SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2011

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SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL 2011

Posted by Justin Cranna 26 January 2011

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SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL AUSTRALIA RETURNS, BIGGER, BETTER & GOING WHERE NO FESTIVAL HAS GONE BEFORE...

Soundwave is an annual music festival held in major cities around Australia. The festival originated in Perth, Western Australia and began traveling to the other Australian capital cities in 2007. It features a number of international and Australian music acts, from various genres including rock, metal and punk acts. The festival has been headlined by Good Charlotte, Deftones, The Offspring, Nine Inch Nails and Faith No More. Including co-headliners +44, Incubus, Alice in Chains, Bloodhound Gang, Lamb of God, Jane's Addiction and Jimmy Eat World.

The Soundwave Touring company that puts on the festival also tours other artists throughout the year - for example, tours in 2010 have included Porcupine Tree, All Time Low, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Brand New, among others.

SOUNDWAVE RETURNS, BIGGER, BETTER & GOING WHERE NO FESTIVAL HAS GONE BEFORE...

There used to be a saying at Soundwave that no one band is bigger than the festival.

That saying will be tested in 2011 as the organizers proudly announced rock legends IRON MAIDEN as the headline artist for this year’s festival. Maiden are one of the few artists that inspire loyalty and worship by a constantly growing army that spans several generations of not only fans, but other rock musicians ranging from today’s biggest metal bands to pop icons.

What makes Iron Maiden unique amongst their peers is that the band has never lost their creative touch and their ability to deliver album after album of greatness. Just when you would think there cannot be another hitherto undiscovered original yet amazing guitar riff; Maiden turn up with another album full of new classics to add to metal and rock’s greatest back catalogue.

Maiden will be bringing with them the full stage production that featured in their hugely successful recent tour of North America, where they played to almost 400,000 fans over the 25 shows. And of course that includes Eddie’s latest incarnation..!!

Joining the festival’s gargantuan headliners is a cast of rock, punk and metal luminaries, headed by the regal guitar rock of QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, metal gods SLAYER, indie pioneers PRIMUS, the incomparable SLASH and fifty or so other international artists who form the who is who of cutting edge music for the coming decade.

2011 Line-Up

Iron Maiden
Queens of the Stone Age
One Day as a Lion
Slayer
Primus
Slash
Rob Zombie
30 Seconds to Mars
Bullet For My Valentine
Stone Sour
Social Distortion
Sum 41
Third Eye Blind
Murderdolls
Millencolin
Gang of Four
New Found Glory
Pennywise
Bring Me The Horizon
Anberlin
Dimmu Borgir
The Gaslight Anthem
Coheed And Cambria
Devildriver
Monster Magnet
Sevendust
Less Than Jake
The Bronx
The Amity Affliction
Silverstein
Terror
MXPX
Protest the Hero
Melvins
36 Crazyfists
Ill Nino
The Ataris
Fucked Up
Bayside
Feeder
The Starting Line
H2O
Mad Caddies
The Maine
Saxon
Trash Talk
Mayday Parade
Foxy Shazam
The Rocket Summer
Never Shout Never
The Blackout
Polar Bear Club[A]
Asking Alexandria
All That Remains
High on Fire
Dommin
The Sword
Kylesa
We The Kings
Blessthefall [B]
There for Tomorrow
Breathe Carolina
Taking Dawn
I See Stars
Rise to Remain
Nonpoint
Veara
Every Avenue
This Town Needs Guns

Line-Up Notes:

• Polar Bear Club replaced Alesana

• Blessthefall replaced A Skylit Drive

• This Town Needs Guns were added as a bonus band after the two dropouts

Rumours have it that although Avenged Sevenfold were scheduled to play the festival, the group announced that they were pulling out, as they made a complaint to the organisers, stating that they thought they were a more influential band than Iron Maiden and should be headlining the festival. When this request was denied the band withdrew from the festival and informed their fans that they would visit Australia soon on a headlining tour of their own.

Soundwave Festival Venues And Dates:

FEBRUARY/MARCH 2011

• Saturday 26 Brisbane, Rna Showgrounds - SOLD OUT!

• Sunday 27 Sydney, Eastern Creek Raceway

• Friday 4 Melbourne, Showgrounds - SOLD OUT!

• Saturday 5 Adelaide, Bonython Park

• Monday 7 Perth, Claremont Oval

General Public on sale: Thursday 26 August, 9am

Tickets available through:

http://tickets.soundwavefestival.com/

http://www.oztix.com.au/

http://www.ticketek.com.au/