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Download Festival UK has just announced a jam packed 2017 lineup to rock out at Donington Park. The British heavy rock and metal festival is one of the most well-known and popular English summer rock and heavy metal festivals. This year, Download is bringing acts like System of a Down, Prophets of Rage and Aerosmith to the stage to play in front of millions of fans.

Download Festival was created by Stuart Galbraith, Tom Pyke and Andy Copping in 2003 as a follow-up to the Monsters of Rock festival which had been held in the same location in Leicestershire.

The name Download was chosen in 2003 because “downloading” was considered a dirty word in the popular music industry at the time due to the problem of file-sharing, and rock was meant to be a rebellious genre of music. In addition, Download was to be a Monsters of Rock for the 21st century, and the internet was meant to provide a connection with the audience.

Continuing it’s internet theme, the festival organizers have nurtured an online community through the Download Festival Forums. It was initially created as a sounding board for festivalgoers, but it has since become an integral part of the festival organization, with regular contributions from Director John Probyn and Promoter Andy Copping. The forums provide a variety of cool events, such as the Fan Forum meetings, the Boardie BBQ, the Boardie Takeover night and pub quizzes. Check out the forums here.

You can purchase a whole variety of tickets here.

Check out the festival lineup poster and full lineup below.

Download Festival UK Lineup
Aerosmith
AFI
Airbourne
Alter Bridge
Astroid Boys
Basement
Biffy Clyro
Clutch
Coheed and Cambria
Crown the Empire
Devildriver
Every Time I Die
Exodus
Five Finger Death Punch
Four Year Strong
Fozzy
God Damn
Good Charlotte
Greywind
Issues
Knucklepuck
Lost Society
Mastodon
Ministry
Motionless in White
Of Mice & Men
Opeth
Pierce the Veil
Prophets of Rage
Red Fang
Rob Zombie
Simple Plan
Slayer
Sleeping with Sirens
Sum 41
System of a Down
The Dead Daisies
The One Hundred
The Story So Far
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