Def Leppard have been confirmed to headline June's Download Festival.

They will headline the opening night of the festival, which takes place on June 10 -12 at Donington Park. System Of A Down headline the Saturday night (11) and Linkin Park close the festival on the Sunday (12).

The band headlined the rock bash in 2009 – see above right for a video interview with singer Joe Elliott from the event.

See Downloadfestival.com for more information.

The Download Festival line-up so far is:

# Alice Cooper
# Alter Bridge
# Avenged Sevenfold
# Black Veil Brides
# Buckcherry
# Bullet For My Valentine
# Clutch
# The Cult
# The Damned Things
# Danzig
# Def Leppard
# Down
# Duff McKagan’s Loaded
# Escape The Fate
# FM
# The Gaslight Anthem
# GWAR
# Hollywood Undead
# Korn
# Linkin Park
# Masters Of Reality
# Mr Big
# Pendulum
# Rob Zombie
# Rise To Remain
# System Of A Down
# Thin Lizzy
# Trash Talk
# Twisted Sister

Thanks for the report to Nme.com.