Download festival returns for an eighth year to Donington Park and will be held Friday, June 11th to Sunday, June 13th.

Old-school British thrash metallers LAWNMOWER DETH are on the bill, and have issued the following update:

"'It's that time of year, it's time to go abroad, time to go on holiday down at betty fords'...

Well, by abroad I'm mean a field in the East Midlands... and Andy Copping really should check himself into Betty Fords for letting us come back to Download 2010 !

Yeah, we can now confirm that we have been added to this years Download lineup.

Pete's already gone into full AC/DC stalking mode, you can bet he'll be buying a flat cap and school boy outfit as I type this blog!

Me... I'm so chuffed to be on the same bill as the Deece and Motorhead. Megadeth and Saxon on there too. All I need is for Girlschool to be added to the bill and I would be there already waiting for the weekend to start.

So... now all we need to do is track everyone down to start rehearsing! Kev... where are you ?

If anyone see's him... tell him to re-learn those 3 chords quick sharp."

As previously reported, 22 more acts have been added to the festival bill. New bands include: SAXON, RATT, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, HELLYEAH, Y&T;, UNEARTH, JOB FOR A COWBOY, STEEL PANTHER, HIM, AIRBOURNE, COHEED & CAMBRIA, CINDERELLA, A DAY TO REMEMBER, 36 CRAZYFISTS, DOMMIN, TAKING DAWN, LAWNMOWER DETH, WHITECHAPEL, AUGUST BURNS RED, THE BLACKOUT, WE ARE THE FALLEN, RISE TO REMAIN.

Headline acts on the bill this year include AC/DC, AEROSMITH and RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE.

Weekend arena tickets with camping will be priced at £170, and a weekend only ticket without camping will priced at £140. Lockers in the campsite are priced at £11 with car parking £10 in advance, £20 on the day. A campervan supplement is £40. There will be an additional £10 charge to enter the campsite either on the Wednesday or Thursday.

For more info visit www.downloadfestival.co.uk.