Overview
- Organisers unveiled a 90-plus act bill for the festival’s 23rd edition at Donington Park in Leicestershire.
- Limp Bizkit tops Friday for their first-ever Download headline set after multiple past appearances.
- Guns N’ Roses leads Saturday for a third Download headline outing following previous top slots in 2006 and 2018.
- Linkin Park closes Sunday for a fifth headline appearance and their first at Download since adding new vocalist Emily Armstrong in 2024.
- Cypress Hill is confirmed for a first Download appearance as Feeder and The All-American Rejects return after more than two decades away.