Andrei Mihai
The organizers of Download Festival 2014 mean business – they’ve just announced a lot more participants, confirming artists such as Opeth, Phil Anselmo and the Illegals, Black Label Society, Bowling For Soup, Flogging Molly, Bad Religion, the BossHoss, Skid Row, Tesla, Bury Tomorrow, Danger Danger, Powerman 5000, Huntress, the Graveltones and Anti-Mortem.
The headliners had been previously announced: Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park and Aerosmith. Rob Zombie, Fall Out Boy and Alter Bridge were announced as the headliners’ main supports. It’s interesting to me how you can mix in Rob Zombie and Avenged Sevenfold with Fall Out Boy… but let’s just say that the festival is really diverse.
“This is shaping up to be the most diverse Download yet – a real tableau of the past, present and future of rock and metal,” said promoter Andy Copping. “You can see that in our headliners; Aerosmith, Linkin Park and Avenged Sevenfold, and in today’s announcement where we combine such renowned acts as Bowling for Soup and Opeth with newer acts like Bury Tomorrow.”
The currently announced lineup is:
Aerosmith
Alter Bridge
Anti-Mortem
Arcane Roots
Avatar
Avenged Sevenfold
Bad Religion
Battlecross
Black Label Society
Blessthefall
Bowling For Soup
Buckcherry
Bury Tomorrow
Crossfaith
Danger Danger
Dillinger Escape Plan
Dying Fetus
Fall Out Boy
Feed the Rhino
Flogging Molly
Huntress
In Flames
Jake E. Lee’s Red Dragon Cartel
Letlive
Linkin Park
Lonely the Brave
Memphis May Fire
Miss May I
Opeth
Phil Anselmo and the Illegals
Powerman 5000
Rob Zombie
SikTh
Skid Row
Status Quo
Steel Panther
Suicide Silence
Tesla
The Amity Affliction
The Black Dahlia Murder
The BossHoss
The Graveltones
The Offspring
Thy Art Is Murder
Trivium
Volbeat
