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'Monumental' headliners announced for Download Festival 2026
- Download Festival 2026, set for 10 to 14 June at Donington Park, will feature Dogstar performing, marking the band's biggest UK festival slot to date.
- Organisers unveiled the DLXXIII line-up at London's Barbican with a short film and new branding, confirming over 90 acts as they double down on nostalgia while broadening the bill.
- Limp Bizkit will top the bill on Friday, marking their first Download headline three decades after their nu-metal emergence, while Guns N' Roses return to Donington 20 years after 2006 and Linkin Park close the weekend with Emily Armstrong.
- Reeves' band Dogstar, which reunited in 2023, returns with new festival dates after releasing their first album in more than two decades, and tickets are on sale now via downloadfestival.co.uk.
- With Dogstar and Cypress Hill on the bill, Download signals a broader musical remit, though some fans criticised Emily Armstrong’s ties and Chester Bennington's family accused Linkin Park of erasing his legacy.
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