The Download festival in Paris have announced their lineup for this year. The festival will take place the same weekend as the existing festival in Donington: June 10 to June 12 of this year.
The French counterpart will include acts such as Iron Maiden and Rammstein, Biffy Clyro, Deftones, Twin Atlantic, and Arcane Roots. Other notable acts include Anthrax, Megadeth, Apocalytica, Shinedown, and Skillet. The full lineup is on Downloads website. The managers at Download festival in Paris wrote in French above the lineup listing: “Right, the rumour mill has been churning round thick and fast over the last couple of months, so it’s time for us to clear something up… Yes, Download Festival France IS happening in 2016. JUST SO YOU’RE CLEAR: this doesn’t affect this year’s Download Festival at Donington in any way.”
Download Festival Paris 2016 lineup:
Friday June 10:
Iron Maiden
Deftones
Ghost
Gojira
Anthrax
Tremonti
Beartooth
We Came As Romans
Blackrain
The Wild Lies
The Raven Age
Saturday June 11:
Korn
Jane’s Addiction
Biffy Clyro
Amon Amarth
One Ok Rock
Apocalytica
Saxon
Baby Metal
Mass Hysteria
The Struts
Aracne Roots
Shinedown
Sunday June 12:
Rammstein
Megadeth
Volbeat
Sabaton
Rival Sons
Trivium
Children of Bodom
Lofofora
Last Train
Skindred
Skillet
New year’s Day
Strange Bones
The Shrine