Download Festival

Download Festival boss Andy Copping spoke to NME about the 20th anniversary of the festival being “the biggest Download yet” and not relying on heritage acts for headliners

20th anniversary edition of the festival features four headline slots for the first time

Japanese rockers BAND-MAID are set to open the festival

The rock duo talk to NME at Download 2022 about the changing face of metal, ambition, their new mixtape, and how their debut album is "pretty much done"

The man was taken to hospital on Saturday evening

Talking backstage at Download Festival, Deftones’ Frank Delgado and Abe Cunningham tell us about the 25th anniversary of ‘Around The Fur’, as well as “having fun and looking forward to the future, without it feeling like a burden on anyone”

Organisers previously told NME that next year's headliners are already booked

The likes of Wargasm show the scene's in rude health. As for the dinosaurs on the main stage: Kiss off!

Six passenger flights and two cargo flights were rerouted on Friday night after drone sightings

It's going to be a typically British summer weather festival