Rumoured acts for Download Festival 2012 are as follows:
Greenday – UK tour rumoured
Foo Fighters
Korn – New album
Machine Head – New Album
Marilyn Manson – New album rumoured
Red Hot Chili Peppers – New Album
Rush – Summer tour rumoured
Slayer – In Europe
Van Halen
Acts unlikely to appear
Iron Maiden
Confirmed Acts
To see a full range of acts confirmed for Download Festival 2012, please visit our Line-up page.
i’ve herd that maby, red hot chilli peppers, or Black sabbath are playing at download 2012
cool! Do you have any sources? Would be great to make a story out of it.
Black Sabbath have announced through Kerrang that they are practising for another tour so this maybe a genuine rumour
sabbath are announcing their tour dates tonight and coincidently download are announcing a new act tonite so its looking good
will avenged sevenfold be playing for 2012?? i missed them twice this year, and what i would do to get to see them at download
we’ll have to wait and see, don’t know anything as yet sorry!
I doubt that A7X will be playing ;/ I was lucky to see them this Download but it’s rare that a band does it twice in a row ;/
Cheers for your thoughts…really need to get this site going a bit!
disturbed did
a lot of bands play 2 years in a row, black stone cherry done 08 and 09, killswitch done 09 and 10, maybe they might
i dont agree im affriad, i think A7x will be back as they will want to keep touring due to the new drummer, maybe im just being optimistic though as i think they are amazing!
hope to see more mind blowing headliners like system of a down, was not a fan of linkin parks new stuff at all mind you!
Not really, Killswitch Engage, Bullet, The Blackout, My Passion, A Day To Remember, Kids in Glass Houses, Biffy Clyro and Black Stone Cherry are all examples of bands that have played for 2 or more consecutive years, with the likes of Bullet and A Day To Remember playing most of the years
I dont think A7X will play, although bands play 2 years on the trot frequently, i think due to their place in this years line up i think they won’t be back next year unless they headline second stage.
b4mv did too
30stm? i <3 them, saw them twice in 1 year and were amazing both times
no chance there spliting up after there next tour
That is far from certain, there is a certain amount of scaremongering going on regarding 30STM. Basically the situation at the moment is that Jared and his band mates don’t feel inspired enough to make a new album which they would be due for in about a year. My understanding is that there will be a certain degree of delaying a potential break up for as long as possible, and should the inspiration still not come out of the woodwork, I think they will release a short farewell EP, and following that will do a farewell tour. It would be a terrible shame, as most bands split because of a low point, usually after a poor album release, whereas This Is War is one of the greatest single album releases of the last 30 years, in the league of rock heavy weights such as Metallica’s Ride The Lightning. However, I very much doubt it will be the last we see of Jared, as he is incredibly talented in such a multitude of areas; he will probably start featuring much more heavily in blockbuster movies, assuming that’s what happens to take his fancy.
I’m a huge 30stm fan but wouldn’t class them in the same league as Metallica tbh
sorry may sound dumb do u mean 30 seconds 2 mars
20STM in the same league as Metallica? Have you taken your meds?
i went to leeds festival and 30STM have actually said that was their last UK for a long long time, sorry to hear it because they were amazing
Any chance Ramsteinn will be there?
heard that RHCP and Foo fighters are in talks about sonisphere 2012 via the live twitter last night during the live slipknot stream.. also heard rumours that RUSH are planning on doing a Summer festival tour so i would of thought that with downloads history of having a classic rock headliner this may well be the band who have been confirmed? also in regards to rammstein there are doing a world tour from october and are in th UK in feb as ive bought a ticket.. so i wouldnt imagine after a world tour theyd do any festival dates but you never know..
Cheers for all the info Dan, I’ll add the bands to the rumours list
machine head , are the rumour i keep hearing for the friday. if their next album is as well recieved as the last. i can see this happening.
Cheers for the info Stef! I’ll look into it and post appropriately.
Metallica’s soni contract is up now there a must!
Seen a few mumblings on forums that they are a strong rumour so that’s why I made them the first band on the list.
