Latest addition: Steel Panther

May 19: Weekend tickets with camping have now sold out. Only weekend tickets remain.

May 7: Joe Elliott of Def Leppard makes a guest appearance in the latest episode of Lowdown at www.downloadfestival.co.uk

May 5: New additions: Steel Panther, Trigger the Bloodshed, 69 Eyes, Hollywood Undead, Lauren Harris, Hunting The Minotaur, Japanese Voyeurs, White Man Kamikaze, Loverman, Black Spiders, General Fiasco, Sacred Mother Tongue, Dear Superstar, Hexes, Pulled Apart By Horses, Violent Soho and Brides. Check here for latest on who's playing where.

April 24: Webshow Lowdown is available at www.downloadfestival.co.uk now.

April 20: Here's 17 more acts for you - how much more can there be? Hatebreed, A Day To Remember, In This Moment, Therapy?, God Forbid, Backyard Babies, Hostile, Middle Class Rut, No Americana, Esoterica, Suicide Silence, Tim Ripper Owens, Voivod, Sylosis, Turbo Wolf, We Are The Ocean and Man Raze.

April 7: Another dozen confirmations...The Answer, Fightstar, Bring Me the Horizon, Staind, Stone Gods, Static-X, Shinedown, Volbeat, Facecage, Auger Bane, Sevendust and Go: Audio.

Check out the Download trailer here.

Mar 24: Eight more bands confirmed: Opeth, Meshuggah, Duff McKagan's Loaded, Five Finger Death Punch, Dir en Grey, Lawnmower Deth, You Me at Six and Steadlur. Most of these guys have appeared on Rock Radio in the past year.

Mar 17: Eleven more acts announced: Journey, Black Stone Cherry, Chris Cornell, Clutch, Tesla, Architects, Skin, Down, Lacuna Coil, Karma to Burn and Parkway Drive. Roasting!

Mar 2: The reunited Faith No More are the third and final headline act alongside Slipknot and Def Leppard.

Update: Check out our Listen Again section for Def Leppard's Joe Elliott on the band's return to Donington 23 years after they staged their comeback with crash victim Rick Allen on the same stage.

Feb 27:Dream Theater, Anvil, Buckcherry, the Blackout and Billy Talent are all named.

Feb 24: Papa Roach have self-announced. Singer Jacoby Shaddix says: "We're going to be playing the same day and stage as ZZ Top. Good times!"

Feb 20: ZZ Top will appear at Download along with Def Leppard and Slipknot.

Lineup so far:

69 Eyes
A Day to Remember
The Answer
Anvil
Architects
Auger Bane
Backyard Babies
Billy Talent
The Blackout
Black Spiders
Black Stone Cherry
Brides
Bring Me the Horizon
Buckcherry
Chris Cornell
Clutch
Dear Superstar
Def Leppard
Devil Driver
Dir en Grey
Dragonforce
Dream Theater
Down
Duff McKagan's Loaded
Esoterica
Facecage
Faith No More
Fightstar
Five Finger Death Punch
General Fiasco
Go: Audio
God Forbid
Hatebreed
Hexes
Hollywood Undead
Hostile
Hunting the Minotaur
In This Moment
Japanese Voyeurs
Journey
Karma to Burn
Killswitch Engage
Korn
Lacuna Coil
Lauren Harris
Lawnmower Deth
Limp Bizkit
Loverman
Man Raze
Marilyn Manson
Meshuggah
Middle Class Rut
Motley Crue
No Americana
Opeth
Tim Ripper Owens
Papa Roach
Parkway Drive
Pendulum
The Prodigy
Pulled Apart by Horses
Sacred Mother Tongue
Sevendust
Shinedown
Skin
Slipknot
Staind
Static-X
Steadlur
Steel Panther
Stone Gods
Suicide Silence
Sylosis
Tesla
Therapy?
Trigger the Bloodshed
Trivium
Turbo Wolf
Violent Soho
Voivod
Volbeat
We Are the Ocean
White Man Kamikaze
Whitesnake
You Me at Six
ZZ Top

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