SLIPKNOT, THE PRODIGY, MÖTLEY CRÜE, KORN, PENDULUM, DRAGONFORCE and DEVILDRIVER are the first confirmed bands for this year's edition of the the U.K.'s Download festival, set to take place over the weekend of June 12-14, 2009. More bands will be announced soon.
The Download festival is a three-day music festival held annually at Donington Park (which hosted the Monsters of Rock festivals between 1980 and 1996, and 2002's Ozzfest). It takes place at the end of spring, and is owned and managed by Live Nation.