Thanks for the info!
What do you think the chances of Therapy? returning are?
Personally, after going to sonisphere two years in a row, I reckon that alot of sonisphere’s old head liners will make an appearance at Download ie;
Iron Maiden
Metallica
but also a few other bands;
soulfly or sepultura
motorhead
parkway drive
sylosis
possibly You Me At Six? they were incredible this year
Cheers for the post!
I’d love it if Rammstein went. I’ve heard alot of Foo Fighters talk aswell. Not so sure if I’d want to see them. Either way, Rammstien FTW!
I heard that Van Halen may headline it. But I also think that Sum 41 might play there because they had the power cut at Sonisphere
also steel panther are releasing a new album some time soon…. so would be amazing to see them back at download.. in 2010 they where the band to watch in my opinion!
I heard HEADLINERS
FRIDAY
Kiss
SATURDAY
Green Day
SUNDAY
Slipknot
KISS would be epic
slipknot would be epic
There would need be no more bands to convince me to go if that is the lineup. I would order right away
Any rumours about Marilyn Manson? I’d LOVE if he went… After all they are planning on releasing their new album later this year so he could go, and they’re due another appearance; as are Placebo.
I heard Marilyn Manson has an album out towards the end of 2012, so the tour might be next Summer, so they could play a festival next year, hopefully
i’ve heard…
SONIPSHER:
Friday-Green Day
Saturday-Foo Fighters
Sunday-RHCP
DOWNLOAD:
Friday-Van Halen
Saturday-Blink-182
Sunday-Iron Maiden
i heard the foo fighters RHCP and green day were playing at reading! the rumours for reading and leads have already started!
*leeds
blink 182 arent playing at all at download, they are playing in the o2 in london on the 9th, thats the saturday, so unless they cancel their whole tour, they wont be playing download, sorry :p
ive heard of a lot of people it will be
Friday- Metallica
Saturday – Red Hot Chilli Peppers
Sunday – Foo Fighters
i herd a zebrahead may be tryin 4 2nd stage this year
mate that would be amazing if u here anymore post it asap
i would REALLY REALLY LOVE to see DEFTONES and PEARL JAM is there any chance of this??? x
Its been confirmed ozzy n sabbath are reforming, recording a new album and touring next year,so could well happen for download
Tony Iommi has denied the reunion rumours so idk bout this tbh
Apparently A7X are confirmed for Download 2012. All I can say is their drummer Mike is away over the festival period and they will have a replacement drummer for that 1 show.
Awesome thanks! I’ll make a post about that ASAP.
Mike hasn’t been drumming for them for a while now
dude.. Arin Ilejay is drumming for A7x now.. he was epic at download 2011 aswell… if you hear any more though about them coming back in 2012 post it man
i hope iron maiden plays ive seen them before the best concert of my life
seriously wanna see megadeth what are the chances of them playin
any chance lamb of god will be there??
Very good chance asa sub-headliner as I think there is a new album coming out I think. Evanescence are also likely to sub-headline the other day
Does anyone know if Metallica will be playing at download in 2012?!, I really really really need to go and see them!,
Yes Metallica have been confirmed to headline Saturday night.
Blink 182 have been comfirmed as headliners for the Sunday night!! source – “Kerrang”
by blink 182 do you mean black sabbath?
Fully hope A7X play
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Heard that Van Halen are headlining? I want the line up to be out now! :’)
Would be good if parkway drive and ADTR also play there as well
I’ve been hearing rumours of Trivium, Lamb of God and Iron Maiden quite a bit, I hope they’re right. Would also be great to see A7X, BMTH, Asking Alexandria and Pendulum again, and I have had my fingers crossed for Enter Shikari since last year. So if I see a number of those 8 on the line up, it will be enough for me to return.
