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Several More Bands Added To Download Festival 2009

posted Apr 21, 2009 at 4:37 PM by Diamond Oz.  (5 Comments)

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The organizers of Britains Download Festival has announced a string of new confirmations for this years event. The festival will now also see performances from the likes of Hatebreed, Voivod, God Forbid, Suicide Silence, Sylosis, Therapy?, Tim "Ripper" Owens, In This Moment, We Are The Ocean, Turbo Wolf, A Day To Remember, Backyard Babies, Hostile, Esoterica, Man Raze, Middle Class Rut and No Americana.

The lineup for the event is now as follows:

Faith No More
Slipknot
Def Leppard
Korn
Whitesnake
Limp Bizkit
ZZ Top
Marilyn Manson
The Prodigy
Motley Crue
Down
Chris Cornell
Black Stone Cherry
Opeth
Meshuggah
Journey
Hatebreed
Lacuna Coil
Tesla
Therapy?
Pendulum
Dream Theater
Killswitch Engage
Trivium
Tim "Ripper" Owens
Sevendust
Voivod
Papa Roach
Static-X
In This Moment
The Answer
Clutch
Buckcherry
Suicide Silence
Shinedown
Anvil
Sylosis
Staind
Bring Me The Horizon
Fightstar
Dragonforce
Five Finger Death Punch
Devildriver
Duff McKagen's Loaded
You Me At Six
Skin
Parkway Drive
Dir En Grey
The Blackout
Billy Talent
Lawnmower Deth
Architects
Backyard Babies
A Day To Remember
Volbeat
We Are The Ocean
Auger Bane
Hostile
Man Raze
Karma To Burn
Steadlur
Go:Audio
Middle Class Rut
Turbo Wolf
No Americana

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1. Catharsis writes:

Hey Meshuggahs gonna be innit! this may be good.

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2. ERMINE writes:

Wow... what a line-up... Looking forward to Dir en grey.

# Apr 25, 2009 @ 3:42 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. pinto_beans writes:

Journey??????????

Nothing against them but, WHAT?!

# Apr 25, 2009 @ 3:46 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. G writes:

Class of the 80s reunites (with Dream Theater, Faith No More, Voivod, Mötley Crüe, Def Leppard, ZZ Top and Whitesnake being on the bill together)! ...but what?! No AC/DC, no UFO, no Judas Priest, no Guns N' Roses, no Testament this time? sh**!

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5. Diamond Oz writes:

Testament and Priest played there last year and GNR did it in 2006 but didn't have a very good time. I reckon UFO might be added to the bill but not alot of young rockers in Britain know of UFO sadly. Plus AC/DC rarely do festivals I believe. They make much more money from touring themselves.

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