The Download festival is a three-day rock/metal/punk festival held annually at the spiritual home of rock music in England — Donington Park, which hosted the Monsters of Rock festivals between 1980 and 1996, and 2002's Ozzfest. It takes place in early summer, and is owned and managed by Live Nation.

Download festival 2006 — which featured headliners Tool, Metallica and Guns N' Roses — was said to be a huge success, with 75,000 visitors each day.

The Download festival, set to take place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):

Friday, June 8:

Main Stage:

MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
VELVET REVOLVER
WOLFMOTHER
DRAGONFORCE
MEGADETH
HINDER
BUCKCHERRY
TURISAS

Second Stage:

KORN
ENTER SHIKARI
FROM AUTUMN TO ASHES
TURBONEGRO
ANJ

Third Stage:

HAYSEED DIXIE
I WAS A CUB SCOUT
JOB FOR A COWBOY
THIS ET AL

Saturday, June 9:

Main Stage:

LINKIN PARK
MARILYN MANSON
SLAYER
MACHINE HEAD
BOWLING FOR SOUP
30 SECONDS TO MARS
AIDEN
SHADOWS FALL
HELLYEAH

Second Stage:

MOTLEY CRUE
BIFFY CLYRO
GALLOWS
BRING ME THE HORIZON
BLOODSIMPLE

Third Stage:

NECRO
LEZ ZEPPELIN
BEYOND ALL REASON

Sunday, June 10:

Main Stage:

IRON MAIDEN
EVANESCENCE
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
STONE SOUR
LAMB OF GOD
MASTODON
PAPA ROACH
CHIMAIRA
REUBEN

Second Stage:

BILLY TALENT
DREAM THEATER
DIMMU BORGIR
WITHIN TEMPTATION
DEVILDRIVER
UNEARTH

Third Stage:

REEL BIG FISH
BETWEEN THE TREES
KIDS IN GLASS HOUSES
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR
DRIVE BY ARGUMENT