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English Teacher and Wunderhorse. Check out the updated bill below.The first list of artists performing at this year’s instalment were announced at the end of 2024, with headliners including Linkin Park and Slipknot, while others set to performed included Fontaines D.C., IDLES, Poppy, Spiritbox, Skillet, In Flames, Motionless In White, Deafheaven and House of Protection.This was then extended in January to include Sex Pistols, Guns N’ Roses, Biffy Clyro, Kneecap, Avenged Sevenfold and more.Set to take place at Park 360 in Hradec Králové, Czechia from June 11, this 30th-anniversary edition will see the festival take place for an unprecedented five days – with an extra ‘Birthday Day’ on Sunday June 15.Now, ahead of it kicking off this summer, 30 new names have been added to the line-up.These include American rock powerhouse Shinedown, British metalcore giants While She Sleeps, and a number of UK-based Mercury Prize winners: English Teacher, Wunderhorse, Swim School, Maruja and Luvcat.Other new additions include renowned tattoo artist-turned-musician Kat Von D, Eurovision sensation Käärijä, Australian hardcore punk band Speed and French electronic innovator Perturbator.Check out the full list of names in the latest poster below.A post shared by Rock for People (@rockforpeople)“Rock for People’s domain is the widest musical selection across Czech festivals.

Scowl, Speed and Zulu have become the latest bands to pull out of Download 2024 over its partnership with Barclays and the bank’s ties to Israel.The news follows a similar move from Leeds hardcore band Pest Control who announced they would be pulling out earlier today (June 10), saying that they would not “take part in an event whose sponsor profits from facilitating a genocide.”In a statement posted to their social media, Scowl wrote: “We will not be playing Download fest this year due to Barclays Bank sponsorship of the event and Barclays’ connection to Israel and the genocide Israel is committing in Palestine.“Free Palestine!”They directed fans to the Bands Boycott Barclays campaign for more information and thanked Pest Control “for bringing this to our attention”.Meanwhile, Speed wrote on their social media accounts: “SPEED will no longer be playing Download Festival this Friday June 14 due to the recent news of Barclays Banks sponsorship of the event and their involvement in the war in Gaza.”Zulu announced they would be dropping out shortly after. In their statement, they said: “We will not be playing Download Festival as we just got word about Barclays Bank and their sponsorship of the fest.

Speed have shared a hard-hitting new single, ‘The First Test’, which has caught attention online for using a flute in its breakdown.The Australian hardcore band’s new song is taken from their forthcoming album ‘Only One Mode’, which will land on July 12 via Flatspot Records in the US and Last Ride Records in Australia. It follows their 2022 debut EP ‘Gang Called Speed’.Tackling the experience of finding oneself as a marginalised individual – in frontman Jem Siow’s case, as an Asian-Australian – the song notably features Siow playing a flute solo over its funk-infused breakdown.Check out ‘The First Test’ below:Siow also plays the flute in the introduction to the album’s opening track and lead single, ‘Real Life Love’, an instrument he also teaches children how to play.“I always thought it would be too gimmicky,” he told NME in a recent interview.