Download Festival 2024: A “big band” will play a surprise set, boss reveals

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.

Download Festival has issued a warning as rainy weather has turned Donington Park into a mudbath.The Leicestershire festival will be celebrating its final day in the wake of some torrential rains that have hit the UK – and now, the festival have taken to social media to post a statement.“Driving to Download today?,” the statement began. “The weather has affected conditions in the South Car Park.

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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.

Scowl, Speed and Zulu have become the latest bands to pull out of Download 2024 over its partnership with Barclays and the bank’s ties to Israel.The news follows a similar move from Leeds hardcore band Pest Control who announced they would be pulling out earlier today (June 10), saying that they would not “take part in an event whose sponsor profits from facilitating a genocide.”In a statement posted to their social media, Scowl wrote: “We will not be playing Download fest this year due to Barclays Bank sponsorship of the event and Barclays’ connection to Israel and the genocide Israel is committing in Palestine.“Free Palestine!”They directed fans to the Bands Boycott Barclays campaign for more information and thanked Pest Control “for bringing this to our attention”.Meanwhile, Speed wrote on their social media accounts: “SPEED will no longer be playing Download Festival this Friday June 14 due to the recent news of Barclays Banks sponsorship of the event and their involvement in the war in Gaza.”Zulu announced they would be dropping out shortly after. In their statement, they said: “We will not be playing Download Festival as we just got word about Barclays Bank and their sponsorship of the fest.

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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 has shared the stage times ahead of its 2024 edition taking place next week – check them out below.The rock and metal festival will return to Donington Park in Leicestershire from June 14-16 and will be headlined by Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold. The event has almost sold out, but any remaining tickets can be purchased here.Also set to perform are Royal Blood, The Offspring, Machine Head, Pantera, Corey Taylor, While She Sleeps, Sum 41, Billy Talent, The Used, Babymetal, Bowling For Soup, Heilung, Polyphia, Thy Art Is Murder, The Black Dahlia Murder, Biohazard, and Fear Factory.They will be joined by the likes of Busted, Wheatus, Tom Morello and Enter Shikari as well as Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes, The Struts, Mr Bungle, The Hunna, Escape The Fate, HEALTH, Code Orange, Royal Republic, Kerry King, Creeper and Soft Play.Bad Omens were supposed to appear but dropped out due to frontman Noah Sebastian suffering from “extreme burnout”.

Jack Dunn Tribeca Festival 2024 has revealed the participants for this year’s Tribeca Festival Creators Market, which features a curated selection of creatives pitching feature, episodic, audio and immersive projects to a group of industry leaders. Companies in attendance for the pitch market include Sony Pictures Classics, NEON, Cinetic Media, Paramount+, MAX, IFC Films and the Sundance Institute.

Funeral For A Friend will be replacing Bad Omens at Download Festival next week.Bad Omens were supposed to headline the second stage on the first day of the Donington Park festival but announced on May 23 that they were pulling out due to frontman Noah Sebastian suffering from “extreme burnout”.“While all the touring and work that we’ve put into this album cycle the last several years has been so rewarding and gratifying, it has also pushed me to the limits of my mental bandwidth,” he said in a statement. “Putting my mind and body in conflict with one another in ways that are becoming detrimental to my health on the road.”“This decision is in the best interest of my health and wellbeing, and of the long term sustainability of Bad Omens.“We need to protect and restore all of the energy that will be demanded of us again soon as we transition into the next chapter.”Now, it has been confirmed that Funeral For A Friend will be taking their place.

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If Cannes has come to an end that means a slew of summer festivals is about to pop up around the globe. New York will see the 2024 Tribeca Film Festival debut next week while the 2024 Annecy International Animation Festival begins on June 9.

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Slipknot percussionist Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan was absent from the band’s headline show at Sonic Temple Festival last weekend due to “medical reasons”.The masked group played a 14-track set at the Historic Crew Stadium in Columbus, Ohio on Sunday (May 19) as part of the hard rock and metal event’s final day.Early in the gig, frontman Corey Taylor told the crowd that Slipknot were “missing one of our brothers”. He went on to explain that Clown had “broke a tooth [and] had to have it removed” the day before.Taylor continued: “There is an issue.