Download 2024: Check out the stage times here

Frank Carter has spoken to NME at Download 2024, and opened up about what fans can expect to see from his upcoming gigs with Sex Pistols.The frontman caught up with us backstage at this year’s edition of the Donington Park festival, shortly before he took to the main stage for a career-spanning set with The Rattlesnakes. During the interview, he shed insight into his forthcoming gigs fronting the Sex Pistols, where they’ll be joining forces in London to play the classic ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ in its entirety.The two shows will be held at London’s historic Bush Hall in August – a venue chosen after the space came under threat when its owners revealed that it needed to raise £42,000 through crowdfunding to prevent it from losing its ability to host music.Now, Carter has opened up to NME about how the idea arose, and why he thinks it is integral for more light to be shed on the smaller venues across the country.“I first met Steve [Jones, guitarist] back in Los Angeles in 2007 and we had a long chat about punk rock and what it means to be kicking against the pricks,” said Carter, “then I eventually met all of them throughout the years.

Foo Fighters have returned to the capital for two headline shows at the London Stadium – check out the full stage times below.Dave Grohl and co. are currently on the UK leg of their ‘Everything Or Nothing At All’ tour, which kicked off in Manchester last Thursday (June 13).

Taylor Swift is set to bring her huge ‘Eras Tour’ to Wembley Stadium in London tomorrow (June 21). Check out the full stage times for this week’s concerts below.The ‘Tortured Poets’ pop star will take to the stage in the capital for the first time in six years, having last performed at the same venue on her ‘Reputation’ tour in 2018.In addition to tomorrow’s show, Swift is due to play at Wembley on Saturday (June 22) and Sunday (23) before returning to the stadium for a further five sold-out gigs in August.Paramore are opening for the singer on the current UK and Ireland leg.

Download 2024 were shut down as “hundreds” of festival goers fell ill with food poisoning.This year’s instalment of the metal and rock festival took place over the past weekend, running between June 14-16, and featured the headliners Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold.However, as the event unfolded, numerous attendees began reporting symptoms of food poisoning – including nausea, stomach cramps, fever, and general malaise. According to reports from a medical tent on site (via FoodPoisoningNews), as many as 500 people were affected by what they described as a “real food poisoning epidemic”.Speaking to BBC News, a spokesperson for the North West Leicestershire District Council (NWLDC) said medics began to see “a pattern” of fans falling ill, prompting event organiser Live Nation to launch an investigation.Live Nation said that customer safety was its “primary concern” and confirmed that all food traders had been inspected before and during the event.

Download‘s boss Andy Copping has suggested Limp Bizkit should headline the festival when they return.The nu-metal group have had a long history with the Donington Park festival, where they were supposed to be the inaugural headliners in 2003, but dropped out and were eventually replaced by Audioslave.Limp Bizkit sub-headlined the last day of this year’s edition, which took place at the weekend. Their show marked their first appearance at Donington Park since 2013.Now, a new photo posted by Copping has shown he’s open to considering the band returning to top the bill.

Pantera came together this weekend and performed at this year’s edition of Download Festival – marking their first show in the UK in over 20 years.The iconic heavy metal band took over the Opus Stage at the Donington Park festival and played a jam-packed set including tracks such as ‘I’m Broken’, ‘5 Minutes Alone’, ‘This Love’ and more.Their set marked their first live performance on UK shores in two decades, after the band reunited for shows in the US last year. Check out footage of their performance at Download and their full setlist below.‘A New Level’‘Mouth For War’‘Strength Beyond Strength’‘Becoming’‘I’m Broken’‘5 Minutes Alone’‘This Love’‘Floods’‘Walk’‘Domination / Hollow’‘Cowboys From Hell’‘Fucking Hostile’Pantera’s headlining set at the festival comes ahead of their recently announced first UK and Ireland tour in 20 years.

Queens Of The Stone Age have spoken to NME at the 2024 edition of Download Festival, and opened up about what the future of the band looks like, as well as the response to their latest album, ‘In Times New Roman..’.Guitarist Troy Van Leeuwen and drummer Jon Theodore caught up with us backstage at this year’s instalment of the Donington Park festival, shortly before they took to the Apex stage as Friday’s headliners (June 14).It comes following frontman Josh Homme telling NME about the set at the end of 2023, and hinting that while they still planned to “to give it [their] all”, they didn’t see “any reason to trip out” over the set. Now, chatting with us backstage, Van Leeuwen and Theodore opened up about what it’s been like to tour in support of their latest LP, and shared their love for Royal Blood, who they hit the road with earlier this year.They also told us about the upcoming reissue of their 1998 self-titled album, and what it was like to take part in the project, despite neither of them being part of the line-up when it was first released.

