Download Festival is CANCELLED: My Chemical Romance pulls out

Download Festival is CANCELLED: Heavy metal concert will not go ahead after headline act My Chemical Romance pulled out due to the coronavirus pandemic

Download Festival has been cancelled because of the coronavirus pandemic.

The heavy metal festival was scheduled to take place in Melbourne and Sydney next weekend but won’t be going ahead, said organisers Live Nation.

The events were cancelled after headline act My Chemical Romance announced they would not be able to perform ‘given the current global situation’.