AC/DC self-confirm for Download 2010
Download festival 2010 have confirmed AC/DC are the first headliner of 2010. We Previously reported on AC/Dc’s official site leaking the news back in December, but the word was made official today on the AC/DC website who again released early.
AC/DC will be celebrating the birthday of two special events at download, The 30th anniversary of the first Donington Monsters Of Rock and the 30th anniversary of ‘Back In Black’. It’s rumoured AC/DC will celebrate the release of back in black by performing the album live.
Festival co-founders Maurice Jones and Paul Loasby originally created a day-long summer festival dedicated to rock and heavy metal bands in 1980, and it remains the only major British festival dedicated to hard rock. Loasby said this year’s celebration would be a fitting tribute to Jones, who died last year.
“Download 2010 will be one for the history books. It will see the return of the world’s greatest rock band to the most legendary and spiritual home of rock,” he said.
“We have been pushing for this moment for many years, but for this to become reality alongside the likes of Them Crooked Vultures, Motörhead and Megadeth is the best 30th anniversary of the site we could have dreamed of.”
Download Festival is a three day rock music festival held annually at Donington Park, England (which hosted Monsters of Rock between 1980 and 1996, and 2002’s Ozzfest). It takes place at the end of spring, and is owned and managed by Live Nation. The 2009 Download Festival took place on June 12–14 at Donington Park with an estimated attendance of 120,000 over 3 days. The headliners were Faith No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard.
So what do you guys think of the news? Sonisphere has announced Metal legends Rammstein, Iron Maiden and Fear factory, whilst download has announced a worthy, but more classic rock band keeping with their classic rock Sunday line-up.
