
Download boss Andy Copping on the 2025 line-up: “The festival will die if we don't move with the times”
Following the 2025 line-up being shared, Copping talks to NME about tackling fan expectations, the decision for Sleep Token to top the bill, and the female-fronted band he sees as a future headliner

Steel Panther eliminated from 'America's Got Talent'
"It wasn’t in the cards this time BUT, don’t you worry… like a bad case of herpes, you can’t get rid of us that easily"

Steel Panther on the impact of cancel culture
"People are sick of getting bullshitted and they want something they can count on"

Steel Panther's Satchel says BTS make the "worst fucking music I've heard in my life"
He made up his mind after listening to just two songs by the K-pop band

Amazon Prime mistakes Steel Panther for Mötley Crüe with documentary artwork
"Who's gonna tell them?"

Download Festival Japan 2022 reveals final line-up with Soulfly and Code Orange
Japanese rockers BAND-MAID are set to open the festival

Download Festival Japan announces 2022 phase one line-up: Dream Theater, Bullet For My Valentine and more
Ticket sales for international audiences open on May 11

Steel Panther are looking for a new bassist to replace Lexxi Foxx
Foxx's departure was announced last month

Steel Panther announce departure of bassist Lexxi Foxx: “The end of an era”
"We love you and we wish you a wonderful future putting eyeliner on chihuahuas"

Steel Panther play three packed Florida gigs with no social distancing
Venue rules of social distancing and mask wearing seem to have been largely ignored