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Chris Harper

The songs that the headliners could play at Download Festival

One of the biggest weekends in rock music is here and fans will be eagerly anticipating sets from some of the biggest names in the business.

More than 50 acts are playing Download Festival this weekend including iconic headliners Slipknot and Def Leppard.

And if you want some insider knowledge in order to find out if they will play your favourite tune, look no further.

DerbyshireLive complied a list of 10 of the top bands playing the Donington festival and the songs they might play.

Our list is purely speculative, so don't be disappointed if it changes:

Def Leppard

Def Leppard will play Download on Friday (Daily Record)

Rocket

Animal

Let's Get Rocked

Love Bites

When Love & Hate Collide

Hysteria

Armageddon It

Rock of Ages

Pour Some Sugar on Me

Photograph

Bringin' on the Heartbreak

Slipknot

Slipknot will headline the festival on Saturday (Birmingham Mail)

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Get This

Psychosocial

Vermilion

The Devil in I

Disasterpiece

Sulfur

All Out Life

The Heretic Anthem

Duality

Surfacing

People = S***

Tool

Tool will play on the main stage on Sunday (Derby Telegraph / WIKIMEDIA)

The Pot

Parabola

Schism

Invincible

Descending

Jambi

Intolerance

Forty Six & 2

Stinkfist

Rob Zombie

Rob Zombie will headline the Zippo Encore Stage on Friday (PA)

Well, Everybody's F****** in a U.F.O.

Living Dead Girl

Never Gonna Stop (The Red, Red Kroovy)

Superbeast

House of 1000 Corpses

In the Age of the Consecrated Vampire We All Get High

Thunder Kiss '65 (White Zombie song)

The Hideous Exhibitions of a Dedicated Gore W****

Dragula

Halestorm

Halestorm will headline the second stage on Saturday (Birmingham Mail)

Black Vultures

Love Bites (So Do I)

I Get Off

Chemicals

Freak Like Me

Do Not Disturb

I Miss the Misery

Slayer

Slayer will play on the second stage on Sunday (Derby Telegraph / WIKIMEDIA)

Angel of Death

Raining Blood

World Painted Blood

Postmortem

Hate Worldwide

War Ensemble

Disciple

Repentless

Evil Has No Boundaries

Hell Awaits

South of Heaven

Dead Skin Mask

Seasons in the Abyss

Die Antwoord

Die Antwoord will play before Slipknot on Saturday (Get Reading)

I Fink U Freeky

Fatty Boom Boom

Ugly Boy

Girl I Want 2 Eat U

Cookie Thumper!

Banana Brain

Baita

Never Le Nkemise 2

God DJ Section

Pitbull Terrier

Fat Faded F*** Face

Baby's on Fire

Enter Shikari

Enter Shikari will headline the Avalanche Stage (Derby Telegraph /)

Sorry, You're Not a Winner

The Sights

Labyrinth

Rabble Rouser

Arguing With Thermometers

Gandhi Mate, Gandhi

Hectic

Mothership

Shinrin-Yoku

The Revolt of the Atoms

There's a Price on Your Head

Insomnia

Simple Creatures

Fans pictured at Download Festival 2018 (Joseph Raynor/ Nottingham Post)

Drug

Adrenaline

How To Live

NVM

Ether

Lucy

Strange Love

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

Me First and the Gimme Gimmes will headline the Avalanche Stage (Derby Telegraph / WIKIMEDIA)

Karma Chameleon (Culture Club cover)

I Will Survive (Gloria Gaynor cover)

Leaving on a Jet Plane (John Denver cover)

Take Me Home, Country Roads (John Denver cover)

Believe (Cher cover)

Danny's Song (Loggins & Messina cover)

Rocket Man (I Think It's Going to Be a Long, Long Time) (Elton John cover)

Uptown Girl (Billy Joel cover)

Sloop John B ([traditional] cover)

Jolene (Dolly Parton cover)

I Believe I Can Fly (R. Kelly cover)

 
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