In November, over 50 artists were announced as appearing as part of the lineup, including the likes of Ghost, Evanescence, The Distillers, Placebo and Architects. The 2023 edition also marks 20 years of the festival and, in celebration of the milestone, it was announced that the festival would last four days, instead of the usual three. Other artists set to headline this year’s Download festival include Bring Me The Horizon, who are set to perform tonight (June 9), and Slipknot, who will close the event with their set on Sunday (June 11).

Check out footage of the show below, as well as the full setlist. They also closed the show with ‘Master Of Puppets’ - a track that has recently seen a mainstream resurgence thanks to its feature on hit Netflix series Stranger Things. Other highlights included the fan-favourite instrumental track ‘Orion’, and the blistering thrash hit ‘Fuel’. This included the band kicking off the 16-song setlist with sorely-underplayed 1984 track ‘Creeping Death’, as well as the emotive 2008 ballad ‘The Day That Never Comes’. instead made space for lesser-played tracks. With some of their mammoth hits like ‘Enter Sandman’, ‘One’ and ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’ left off their set - and undoubtedly set to appear tomorrow night (June 10) - James Hetfield and co. This was proven with their performance last night, which included their most famous tracks including ‘Sad But True’, ‘Seek & Destroy’ and ‘Leper Messiah’, as well as material from their latest studio album ‘72 Seasons’, such as ‘Lux Æterna’, ‘Screaming Suicide’ and ‘Sleepwalk My Life Away’.

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