2025. Raising the roof at the fabled KK’s Steelmill in Wolverhampton, this not-to-be-missed headbanger’s extravaganza will begin at 2pm in order to pack in as much high quality metal as possible. 

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16 NEW BANDS FOR COPENHELL 2025


Today, COPENHELL adds the last two headliners to the 2025 line-up – BILLY IDOL and DIZZY MIZZ LIZZY By Request! They are joined by KREATOR, BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, SKUNK ANANSIE, DETHKLOK, BLOOD INCANTATION, THE SANDMEN, VOLA, THE SWORD, FIT FOR AN AUTOPSY, SLOMOSA, DIRTY HONEY, DEAD POET SOCIETY, THE SOUTHERN RIVER BAND, SARCATOR and SKARNET.

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22 MORE ARTISTS ADDED TO DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2025 


Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, has today added a further wave of 22 artists to an already stellar line up for its 22nd edition in 2025. The new additions include Rise AgainstOpethMyles KennedyShinedownAWOLNATIONPower TripHatebreedPalaye RoyaleMunicipal Waste and more. This year’s festival will take place on 13-15 June 2025 at the spiritual home of rock in Donington Park, Leicestershire. General tickets are on sale now at www.downloadfestival.co.uk

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INTRODUCING DOWNLOAD FAMILY : JOIN THE INNER CIRCLE NOW FOR DOWNLOAD UPDATES AND MONTHLY PERKS


Download Festival, the greatest rock and metal festival of all time, have today announced the Download Family. Community is at the heart of Download, so this is a chance for the festival to give back to the people who make it what it is. The Download Family has been created in order to give the inner circle monthly perks in the lead up to the festival and beyond. Join the Family by signing up here: https://downloadfestival.co.uk/family.

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28 new additions for Graspop Metal Meeting 2025!


Even after the announcement of Judas Priest and Nine Inch Nails, we keep charging full steam ahead with 28 new names for the line-up of #GMM25. Pirate metal heroes Alestorm, cartoon death metallers Dethklok and progressive metal masters Opeth are just a few of the artists that are coming to Dessel next June.

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