MEGADETH, BUCKCHERRY, SHADOWS FALL, DREAM THEATER and TURBONEGRO have been confirmed for the Download festival, set to take place June 8-10 at Donington Park, Leicestershire, England. The festival billing is shaping up as follows (in alphabetical order):

BOWLING FOR SOUP
BRING ME THE HORIZON
BUCKCHERRY
DEVIL DRIVER
DIMMU BORGIR
DRAGONFORCE
DREAM THEATER
ENTER SHIKARI
EVANESCENCE
GALLOWS
IRON MAIDEN (June 10 headliner)
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KORN
LAMB OF GOD
LINKIN PARK (June 9 headliner)
MACHINE HEAD
MARILYN MANSON
MEGADETH
MÖTLEY CRÜE
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE (June 8 headliner)
SHADOWS FALL
SLAYER
THIRTY SECONDS TO MARS
TURBONEGRO
VELVET REVOLVER
WOLFMOTHER

Demand for this year's festival has seen tickets sell faster than ever before, camping spaces have nearly all gone, and festival organizers are looking into an extension to the Donington Park capacity. Download 2007 is fast becoming the must-attend music event of the year.

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ONSLAUGHT have issued the following message:

"(Vocalist) Sy (Keeler) and (drummer) Steve (Grice) will be live on Total Rock Radio with 'Diamond Dave' on Wednesday, March 14th.

Show starts at 6 PM (GMT), 7 PM (CET). Chatting and playing songs from Killing Peace. www.totalrock.com ."


Killing Peace, released via Candlelight on March 5th, was recorded at Backstage studio in Derbyshire, England with producer Andy Sneap (ARCH ENEMY, NEVERMORE, MACHINE HEAD, EXODUS).
The band have the following live dates scheduled:

April
30 - Arnhem, Netherlands - Kings of Metal Festival

May (with SUSPERIA, EVILE)
2 - Manchester, UK - Academy 3
3 - Leeds, UK - Rio's
4 - Sheffield, UK - Corporation
5 - Dudley, UK - JB's
7 - London, UK - Underworld
8 - Bristol, UK - Bierkeller

May
31 - Copenhagen, Denmark at The Rock

August
3 - Rushden, UK - The Attic
5 - Sligo, Ireland - The Whiplash Festival,

September
8 - Osnabruck, Germany - Hellflame Festival
9 - Munich, Germany - Metal Meridian Festival
22 - Lichtenfels, Germany - Hellflame Festival

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While none of the bands performing, other than headliner OZZY OSBOURNE, have been announced, the routing for Ozzfest '07 has been made public. It will stop in the following 24 US cities:

July
12 - White River Amphitheatre - Seattle, WA
14 - The Gorge - George, WA
17 - Sleep Train Amphitheatre - Sacramento, CA
19 - Shoreline Amphitheatre - Mountain View, CA
21 - Hyundai Pavilion - Devore, CA
24 - Cricket Pavilion - Phoenix, AZ
26 - Journal Pavilion - Albuquerque, NM
28 - Coors Amphitheatre - Denver, CO
30 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Kansas City, MO

August
2 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - San Antonio, TX
4 - Smirnoff Music Center - Dallas, TX
6 - UMB Bank Pavilion - St. Louis, MO
8 - Germain Amphitheatre - Columbus, OH
10 - First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre - Tinley Park, IL
12 - Alpine Valley Music Theatre - East Troy, WI
14 - Verizon Wireless Music Theatre - Indianapolis, IN
16 - PNC Bank Arts Center - Holmdel, NJ
18 - New England Dodge Music Theatre - Hartford, CT
20 - Tweeter Center - Boston, MA
22 - Tweeter Center - Philadelphia, PA
24 - Post Gazette Pavilion - Pittsburgh, PA
26 - DTE Energy Music Theatre - Detroit, MI
28 - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre - Charlotte, NC
30 - Sound Advice Amphitheatre - West Palm Beach, FL

As previously reported, this year's Ozzfest has been dubbed Freefest, as there will be no charge for tickets. Sponsors including Monster Energy Drink and Jagermeister will offset the revenue normally generated by ticket sales. Details regarding how to obtain the free tickets have not yet been revealed.

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