The metal phenomenon Babymetal are set to make their first Main Stage appearance at this year's Download Festival. . Download takes place on 10-12 June 2016 at Donington Park. 

Download Festival is the UK's largest metal and heavy rock festival, which takes place at the home of rock music on the sacred grounds of Donington Park, which have been associated with rock since the eighties.

This year Download will be bringing WWE's electrifying global NXT tour to Donington for an unprecedented and complete WWE experience in the main arena..

Bands already confirmed for Dowload 2016 include: Iron Maiden, Black Sabbath, Rammstein, Korn, Deftones, Megadeth, Nightwish, Disturbed, Shinedown, Shinedown, Don Broco, Architects, Neck Deep, Tremonti, Ghost, Billy Talent, Saxon, The Amity Affliction, Halestorm, Beartooth, Twin Atlantic, Atreyu, Attila, Skindred, Frank Carter And The The Rattlesnakes, Tesseract, Counting Days, Ho99o9 Milk Teeth, Dead!, Black Foxxes, Fort Hope, Rival Sons, Breaking Benjamin, Havok, Delain, Skillet, Lawnmower Deth.