**Update May 2023: Unfortunately due to Ivan Moody’s recent triple hernia surgery, Five Finger Death Punch will sadly no longer be performing at Download Festival 2023. (Read more)**
Are you ready for the trip to Donington, Knuckleheads!?
The UK’s Download Festival has revealed the stage splits for all four days of the 2023 edition of the festival.
The key takeaway for Knuckleheads, is that Five Finger Death Punch will perform on the Opus Stage (Second stage) on Thursday 8 June 2023. The times for performances are yet to be revealed for all bands playing the festival however, if the poster is anything to go by it looks like Death Punch might be headlining the second stage before Metallica closes day one on main stage. (Note this is unconfirmed but very likely based on the usual structure of Download Festival’s stages and performance setups)
Although the majority of tickets for the festival have already sold out, fans can (at the time of posting) still purchase day tickets for Thursday 8 June 2023 (aka Death Punch day!) from www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
New additions to the Download Festival 2023 Line-Up
In addition to stage splits, the line-up for Download Festival’s 20th anniversary has expanded with a further 12 names added to the weekend’s programme.
The special anniversary edition, taking place for the first time over four days from Thursday 8 June 2023 to Sunday 11 June 2023 at Donington Park, will now feature Cancer Bats, Casey, Hundred Reasons, Puscifer, State Champs and more, alongside headliners Bring Me The Horizon, Slipknot and Metallica, who will perform two headline sets with no repeat songs. The very last tickets are available from www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
Tool and A Perfect Circle frontman Maynard James Keenan will be bringing Puscifer to Download for the very first time, Canadian hardcore punk band Cancer Bats will also be delivering the noise this year and Hundred Reasons are back with their first new music in 15 years and will be playing Download for the first time since their 2006 debut.
Further additions include the recently reunited Welsh outfit Casey, as well as New York pop punk heroes State Champs, daredevil rock’n’roll darlings Cherry Bombs, and Welsh TikTok heroes Punk Rock Factory, who are rightfully graduating to a Main Arena performance after their memorable set in The Village last year.
The line-up continues with theatrical post-hardcore band Static Dress, South coast punk rockers SNAYX, Australian alt four-piece RedHook, and Kerrang! Radio The Deal competition winners Rituals, who will open The Avalanche Stage with their blisteringly heavy Newcastle metal.
These further additions continue to add to an incredible line-up for the very special anniversary edition of Download Festival. Stage splits have been confirmed and can be found at www.downloadfestival.co.uk.
Download Festival 2023 Line-Up:
