Halestorm, Stone Temple Pilots, Clutch and 40 more added to Download Festival 2019

Heading to the sacrosanct turf of Donington Park on the weekend of Friday 14th to Sunday 16th June 2019 are Halestorm, Clutch, Stone Temple Pilots, Brothers Osborne, Deadland Ritual, Last In Line, Skid Row, Those Damn Crows, Wolf Jaw (aka the band formerly known as The Bad Flowers) and Aaron Buchanan & The Cult Classics.

Completing this wave of additions are Alcest, Animals as Leaders, At The Gates, Bad Wolves, Batushka, Beartooth, Behemoth, Black Peaks, Cane Hill, coldrain, Conjurer, Crystal Lake, FEVER 333, Godsmack, GroundCulture, Heart of a Coward, Icon For Hire, Intervals, Like A Storm, Lost In Stereo, Love Bites, Municipal Waste, Ne Obliviscaris, Palaye Royale, Parting Gift, Redhook, Skynd, Sumo Cyco, Three Days Grace, Toska, Trash Boat, Twelve Foot Ninja and Vega.

The new additions join headliners Def Leppard, Slipknot and Tool, plus acts including Whitesnake, Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators, Rob Zombie, Skindred, Slayer, Blackberry Smoke, Anthrax and Dream Theater.

It’s also been confirmed today that Kerrang! Radio have launched Finding Fresh Blood to discover new and exciting talent to open the Avalanche Stage this year.

Closing on March 1st, UK acts can upload their tracks online and have the Download team decide who would best fit the bill.

To apply and for more information please visit the Kerrang! Radio website. The winner will be announced two months ahead of Download Festival in April.

Download Festival takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire from Friday 14th to Sunday 16th June 2019. Weekend and RIP tickets are on sale from Planet Rock Tickets now.

The line-up looks like this: 

Today’s new additions are as follows:

Aaron Buchanan
Alcest
Animals as Leaders
At The Gates
Bad Wolves
Batushka
Beartooth
Behemoth
Black Peaks
Brothers Osborne
Cane Hill
Clutch
coldrain
Conjurer
Crystal Lake
Deadland Ritual
FEVER 333
Godsmack
GroundCulture
Halestorm
Heart of a Coward
Icon For Hire
Intervals
Last In Line
Like A Storm
Lost In Stereo
Love Bites
Municipal Waste
Ne Obliviscaris
Palaye Royale
Parting Gift
Redhook
Skid Row
Skynd
Stone Temple Pilots
Sumo Cyco
Those Damn Crows
Three Days Grace
Toska
Trash Boat
Twelve Foot Ninja
Vega
Wolf Jaw

The acts already on the bill are:

Def Leppard (Friday headliner)
Slipknot (Saturday headliner)
Tool (Sunday headliner)
Slash featuring Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators
Whitesnake
Rob Zombie
Trivium
Amon Amarth
Carcass
Delain
Die Antwoord
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes
Opeth
Power Trip
Reel Big Fish
Skindred
Starset
Tesla
The Amity Affliction
Underoath
Alien Weaponry
Anthrax
Badflower
Black Futures
Blackberry Smoke
Dream Theater
Eagles Of Death Metal
I Prevail
The Interrupters
Jinjer
Lamb Of God
Man With A Mission
nothing,nowhere.
Our Last Night
Riding The Low
Royal Republic
Slayer
The Smashing Pumpkins
State Champs
Underside
Whitechapel
Yours Truly
Zebrahead