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COUP OF THE CENTURY: FAITH NO MORE REFORM TO HEADLINE DOWNLOAD FESTIVAL 2009

Download Festival at Donnington Park has confirmed that its third and final headliner for the 2009 event will be the hugely influential and pioneering American rock band FAITH NO MORE. They will join SLIPKNOT and DEF LEPARD as headliners for Download, taking place 12-14 June.

Following a wealth of rumours and speculation, the band confirmed last week that they would be reuniting, 11 years after they famously called it a day in April 1998. FAITH NO MORE’s appearance at Download 2009 will be their ONLY UK date this year.

A statement from FAITH NO MORE confirmed that they are “still young and strong enough to deliver a kickass set, with enthusiasm to not only revisit our past but possibly add something to the present. And so with this we’ve decided to hold our collective breaths and jump off this cliff…. BACK, GOD FORBID, INTO THE MONKEY CAGE!!!”

Live Nation VP of Promotions Andy Copping says of the news, ‘FAITH NO MORE were the band that started the whole alternative music scene. To have them play for the first time in eleven years exclusively at Download is amazing! They had so many huge hits, I can’t wait to see the set list – ‘We Care A Lot’, ‘From Out Of Nowhere’, ‘Epic’, ‘Falling To Pieces’, ‘Midlife Crisis’, ‘A Small Victory’, ‘Digging The Grave’ and not forgetting their awesome covers of BLACK SABBATH’s ‘War Pigs’ and THE COMMODORES ‘Easy’. They are one of my favourite bands of all time and being able to see them headline at Donington will be unbelievable. This is like the second coming of Christ!’

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FRIDAY 12 / SATURDAY 13 / SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2009

FAITH NO MORE / SLIPKNOT / DEF LEPPARD
KORN / MARILYN MANSON / WHITESNAKE
LIMP BIZKIT / PENDULUM / ZZ TOP
MÖTLEY CRÜE / THE PRODIGY
DREAM THEATER/ TRIVIUM / KILLSWITCH ENGAGE / BILLY TALENT DRAGONFORCE / BUCKCHERRY / ANVIL / THE BLACKOUT
DEVIL DRIVER
Download Festival 2009 Ticket Information

Weekend Tickets – £135
Car Park – £10 advance / £20 on day
Camping – £25
Campervans – £40
Lockers – £11