Rage Against The Machine and Aerosmith to headline Download festival

Rage Against The Machine and Aerosmith will join AC/DC in headlining this year's Download Festival .
Taking place between June 11 and 13 at Donington Park, festival organisers have also confirmed that Steven Tyler will be fronting Aerosmith at the event.
The eighth Download Festival marks the 30th anniversary of rock festivals at the Leicestershire site, dating back to the first Monsters Of Rock event in 1980.
As previously reported, this year's bash will also feature Them Crooked Vultures and Stone Temple Pilots, with Thirty Seconds To Mars, Stone Sour and Billy Idol also just added to the line-up.
Meanwhile, Rage Against The Machine are set to follow their free 'X-Factor' victory show with a gig in Dublin on June 8.

We love to break records too - It's not just rock and metal anymore

In Download Festival this year, we attempted to break the record for the most people simultaneously performing air guitar. Cheryl Baker host record-breaking attempts so then why can’t we?.

We had 440 Download’ers turning up with their air axes, rocking out to Motorhead's classic Ace of Spades. A Guinness Book of World Records official was there to oversee the attempt, and verified the record, which destroyed 2008's maximum of 318.

"That was one of the raddest jams I've ever been involved with," said Christian. "The crowd played their air guitars better than Eddie Van Halen! Then they destroyed 'em good and proper. Who cares, right? They can go to the air guitar shop and get another one. Sick to the infinity of sickness! I want a crowd like that at every gig I'm at. Awesometacular - air guitar world records rule!"

Download Festival 2009

The 2009 Download Festival is held on June 12–14 at Donington Park. Established to title are confidence No More, Slipknot and Def Leppard. Other noteworthy players include Limp Bizkit, who are performing with their original arrangement for the 1st time since 2001, and Anvil, the band characteristic in the 2008 film Anvil! The Story of Anvil. A 4th stage, the "Red Bull Bedroom Jam Stage", will also be coming into view at this year's festival. This phase will be touring other UK festivals, such as T in the Park in Balado, Scotland, and the Underage Festival in Victoria Park, London.

On 13 March Andy Copping posted the list of bands exclusive to download on the official download forums "Slipknot, Faith No More, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Marilyn Manson, ZZ Top, eppMotley Crue, Def Leppard, Killswitch Engage, Billy Talent, Anvil" - however Billy Talent are performing Reading and Leeds Festivals and Faith No More have self-confirmed for the festivals as well.

It has been announced in an interview with Andy Copping that The Prodigy and Slipknot will not come to blows. There will be 5 minutes between when The Prodigy finish and Slipknot start.