In pictures: Download festival line-up highlights

The essential bands, in pictures...
Download 2011 line-up preview
It's almost that time of year again, time to pack up the tent and get ready for some huge riffs at Donington.
Download 2011 takes place at Donington Park from June 10 to 12. Click through to check out a selection of the biggest, most unmissable acts gracing the stages this year.
You can check out the full line-up for this year's Download over at the official site, meanwhile check out the rest of our 2011 summer festival previews, or remind yourself how good Download 2010 was with our festival gallery from last year.