Linkin Park ignore the noise with triumphant set at Download Festival
Limp Bizkit and Guns N' Roses were the other headliners at this year's metal and rock extravaganza - we went along.
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"we're here to celebrate life"
— Ginger Wildheart , Celebrity
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Former lead singer of Linkin Park who passed away in 2017.
Lead singer of Linkin Park.
Fred Durst is the frontman of the band Limp Bizkit.
Ginger Wildheart is a musician and lead singer of The Wildhearts.
Mike Shinoda is a founding member and lead vocalist of Linkin Park.
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