Could Download Festival be teasing Green Day as their 2025 headliner?
The band are playing two festivals in Germany the week after the Donington Park event takes place
by Damian Jones · NMEGreen Day could potentially be headlining Download Festival in 2025.
It comes after the festival dropped some heavy hints that that the trio could be performing at next year’s event.
In a tweet for early bird tickets, the festival posted a picture of green fireworks with the caption: “Summer is officially over. Wake us up when it’s June.” The words are very similar to the lyrics of their huge hit ‘Wake Me Up When September Ends’. You can find tickets here.
It comes after the band recently announced they will be playing at the Hurricane and Southside festivals in Germany between June 20 and June 22 alongside some huge names including Biffy Clyro, Yellowcard, Wet Leg and Amyl & The Sniffers.
This is just a week after the Download Festival takes place from June 13 – 15. If they do play it will be the first time they have ever played the Donington Park bash.
These are their only European dates announced for 2025 so far, following on from their run of ‘Saviors’ tour dates in the continent earlier this year – the tour is still going on in their native US – though they’ll be playing South Africa, Asia and Australia from January through to March, including a headline slot at Lollapalooza India in Mumbai.
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With Glastonbury 2025 running from June 25 to 29, there’s already been plenty of speculation that Green Day could be keeping their diaries free that weekend too. Co-organiser Emily Eavis confirmed at the time of this year’s festival that she was already in talks with artists for next year, and the trio are among the favourites.
There are plenty of other contenders too – Oasis are another huge name that have been mooted after their reunion announcement, while the likes of Olivia Rodrigo, Sam Fender, The Rolling Stones, AC/DC, Harry Styles and, of course, Taylor Swift, have also been part of the conversation.
As part of Green Day’s ‘Saviors‘ tour this year, they took in shows in Manchester, Glasgow and London, as well as a headline slot at the Isle of Wight Festival. Celebrating the 30th and 20th anniversaries of their classic albums ‘Dookie‘ and ‘American Idiot‘ respectively by playing both albums in full, the shows also showcased some of the songs from the band’s latest album ‘Saviors‘, released in January.
In a four-star review of the album, NME described it as “their best work since ‘American Idiot’,” and said: “The pop-punk icons’ 14th album finds them wiser, more subtle, but still up for a romp.”
Meanwhile, NME gave their show at Manchester’s Old Trafford Cricket Ground a glowing five-star review, and said, “Staying invigorated after three decades is no mean feat, but Green Day make it look effortless.”