Download Festival Announces Tribute to Lemmy and Lineup Additions for 2016.
This year, Download Festival’s Main Stage will be named ‘The Lemmy Stage’ in tribute to the Motörhead frontman. Organisers asnnounced the news alongside the addition of 236 new names for the bill.
A statement said, “Whilst we’re saddened to say Motörhead will no longer be performing at this year’s Download Festival, we will honour a true rock ‘n’ roll icon who inspired so many others on the bill, Lemmy Kilmister. This year, Download Festival’s Main Stage will be named ‘The Lemmy Stage’ in tribute to a much loved and missed legend. We are working with Motörhead’s management on a tribute to the great man during the slot he would have performed on, more information to follow.”
The 14th Download Festival 2016 takes place on the weekend of Friday 10th June 2016 – Sunday 12th June 2016 at Donington Park, Donington, Derbyshire, DE74 2RP, England, United Kingdom. In total around 150 acts appear over five stages over the three days of the festival.
You can read about the current lineup, stages and day splits below:
Friday 10th June 2016
The Lemmy Stage (The renamed Main Stage)
- Rammstein (Headliner)
- Korn
- Motörhead Tribute
- Killswitch Engage
- Alien Ant Farm
Zippo Encore Stage
- Twin Atlantic
- The Amity Affliction
- Skillet
- Graveyard
Third Stage
- Gutterdammerung
- Heck
- Zoak
- High Valley High
Fourth Stage
- Kadavar
- Fort Hope
- Counting Days
- Havoc
- Strange Bones
Saturday 11th June 2016
The Lemmy Stage (The renamed Main Stage)
- Black Sabbath (Headliner)
- Deftones
- Megadeath
- Down
- Rival Sons
- SIXX:A.M.
- Atreyu
- Beartooth
Zippo Encore Stage
- NOFX
- Skindred
- Architects
- Bury Tommorrow
- Tesseract
- As Lions
Third Stage
- Neck Deep
- Anti-Flag
- Escape The Fate
- Lawnmower Deth
- Danko Jones
- Turbowolf
- Black Peaks
- Shvpes
Fourth Stage
- Municipal Waste
- Canehill
- Slaves (US)
- Dead!
- Milk Teeth
- Wage War
- Palisades
- Reigning Days
Sunday 12th June 2016
The Lemmy Stage (The renamed Main Stage)
- Iron Maiden: Book Of Souls Tour (Headliner)
- Nightwish
- Disturbed
- Shinedown
- Halestorm
- Amon Amarth
- Monster Truck
Zippo Encore Stage
- Jane’s Addiction
- Billy Talent
- Don Broco
- Breaking Benjamin
- One Ok Rock
- Periphery
- Delain
- Grand Magus
- Whiskey Myers
Third Stage
- Saxon
- Ghost
- Gojira
- Electric Wizard
- Tremonti
- Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes
- Attila
- The King Is Blind
Fourth Stage
- HO9909
- Good Tiger
- AshesToAngels
- Black Foxxes
- The Kenneths
- Muncie Girls
Just to comment on some of the artists appearing, Monster Truck have recently signed to the Mascot Label and specialize in attacking Southern rock, both Shinedown and Halestorm put on energetic and crowd-pleasing performances at Wembley as part of the Carnival of Madness Tour, Saxon impressed many at last year’s Ramblin Man Fair festival, Delain have one of the best melodic metal singers on the circuit and are well worth catching live.
Glenn Sargeant
More bands to be announced. For tickets and more information visit Download Festival’s website here: http://bit.ly/1SE4Pwn
