Kids In Glass Houses and Kill Hannah for Download!

The Wildhearts, Kids In Glass Houses, Slaves To Gravity, Black Tide and Kill Hannah have confirmed their appearances at Download 2008 at Donington on June 13-15.

"It's great to finally play Download," Ginger tells K!. "Just wait until the fans of those other bands hear our lot! They're gonna fucking shit themselves and not know what the fuck is going on."

Kids In Glass Houses are equally excited to play the festival for the second time.

"When we played last year, we went down shockingly well," vocalist Aled Phillips recalls. "Our tent was absolutely rammed, so it was really humbling and exciting for us. To play again is amazing."

"We're fucking delighted to be playing the world's premier rock festival," adds Slaves To Gravity frontman Tommy Gleeson. "We're honoured to join the legions of legendary artists who have rocked Donington over the years. Bring it on!"

Rising Floridians Black Tide are relishing sharing the stage with their metal heroes.
"Playing Download is a real honour!" says frontman Gabriel Garcia. "It just makes it that much better getting to play with the likes of Judas Priest, Motîrhead and Kiss!"

The three-day, Kerrang!-sponsored fest will also feature sets from a newly reunited Rival Schools, Zebrahead, Haunts, Canterbury, Invasion, Twin Method and Amon Amarth.

The Kerrang!-sponsored Download festival will be headlined by: Kiss, The Offspring and Lostprophets.

The full list of other bands on the bill so far is as follows:

36 Crazy Fists, A Day To Remember, Ace Frehley, Airbourne, Alesana, Alter Bridge, Amon Amarth, Animal Alpha, Apocalyptica, Ash, August Burns Red, Biffy Clyro, Black Stone Cherry, Black Tide, Bleeding Through, Brigade, Bullet For My Valentine, Canterbury, Cavalera Conspiracy, Children Of Bodom, Chiodos, Coheed & Cambria, Comeback Kid, Disturbed, Elliot Minor, Exit Ten, Fightstar, Haunts, HIM, Hostile, In Flames, Incubus, Invasion, Jimmy Eat World, Job For A Cowboy, Jonathan Davis (Korn), Judas Priest, Kid Rock, Kids In Glass Houses, Kill Hannah, Madina Lake, Motorhead, Municipal Waste, Pendulum, Rise Against, Rival Schools, Rose Tattoo, Seether, Simple Plan, Slaves To Gravity, Testament, The Black Dahlia Murder, The Devil Wears Prada, The Dillinger Escape Plan, The Subways, The Wildhearts, Throwdown, Trigger The Bloodshed, Twin Method, Valient Thorr, Within Temptation and Zebrahead.

The Download festival takes place the weekend of June 13 to June 15. Tickets are on sale now. Prices are as follows: a full weekend ticket: £130, standard camping: £20, camper van: £40, family zone camping: £20, lockers: £11, parking £10 in advance or £15 on the day. There will be a variety of ticket packages available to buy, including the RIP packages (a VIP package) from £315. For Club or VIP Experience packages, please call 020 7009 3484 to discuss your requirements.

Disabled customers can call 0121 767 9729 to discuss accessibility arrangements. Please note, disabled customers will be provided with one free ticket for their helper, where required. Should additional helper tickets be required, please call the disabled access ticket line on 0121 767 9729 or email access@downloadfestival.co.uk

For more details and up-to-the-minute news, please visit www.downloadfestival.co.uk.