Download Festival 2006

The 2006 Download Festival was held at Donington Park, England on 9–11 June. The three days comprising the headlining acts have sales of approximately 200-250 million albums between them, more than the entire line up of 2006's V Festival.

2006 was the first time the festival was mirrored in the Republic of Ireland, as Download Festival Ireland. 2006 was also by far the warmest year download has ever had.

During the festival KoRn vocalist Jonathan Davis was rushed to hospital. Similar to 2004's Metallica set, Munky, Fieldy and David Silveria arrived and explained to the fans why Davis could not make it and played with guest vocalists Corey Taylor from Slipknot, Dez Fafara from DevilDriver, Jesse Hasek from 10 Years, Benji Webbe from Skindred, M. Shadows from Avenged Sevenfold, and Matt Heafy from Trivium. Lyrics from the song "Blind" were displayed on the screen for Matt Heafy. Metallica played the album Master of Puppets in its entirety in honour of its twentieth anniversary. Guns N' Roses also performed material from the long forthcoming Chinese Democracy album.

Headliners

 * Tool
 * Metallica
 * Guns N' Roses
 * The All-American Rejects
 * Alter Bridge
 * The Prodigy
 * Ginger & The Sonic Circus
 * Killing Joke
 * Sick of it All

Friday:

 * Tool
 * Deftones
 * Coheed and Cambria
 * Soulfly
 * Strapping Young Lad
 * Soil
 * Wicked Wisdom
 * Amplifier

Saturday:

 * Metallica
 * KoRn
 * Trivium
 * Avenged Sevenfold
 * Stone Sour
 * Alice in Chains
 * Arch Enemy
 * Bloodsimple
 * Satyricon
 * Down

Sunday:

 * Guns N' Roses
 * Funeral for a Friend
 * Bullet for my Valentine
 * Cradle of Filth
 * Lacuna Coil
 * In Flames
 * 36 Crazyfists
 * DragonForce
 * Hatebreed
 * Breed 77

Friday:

 * The All-American Rejects
 * Atreyu
 * InMe
 * Clutch
 * Fishbone
 * Dredg
 * Bleeding Through
 * Gojira
 * Throwdown
 * Suns of the Tundra

Saturday:

 * Alter Bridge
 * Opeth
 * Within Temptation
 * Secret Machines
 * Billy Talent
 * Henry Rollins
 * DevilDriver
 * SikTh
 * Johnny Truant
 * Khoma

Sunday:

 * The Prodigy
 * Alexisonfire
 * Eighteen Visions
 * Hundred Reasons
 * Aiden
 * Fightstar
 * From First to Last
 * DevilDriver
 * Zebrahead
 * God Forbid

Friday:

 * Ginger & The Sonic Circus
 * Backyard Babies
 * Cathedral
 * Engerica
 * Bullets & Octane
 * My Awesome Compilation
 * Animal Alpha
 * The Audition
 * Art of Dying
 * Enter Shikari
 * Kitty Hudson

Saturday:

 * Killing Joke
 * Reuben
 * Mondo Generator
 * Louie
 * This is Menace
 * 10 Years
 * Flyleaf
 * Manic
 * It Dies Today
 * Living Things
 * Exit Ten
 * Colon Open Bracket
 * Stonegard
 * My Alamo

Sunday:

 * Sick of it All
 * Lordi
 * Skindred
 * Moneen
 * Darkest Hour
 * Blindside
 * Mendeed
 * Bring me the Horizon
 * The Zico Chain
 * Voodoo Six
 * Lauren Harris
 * Winterville
 * Streetlight Youth
 * I-Def-I

Friday:

 * Gay for Johnny Depp
 * Keiko
 * SinTuition

Saturday:

 * Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly
 * getAmped
 * The Hedrons

Sunday:

 * Viking Skull
 * Betty curse
 * Evergrey