Royal Blood have spoken to NME at Download Festival 2024 and discussed what it was like to revisit their self-titled debut 10 years on, as well as reflecting on their time on the road with Queens Of The Stone Age.The duo – comprised of frontman and bassist Mike Kerr and drummer Ben Thatcher – caught up with NME at this year’s edition of the festival, shortly before they took to the main stage for a career-spanning set.Not only did the slot mark their first time back at the festival in a decade, it also came as the two are ready to play some intimate London shows, celebrating the 10th anniversary of their self-titled debut album.In the conversation, the duo told NME about what it was like to look back at their debut album this far down the line, and how they perceive it now compared to their latest release, 2023’s ‘Back To The Water Below’. They also recall their time on the road and growing friendship with Queens Of The Stone Age, who they first joined forces with back in 2017 and recently joined on the road earlier this year, as they toured across the US.NME: Hi Royal Blood, what’s it like to be back at Download?Mike Kerr: “It’s great to be back, we haven’t been here in 10 years, but I actually played here with my first band in 2008, around then.

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The National, IDLES and more are going up for auction to raise funds for the Tiny Changes mental health charity. Find out more information below.Tiny Changes was set up in memory of Frightened Rabbit frontman Scott Hutchison, who died by suicide in May 2018 after battling depression.

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Reading & Leeds 2024 have been revealed – check them out below now.As is tradition, the twin festivals will take place over the upcoming August bank holiday (23-25) and will return to the usual sites of Richfield Avenue (Reading) and Bramham Park (Leeds). They will both be headlined by Fred Again.., Lana Del Rey, Liam Gallagher, Catfish And The Bottlemen, Blink-182 and Gerry Cinnamon.

Riot Fest is going to look a bit different from past iterations.For the first time ever, the long-running punk festival will take place Sept. 19-22 at Bridgeview, IL’s SeatGeek Stadium, which the fest has officially dubbed RiotLand.From 2015-23 (excluding 2020), Riot Fest took place at Chicago’s Douglas Park; they moved to the new venue this year due to disagreements with the Chicago Park District.“Though our curtains may have closed in Douglass Park, another one has opened,” Riot Fest co-founder Mike “Riot Mike” Petryshyn said, referring to “RiotLand” statement.

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Download 2024 yesterday (June 10) over its partnership with Barclays Bank – which has ties to Israel – have announced a show together in Birmingham to raise money for Palestine.Pest Control were the first band to pull out of the Donington Park festival, saying that they would not “take part in an event whose sponsor profits from facilitating a genocide.” Later on, Scowl, Speed and Zulu all followed suit, with Scowl revealing that Pest Control had alerted them to the issue.This Friday! A benefit for Palestine

country superstar, 41, finished performing her classic “Before He Cheats” when she walked toward the back of the stage in the midst of a rainstorm, as seen in a TMZ video.The footage then shows Underwood suddenly taking a tumble off the stage and disappearing.The audience screamed in response to her fall.

Pest Control have pulled out of Download 2024 over its sponsorship with Barclays and the bank’s ties to Israel.The band took to their official Instagram to share a statement explaining why they would be boycotting the annual festival in Donnington. “We have made the decision to pull out of our upcoming shows at Download festival this week (Wednesday 12th June and Sunday 16th June),” began their statement.They explained that they are taking part in the boycott against Barclays bank who are sponsoring the music festival.

Sex Pistols and Frank Carter have added an extra show to their run of gigs at London’s Bush Hall in August.It was announced earlier this week that Carter would be joining Glen Matlock, Paul Cook and Steve Jones to play ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’ in its entirety to raise funds for the Shepherd’s Bush venue.After the dates on August 13 and 14 sold out, they have now added a third show on August 15. Any remaining tickets are available here.Speaking about the shows, Cook said via a press release: “We’re doing a benefit for Bush Hall with the famous Frank Carter. We’re going to be playing Pistols numbers cause they need support and they need the money.

Download Festival 2024 is due to kick off next week – check out the latest weather forecast below.This year’s edition of the rock and metal event is set to take place at Donington Park in Leicestershire between June 14-16. Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold will all headline the main stage.Other confirmed acts include Royal Blood, The Offspring, Machine Head, Pantera, Corey Taylor, While She Sleeps, Sum 41, Billy Talent, The Used, Babymetal and Bowling For Soup.

Download Festival attendees have been issued new advice ahead of this year’s event to avoid a repeat of the “unprecedented” congestion that took place last year.There were major delays on the surrounding roads, including the M1, A50 and A453, as festivalgoers descended on Donington Park in Leicestershire last year. Some fans said it took them up to seven hours to get on the site, while according to the leader of Leicestershire County Council, around 600 people missed flights at the nearby East Midlands Airport due to traffic jams.Part of the reason for this may have been that last year’s event took place over four days as opposed to its usual three in celebration of its 20th anniversary.