Sunday at Download Festival 2019 - Blog

With Slayer, Tool and more

Sunday at Download Festival 2019

Author: Scott ColothanPublished 16th Jun 2019
Last updated 16th Jun 2019

The third and final day at Download Festival with Tool headlining and Slayer playing their last ever UK show...

Sunday at Download Festival 2019 is here and the elves have been out in force overnight covering the gloopy brown stuff in straw.

Sunday at Download Festival 2019

Four Scandinavian pirates invaded the press room ahead of Amon Amarth's main stage performance - the planet's premier Viking-themed metal band. Fortunately there was no pillaging.

Vikings invade Download Festival

They also flanked Download Festival booker Andy Copping as he addressed the press:

Download Festival's Andy Copping

Cane Hill got the Main Stage off to a pulsating start:

Cane Hill rock Download Festival 2019

Michigan rockers kept up the ante with a powerful set that included 'Bow Down', 'Paranoid' and rousing closer 'Come and Get It':

I Prevail

Halestorm's Lzzy Hale told us all about her first kiss. Yep, really.

Lzzy Hale

A man crowd-surfed on an inflatable pink flamingo during Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics' set on The Dogtooth Stage. We heartily approve of this kind of behaviour:

Pink Flamingo crowd surfer

Like A Storm cook up an, erm, storm:

Like A Storm

Badflower's Josh Katz in his massively oversized t-shirt:

Josh Katz of Badflower

On The Avalanche Stage hosted by Kerrang! Radio, Black Peaks played one the finest sets of the entire weekend. Astonishing.

Toronto's prodigal sons, Palaye Royale, with Kerrang! Radio's Sophie K:

Palaye Royale

Simple Creatures and blink-182's Mark Hoppus posted one solitary photo from Download Festival on social media yesterday... and here it is:

Mark Hoppus interview

Viking metallers Amon Amarth and their mightily impressive, pyrotechnics strewn stage production:

Amon Amarth at Download Festival 2019

Lamb of God's Randy Blythe catches some air on the Main Stage:

Lamb of God at Download Festival

Slayer said goodbye to the UK with a pulsating, fiery headline set on the Zippo Encore Stage. It's been emotional!

Slayer at Download Festival

It's not often a band leaves you truly speechless, but Tool managed it with their astonishing closing set on Sunday night. Goosebumps.

Tool at Download Festival

See all the photos from the third and final day of Download Festival 2019 here:

Download Festival crowd

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