No Sleep 'Til Donington: New additions to Download festival line-up

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Yet more bands have been added to the brimming line-up of rock and metal goodness for this year's Download festival.

Sunset Strip's glam comedy rockers Steel Panther are sure to go down a storm, they're joined on the bill by death metallers Trigger The Bloodshed, pop rocker Lauren Harris and British punks Hexes.

Also added are Hunting The Minotaur, Japanese Voyeurs, White Man Kamikaxe, Loverman, Black Spiders, General Fiasco, Sacred Mother Tongue, 69 Eyes, Dear Superstar, Pulled Apart By Horses, Violent Soho, Horses and genuinely one of the worst bands we've ever heard, Hollywood Undead.

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