14 New Names Added to Download Festival 2026

The second wave of bands for this year’s Download Festival has been announced. It sees 14 names joining the stacked bill with A Day To Remember, Creeper, Marmozets, and Hot Milk being among the new additions.

The other names announced today are Daughtry, Annisokay, Stampin’ Ground, Frozemode, Conjurer, Decessus, Band-maid, Private School, Silly Goose, and The Primals.

“We’re really proud of our line-up this year, and our second announcement brings further depth and diversity to DLXXIII. We have huge artists like A Day To Remember, Daughtry, Creeper and Hot Milk, as well as bringing Final Fantasy XIV’s official band THE PRIMALS to Download for their very first show outside of Asia. And due to popular demand, Miss World Chile – Ignacia Fernández – will be performing with her band DECESSUS after surprising the world with her incredible death metal vocals a few months ago,” shared Download Festival’s Kamran Haq. “We have even more surprises to come, and tickets are selling out faster than ever this year, so this is your last chance to snap up the final remaining tickets.”

The full list of new names:

A Day To Remember
Annisokay
Band-maid
Conjurer
Creeper
Daughtry
Decessus
Frozemode
Hot Milk
Marmozets
Private School
Silly Goose
Stampin’ Ground
The Primals

In additional news, the day splits for this June’s event have been revealed. It’ll see Halestorm, Architects, and A Day To Remember headline the Opus stage While Feeder, The All-American Rejects, and Scooter, top the bill on the Avalanche Stage. Finally, the Dogtooth stage will be headlined by Cavalera, Blood Incarnation, and Static-X.

As previously announced, Limp Bizkit, Guns N’ Roses, and Linkin Park are this year’s Apex stage headliners. Throughout the weekend, the main stage will see performances from Cypress Hill, Electric Callboy, Trivium, Bad Omens, BabyMetal, Ice Nine Kills, and more.