Iron Maiden defo arn’t doing that as i saw Nicko Mcbrian from Maiden last night and he said they won’t be doing it as they’re not a fan of download as they prefferd it when it was monsters of rock so if you hope to see them at a festival sonisphere is your best shot although i highly doubt they’ll be doing it again in 2012
I’m sure Bring Me The Hairspray are playing, they said they’d love to do download again. Asking Alexandria will probably just turn up on the day and I think Parkway Drive and Architects will go too. The BMTH tour at the beginning of 2012 would be good to see again
I’d love Rammstein, Flyleaf, Tenacious D, Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin (that’s a long-shot), Evanescence, Pretty Reckless, Halestorm, Seether, Marilyn Manson, Korn, BFMV. Any of them would suit me.
If you look at who has new albums out or due to be released and who is touring, then you can see who will be at festivals for the summer.
Trivium
Evanescence
Five Finger Death Punch
Mastodon
In Flames
You Me At Six
Blink 182
Enter Shikari
Rammstein (Possibly Greatest Hits set , though I think its unlikely)
Iron Maiden is a good shot with them playing no UK festivals this past summer due to the world tour.
The Devil Wears Prada
Machine Head (Easily the safest bet)
Coal Chamber (If all goes well In Australia)
Lamb Of God (New album set for release next year)
Opeth
Sepultura (I can see this happening)
Black Label Society
Limp Bizkit
Steel Panther
Devin Townsend
People I think wont.
Foo Fighters – Reading & Leeds written all over it
Slipknot – Wont happen
Red Hot Chili Peppers – R&L or Sonisphere
Green Day – R&L or Sonisphere
Marilyn Manson – Is he even alive?
Black Sabbath – Never
oh how wrong you were on sabbath
Just saw that Slayer will be in the UK at the end of May for a tour! Could they be at Download?
Blink 182 are defo headlining the sunday and metallica are heavily rumoured to be headlining the friday. first announcment tonight. sonisphere is rumoured to have RHCP and Tool. not sure if this is true. grabbing and findons sources now
blink 182 are on their tour on that date!, and black sabbath are confirmed as headlining sunday!!!, so
id kill to see blue october there…
OLIVER, why isn’t Metallica and Lou Reed on your list?
Tallica confirmed sat headline playing black album in entirety. sabbath press conf today 7pm uk time, same time as next headliner is announced.
rhcp have been rumoured for sonisphere but so has green day/foo’s…..
soni aint getting rhcp, theyre only doing 2 uk gigs this year and they are sunderland and knebworth (not soni actual knebworth arena) so no chillis this year for either soni or download
Metallica confirmed for saturday and Black Sabbath confirmed for sunday.
i asked nicko mcbrian from iron maiden last night if they would be playing download and he said they wouldn’t play it again as they don’t like the way it’s changed since it was monsters of rock before it was download
Just In: I can confirm that Metallica will be playing the black album in its entirety and black Sabbath will also be headlining
ive just seen that nova rock acts have been announced and that metallica are playing. they are going to be pushing for time as it is on the same dates. im just thinking because a few of the acts announced at nova rock i would like to be a download but it seems unlikely they will. these bands include trivium, lamb of god, slayer, killswitch engage and machine head. i wouldnt really wont mastodon as i thought they were a bit shit at sonisphere last year
Healiners:
Friday: The prodigy
Saturday: Mettalica
Sunday: Black Sabbath
That’s been confirmed but I doubt Machine Head will play on the second stage.
Sum 41 would be good as main support for Metallica, such an underrated band nowadays
I would go if Korn played, I’m already tempted by Metallica
One for us originals in the room I was at the last nigh of Saxons World tour in London – very heavy hint from Biff that they are hoping to play Download next year!
Slayer are about in Europe at that time and haven’t done download for a while and I know they love it. If they go I have no doubt Machine Head will be there. Both of them are main stage acts only and don’t usually headline, would make a great Saturday with them then Metallica!
I would imagine Korn will be there promoting their latest album in UK, a bit industrial for my liking but would work well before Prodigy on the Friday. Would love to see Fear Factory back there too.
Hope Nonpoint go again. Will be interesting to see who’s on stage before Sabbath on Sunday.
i thought black veil brides where ment to be playing, the main reason i’m actually going all the way down to england hahaha, and i heard that that bullet where playing this year too, that would be AMAZING!
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