The Priest At Download

London, UK (Top40 Charts/ SONY BMG MUSIC Entertainment) - Download returns for its sixth year with fire-breathing, blood-spitting legends KISS, chart-topping Californian skate punks THE OFFSPRING and Welsh nu-metal kings LOSTPROPHETS headlining the Donington Park event over the weekend of June 13, 14 and 15.

Other bands confirmed to play are our very own UK rock gods Judas Priest and Bullet For My Valentine . Also look out for US prog rockers Coheed and Cambria. With 3 stages and around 100 bands performing, Download08 will be the ONLY festival to see these world-renowned acts in one place - but of course, the complete, now fully established Download experience is about far, far more than just the music.

Look out for moto-cross, BMX and skate pro daredevils at the Monster Battlefield; perform on stage to the crowds with Guitar Hero; enjoy Area 51's Burlesque show at the Big Top; rock out at the Silent Disco; or at one of the late night rock clubs on site, the Powerhouse or the Army Camp. The graveyard Angels will be on hand to give massages and healing - or get a new rock haircut at the Powder Room. All this and more, in 3 days and nights of music, across 5 days of camping fun and entertainment.
For more info: www.downloadfestival.co.uk

The definitive lineup of Judas Priest - vocalist Rob Halford, lead guitarists Glenn Tipton and K.K. Downing, bass guitarist Ian Hill and drummer Scott Travis - returned in 2005 with the album Angel Of Retribution. More than 30 years after forming in the tough, gritty, English steel town of Birmingham, Judas Priest remain at the forefront of the global heavy metal scene.

Angel Of Retribution - the first new music from the quintet in 15 years -stands proudly alongside Judas Priest's previous heavy metal milestones like Sad Wings Of Destiny, British Steel, Screaming For Vengeance and Painkiller.