MUSIC fans think they have worked out this year’s secret set at Download.
Rock sleuths are certain they know who will be playing the mystery slot at the Donington Park festival.
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Fans have been busy trawling through various bands’ tour dates and have spotted that one has a big gap on June 16.
The American group in question also happens to be in the UK at the time.
Sharing their findings online, fans have come to the conclusion that Paramore have a break in their schedule that coincides with Download Festival.
In the days leading up to it, Paramore are supporting Taylor Swift on her Eras Tour in both Edinburgh and Liverpool.
The Misery Business stars have June 16 clear, before rejoining Taylor when she hits Cardiff and London from June 18.
Writing on X, formerly known as Twitter, one fan said: “Why I haven’t seen Paramore suggested as the Download secret set is strange to me – they’re in the UK, they have Sunday 16th June off.”
Another wrote: “@DownloadFest look all I’m saying is Paramore has a free day on the Sunday after eras tour in lpool.”
And a third chimed in: “I said this the other day! i NEEEEED it to be them.”
There has also be chat on Reddit about Paramore being Download’s secret set.
One excited fan wrote on the social media forum: “Paramore are supporting Taylor Swift in the UK in June and are free for Sunday 16th, think it could happen?”
Someone else replied: “What gives me hope is, weren’t they an option on that DL24 feedback thing for ‘who would you want to see at next year’s Download?’?
“Makes me think the organisers are and have been considering this move for a while?”
Download Festival runs from June 14 to June 16 at Donington Park in Leicestershire.
This year’s headliners are Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold.
Paramore land in the UK this Friday for Taylor Swift’s gig at BT Murrayfield Stadium in Edinburgh.
The band will support Taylor in Scotland for three nights before she moves onto Liverpool’s Anfield Stadium for June 13, 14 and 15.
There is then a gap in their schedule – on June 16 and 17 – before they arrive at Cardiff’s Principality Stadium with the pop mega star, before moving onto London’s Wembley Stadium for another three nights.
Taylor and Paramore then jet off to Ireland before hitting mainland Europe for July and the beginning of August. They will then all return to Wembley Stadium for another five Eras gigs, from August 15 to 20.
Taylor announced Paramore as her supporting act last summer and revealed that she and the band’s front woman, Hayley Williams, are close friends.
She revealed the news after adding an extra 14 days to the European leg of The Eras Tour.
Taylor said on Instagram: “Really can’t contain my excitement because… we’re adding 14 new shows to The Eras Tour.
“And I get to travel the world doing shows with Paramore!!
“Hayley and I have been friends since we were teens in Nashville and now we get to frolic around the UK/Europe next summer??? I’m screaming???”
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