Blink-182, Bring Me the Horizon and Evanescence are heading to Donington Park as Download's 2027 headliners. The festival published its first hundred names on November 12, ahead of next summer's June 9–13 event. A PayPal presale is already open, though its account requirements put some limits on who can buy through that offer.

Blink-182 in the promotional photograph supplied with Download's 2027 artist listing
Blink-182. Promotional photograph accompanying the festival's official 2027 artist listing.

Mötley Crüe, The Prodigy, Turnstile, The Hives and Faith No More are confirmed, and there is room in the announcement for Clutch too. Clutch's Wasted Lands rollout and headline tour give fans an album and a run of their own concerts to follow before summer. At Download they will be part of the wider festival programme. The support line-up for their headline shows should not be read as a list of guests accompanying them to Donington.

The hundred-name announcement is enough to start making a list of bands to hear. Working out a day around those bands comes later. Download's information page says set-time details will be available nearer the festival. There is no full running order here to settle potential clashes, so seeing several favourites on the same bill still leaves the question of how many a visitor can actually catch.

Who is the presale for?

A personal UK PayPal account in good standing is required. The terms allow a maximum of eight tickets per valid account, sold on a first-come basis. An overseas reader with a PayPal account should check that UK condition before counting on this route. The ticket links currently shown on Download's site lead into the presale.

It ends at 09:59 on Sunday, November 15, unless the allocated tickets sell out first. In other words, the weekend window has both a deadline and an inventory limit. A group trying to book together needs to account for the eight-ticket cap as well as whether tickets remain. This is the offer in place on November 13; its rules do not establish a general-sale opening.

Which weekend option fits the trip?

General, eco and quiet camping are each listed with five-night and three-night options. Weekend Arena Only is in the no-camping section. A shorter camping stay still supplies camping, whereas an arena-only buyer has to arrange somewhere else to sleep. That difference can be missed if a visitor starts and ends their planning with the June 9–13 dates on the banner.

The festival asks customers needing accessible facilities to buy a standard ticket and apply for those facilities afterwards. It has no separate accessibility ticket category. Car-park passes and arena upgrades sit among the extras on the ticket page. Before a group chooses its tickets, it is worth agreeing on the nights away, how everyone will get there and which facilities each person needs.