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Download Festival 2024 is due to kick off next week – check out the latest weather forecast below.
This year’s edition of the rock and metal event is set to take place at Donington Park in Leicestershire between June 14-16. Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold will all headline.
Other confirmed acts include Royal Blood, The Offspring, Machine Head, Pantera, Corey Taylor, While She Sleeps, Sum 41, Billy Talent, The Used, Babymetal and Bowling For Soup. You can see the full line-up and stage times here.
The current BBC Weather forecast suggests that punters can expect temperatures to peak between 19° and 20° over the weekend. It also predicts a mix of light rain and thundery showers, as well as a gentle breeze throughout the whole festival.
See the latest forecast below.
Thursday, June 13: Light rain and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 18° and lows of 12°
Friday, June 14: Light rain and a gentle breeze, with temperatures peaking at 19° and lows of 12°
Saturday, June 15: Light rain showers, a gentle breeze and sunny spells, with temperatures peaking at 20° and lows of 11°
Sunday, June 16: Thundery showers, a gentle breeze and sunny spells, with temperatures peaking at 20° and lows of 12°.
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Download organisers issued new traffic advice this week to avoid a repeat of the “unprecedented” congestion that occurred last year.
Meanwhile, festival boss Andy Copping has revealed that a “big band” will perform a surprise set at next week’s event.
“One thing’s for sure, you’ve got to keep your eyes and ears peeled for this year at Download because, yes, we have another band coming in doing a secret set,” he explained.
“Something very, very special. Big band. So look out for that.”
In other news, Funeral For A Friend recently replaced Bad Omens on the Download ’24 line-up. The latter band announced that they’d pulled out last month due to frontman Noah Sebastian suffering from “extreme burnout”.
You can find any remaining tickets for Download Festival 2024 here.
