Download Festival 2021 lineup: Who is headlining and how do you buy tickets?

Everything to know about next year’s rock and heavy metal event

The lineup for Download Festival 2021 has been announced, with Kiss, Biffy Clyro and System of a Down set to fill the headline slots.

The news comes after this year's festival was cancelled amid safety concerns surrounding the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

With the rock and heavy metal festival set to return in 2021, a host of performers have been announced, including many who were originally scheduled to appear this year.

Kiss will perform on the main stage on Friday, with Biffy Clyro performing Saturday, before System of a Down bring the festival to a close on Sunday.

Other acts lined up include A Day To Remember, Deftones, Korn, Gojira, Rise Against, Mastodon, The Darkness, Funeral For a Friend, and Wayward Sons.

Download Festival 2021 wiill take place on 4 to 6 June, 2021, in Donington Park, Leicestershire.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, 7 August at 9am on the Download website.

Here is the full line-up scheduled to play Download 2021:

Friday

Kiss

A Day to Remember

Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes

Black Veil Brides

Theory

Wayward Songs

The Distillers

Airbourne

Lacuna Coil

Myles Kennedy & Company

Hatari

Sleep Token

Tiny Moving Parts

Hot Milk

Gender Roles

Press Club

Wargasm

Electric Wizard

Blues Pills

Bokassa

Tempt

AA Williams

Cellar Door Moon Crow

JJ Wilde

Saturday

Biffy Clyro

Detones

Gojira

The Pretty Reckless

Those Damn Crows

Killswitch Engage

Mastodon

Daughtry

Bush

The Wildhearts

Poppy

Stone Broken

Funeral For a Friend

Creeper

The Faim

Employed to Serve

Holding Absense

Loathe

Puppy

Blackout Problems

Sepultura

Obituary

Dying Fetus

Bleed From Within

Will Haven

Higher Power

Joyous Wolf

Lotus Eater

Dead Label

Sunday

System of a Down

Korn

Volbeat

Rise Against

Alestorm

Powerwolf

Wage War

Steel Panther

The Darkness

Skillet

Baroness

Of Mice & Men

POD

The Last Internationale

Control the Storm

Mariana Trench

Jaie Lenman

The Hara

Cemetery Sun

Dead Posey

Myles Kennedy

Haken

Twin Temple

Spiritbox

Kill the Lights

Modern Error

Phoxjaw

Anchour Lane

Temples on Mars