Limp Bizkit’s Fred Durst, Wes Borland, John Otto, Sam Rivers and DJ Lethal played the penultimate Apex Stage slot on Sunday evening before headliners Avenged Sevenfold.
The 13-song set, which started and ended with their gloriously angry anthem ‘Break Stuff’, has been cited as one of the stand-out performances of the entire weekend by Download attendees, with many saying they would have been worthy headliners.
Taking to Instagram this afternoon (18th June), Andy Copping shared a photo of himself walking off stage with Fred Durst at the conclusion of Limp Bizkit’s one-hour set.
“Fred and I leaving the stage at the end of a gargantuan performance by LIMP BIZKIT at Download on Sunday,” Copping wrote. “Next time they come back, they have to be headlining, surely?”
Concurring, chef and rock music aficionado Simon Wood responded: “They were phenomenal, performance of the weekend for me. They have it all.”
Another Download attendee wrote: “Being in the middle of the crowd, I think they were the headliners, for me at least…”
Lord of the Lost open The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Lord of the Lost open The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Lord of the Lost open The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Lord of the Lost open The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Lord of the Lost open The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Lord of the Lost open The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Lord of the Lost open The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Kelsy Karter & The Heroines open The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Kelsy Karter & The Heroines open The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Code Orange play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Code Orange play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Code Orange play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Code Orange play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Code Orange play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Code Orange play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Code Orange play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Code Orange play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Code Orange play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Alien Weaponry play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Alien Weaponry play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Alien Weaponry play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Alien Weaponry play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Alien Weaponry play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Creeper play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Kerry King plays The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Kerry King plays The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Kerry King plays The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Kerry King plays The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Kerry King plays The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Kerry King plays The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Kerry King plays The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Kerry King plays The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Royal Republic play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Royal Republic play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Royal Republic play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Royal Republic play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Royal Republic play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Parkway Drive play secret Dogtooth Stage set on Sunday at Download Festival
Parkway Drive play secret Dogtooth Stage set on Sunday at Download Festival
Parkway Drive play secret Dogtooth Stage set on Sunday at Download Festival
Parkway Drive play secret Dogtooth Stage set on Sunday at Download Festival
Bowling for Soup play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Bowling for Soup play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Bowling for Soup play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Bowling for Soup play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Bowling for Soup play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Bowling for Soup play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Bowling for Soup play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Bowling for Soup play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Sum 41 play The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Thy Art is Murder play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Thy Art is Murder play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Thy Art is Murder play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Thy Art is Murder play The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Corey Taylor plays The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Machine Head headline The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Machine Head headline The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Machine Head headline The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Machine Head headline The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Machine Head headline The Opus Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival
Avenged Sevenfold headline The Apex Stage on Sunday at Download Festival