Download Festival have just confirmed that tickets for the 2007 event will go on sale from Friday 16th June at 9am and that the 2007 event will take place on 8th, 9th and 10th June 2007.

This year's event saw 1,000 crowd surfers pass through security during Metallica's two and a half hour set, Axl Rose having a tantrum, 4 million bottles of water sold, 10,000 staff, 15KM of fences and most importantly unisex communal showers featuring copious amounts of nudity.

For a few crowd shots of Download 2006 visit this page.