Marilyn Manson, Babymetal and more confirmed for Download 2018

By Scott Munro
( Metal Hammer )
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The UK’s Download festival add 17 artists to 2018 bill - including Marilyn Manson, Babymetal, Asking Alexandria, Alexisonfire, In This Moment and Black Veil Brides

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Download UK organisers have added 17 more artists to the 2018 bill.

It was previously announced that Ozzy Osbourne, Guns N’ Roses and Avenged Sevenfold would headline the 2018 event, which will take place from June 8-10 at Donington Park.

Now Marilyn Manson, Babymetal, Asking Alexandria, Alexisonfire, In This Moment, Body Count Ft. Ice T, Parkway Drive, Bullet For My Valentine, Rise Against, Black Veil Brides, Neck Deep, Meshuggah, The Hives, Mayday Parade, Dream State, WSTR and The Pink Slips will join them.

Asking Alexandria’s Ben Bruce says: “We have been waiting for half a decade to say this again, ‘Download, we are coming for ya!’ Download is hands down one of the most exciting festivals in the world to play and so we have decided to bring our biggest show to date over with us.

“We cannot wait to see you all there. In the words of this year’s legendary headliner, ‘Mama I’m coming home.’”

Babymetal say in a statement: “We are so happy to announce that we will be playing at Download UK! We were last there in 2016 and it is an absolute honour to be returning to this prestigious festival next year. Can’t wait to go back and see everyone there!”

Bullet For My Valentine’s Matt Tuck says he’s excited to be playing the festival again and adds: “It’s been five long years now since we last performed at Donington Park, so we’re more than ready to get back on that legendary stage and do what we do best. See you there!”

Tickets for Download 2018 are available from the official festival site (opens in new tab), while other artists will be revealed in due course.

Download 2018 list of confirmed artists

Ozzy Osbourne
Avenged Sevenfold
Guns N’ Roses
Marilyn Manson
Babymetal
Asking Alexandria
Alexisonfire
In This Moment
Body Count Ft. Ice T
Parkway Drive
Bullet For My Valentine
Rise Against
Black Veil Brides
Neck Deep
Meshuggah
The Hives
Mayday Parade
Dream State
WSTR
The Pink Slips

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Scott Munro
Scott Munro
Louder e-commerce editor

Scott has spent more than 30 years in newspapers and magazines as an editor, production editor, sub-editor, designer, writer and reviewer. After initially joining our news desk in the summer of 2014, he moved to the e-commerce team full-time in 2020. He maintains Louder’s buyer’s guides, scouts out the best deals for music fans and reviews headphones, speakers, books and more. He's written more than 11,000 articles across Louder, Classic Rock, Metal Hammer and Prog and has previous written for publications including IGN, the Sunday Mirror, Daily Record and The Herald covering everything from daily news and weekly features, to video games, travel and whisky. Scott grew up listening to rock and prog, cutting his teeth on bands such as Marillion and Magnum before his focus shifted to alternative and post-punk in the late 80s. His favourite bands are Fields Of The Nephilim, The Cure, New Model Army, All About Eve, The Mission, Ned's Atomic Dustbin and Drab Majesty, but he also still has a deep love of Rush.