DOWNLOAD Festival Organizer Interviewed (Video)

January 27, 2011

In the seven-and-a-half-minute video clip below, Download festival organizer Andy Copping discusses the latest additions to the lineup, reveals a bit of information about how he goes about booking Download each year, and gives his own opinion on the whole "Is rock music dead?" debate.

This year's edition of the Download festival will take place June 10-12, 2011 at Donington Park in Leicestershire, United Kingdom.

The festival billing is shaping up as follows:

ALICE COOPER
ALTER BRIDGE
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
BLACK VEIL BRIDES
BUCKCHERRY
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
CLUTCH
DANZIG
ESCAPE THE FATE
FM
GASLIGHT ANTHEM
GWAR
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD
KORN
LINKIN PARK
MASTERS OF REALITY
MR BIG
PENDULUM
RISE TO REMAIN
ROB ZOMBIE
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
THE CULT
THE DAMNED THINGS
THIN LIZZY

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