The Darkness, Young Guns get secret Download slots

By Stef Lach
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Bands added to Donington bill, with more expected to follow

The Darkness and Young Guns have been confirmed as secret guests for this week’s Download Festival.

Londoners Young Guns will play their set on Jake’s Stage at 9.30pm on Friday, while The Darkness play the Maverick Stage at 3pm on Sunday.

Download organisers say: “So that’s that. The secret’s out. We have no more secrets to share. Or do we? You’ll have to wait and see.”

The Donington event is headlined this year by Slipknot on Friday, Muse on Saturday and Kiss in the closing Sunday night slot.

The Darkness recently appointed Rufus Taylor – son of Queen man Roger – as their new drummer, replacing Emily Dolan Davies.

Young Guns release third album Ones And Zeros today via Virgin EMI.

For full lineup and ticket details, visit the official festival website.

Stef Lach

Stef wrote close to 5,000 stories during his time as assistant online news editor and later as online news editor between 2014-2016. An accomplished reporter and journalist, Stef has written extensively for a number of UK newspapers and also played bass with UK rock favourites Logan. His favourite bands are Pixies and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Stef left the world of rock'n'roll news behind when he moved to his beloved Canada in 2016, but he started on his next 5000 stories in 2022.