Here’s the weather forecast for Download Festival this weekend

Download Festival Japan has revealed Brazilian metallers Soulfly and hardcore punks Code Orange will complete the lineup for this year’s edition of the festival.Soulfly and Code Orange will join Dream Theater, Bullet For My Valentine, Mastodon, Steel Panther, At The Gates and The Halo Effect at the Makuhari Messe International Exhibition Center in Chiba on August 14. A performance by Japanese outfit BAND-MAID will open the festival.A post shared by Download Festival Japan (@downloadfestjp)Ticket prices have also been announced for the festival, with general ticket prices set at 18,000 yen and VIP tickets at 35,000 yen.

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Tens of thousands of festival-goers will head to Somerset for Glastonbury 2022 this week. The much-anticipated festival returns on Wednesday for the first time in three years after the pandemic forced organisers to cancel twice.

After a two year delay, Glastonbury finally returns this weekend - and we have the most vital information you'll need for your trip there...the weather update. 

Naman Ramachandran The inaugural London Action Festival (July 28-31) will open with a screening of “Die Hard,” with director John McTiernan and other guests in attendance at a Q&A. McTiernan’s “Predator” will also screen at the festival.

Today (Friday 17 June) will be the hottest day so far this year, with temperatures peaking at a scorching 34C in some southern areas of the UK. Greater Manchester will be swapping its typical rain for sun, with highs of 27C forecast for this afternoon as conditions remain dry but cloudy at times.

It's about to get a whole lot hotter in Greater Manchester this week. Clear skies, brilliant sunshine and temperatures warmer than the Canary Islands are predicted as the UK welcomes a heatwave.

Download Festival.Leicestershire Police told BBC News that the man was taken to hospital on Saturday evening (June 11) when Iron Maiden were the headline act.The force said that the festival attendee’s death was being treated as unexplained and that inquiries are ongoing.This year’s Download Festival took place from Friday (June 10) until Sunday (June 12) at Leicestershire’s Donington Park. It was headlined by KISS, Biffy Clyro and Iron Maiden.NME‘s Ali Shutler reviewed this year’s event.

Download is set to become even bigger, with organisers announcing today that next year’s edition will stretch over four days for the first time.Next year’s event will take place from June 8 to June 11 2023 at its regular Donnington Park home. The expansion will coincide with its 20th anniversary celebrations.The festival’s 2022 edition wrapped up yesterday (June 12).

Glastonbury 2022 is almost here after a two-year delay following the coronavirus pandemic – see how the weather will fare below.Those travelling to Worthy Farm from June 22-26 to see headliners Billie Eilish, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar, as well as Little Simz, Róisín Murphy, Bicep and plenty of other acts, can mostly expect warm conditions.However, it might be worth packing your wellies as some rain is currently expected, along with the possibility of thunderstorms.According to the Met Office‘s long range weather forecast for June 17-26, “Temperatures are expected to be warm for most and closer to average in the north, but possibly very warm or hot in the south, which could bring thundery conditions.“Fine but generally unsettled weather can be expected throughout the rest of this period, with the possibility of some showers or longer spells of rain mainly in the northwest and continued possible thundery outbreaks in the south.”Check out the latest forecast according to the BBC below.Wednesday June 22: Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 17° and lows of 11°Thursday June 23: Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 17° and lows of 11°Friday June 24: Sunny intervals and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 17° and lows of 11°Saturday June 25: Light cloud and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 18° and lows of 11°Sunday June 26: Light cloud and a moderate breeze, with temperatures peaking at 17° and lows of 11°In other news, music fans headed to this year’s Glastonbury Festival may have to reconsider their travel plans as national rail strikes were confirmed last week for three days in late June.The RMT union announced that “over 50,000

A man who was taken to hospital after falling ill at Download Festival has died, it has been confirmed. Emergency services were called in after he became unwell at around 9pm on Saturday evening at the famous rock festival in the east Midlands.

Download Festival with a drone.The festival is taking place at Donington Park this weekend (June 10-12) just one mile from the airport.Statements from the airport, Leicestershire Police and the festival say that drones used to film the rock festival led to the delays and one runway being closed.“It beggars belief that someone would do this,” the airport’s managing director Clare James said (via Daily Mail).“It’s a criminal offence, it is very inconvenient for passengers, it costs thousands of pounds for cargo carriers but most of all it is a flight safety risk.“We have detection equipment here, we are working with police, so my message to whoever is doing this is just stop or face prosecution.”On Friday night (June 10), six passenger flights and two cargo flights were rerouted to airports including Leeds and Manchester. The runway was closed for an hour from 11.15pm.

It's only one more day until Parklife kicks off and festival-goers are likely packing all their stuff for the weekend.

Parklife is only a few days away and festival-goers are likely getting all their gear together to enjoy the weekend.

Scotland was treated to glorious weather over the bank holiday weekend - and the sunshine is set to continue this week.