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Legion Festival Dates Changed

The Legion Festival, the crowd-funded event curated by drummer John Sankey in the aftermath of Soundwave, has released the following statement advising of changes to the event.

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Al Jourgensen Of Ministry Rips AJ Maddah A New Arse-Hole

by Paul Cashmere

Ministry’s Al Jourgensen has made a scathing appraisal of Soundwave boss AJ Maddah calling the failed Australian promoter a “douchebag” and a ‘lying Scumbag” after Soundwave crashed and burned one week before Christmas.

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Bring Me The Horizon New Zealand Show Cancelled

by Paul Cashmere

As the Soundwave fall-out continues Bring Me The Horizon is the latest act to also cancel New Zealand because they are not coming to Australia.

Tagged as: Bring Me The Horizon, Bring Me The Horizon New Zealand Show Cancelled, Disturbed, music news, Soundwave, Westfest

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Eventopia Backs Down On Soundwave Refunds

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave ticketing agency Eventopia has backed down on their initial refusal to refund punters following the spectacular collapse of the Soundwave music festival.

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The Soundwave Mess Is About To Get A Lot Worse

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave’s failed mogul AJ Maddah has blamed “the haters” for the downfall of his beloved festival. Well he is about to get 18000 more.

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David Draiman of Disturbed photo by Tim Cashmere, music news, noise11.com

R.I.P. Soundwave 2007-2015

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave is officially over. There will be no 2016 event.

Tagged as: AJ Maddah, Disturbed, music news, Soundwave

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Westfest New Zealand Distances Itself From Soundwave Australia

by Paul Cashmere

New Zealand music festival Westfest from Australia’s troubled Soundwave making it clear that the two events are totally independent of each other.

Tagged as: FOFX, Hatebreed, music news, Music News Westfest New Zealand Distances Itself From Soundwave, Refused, Soundwave, Westfest

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Can Soundwave Survive And Make It To 2016?

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave still may or may not return for 2016. The business is struggling to survive.

Tagged as: Disturbed, music news, Soundwave

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Soundwave 2016 Line-up Announced…Finally

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave has dropped its 2016 line-up so far with the evasive Disturbed finally giving in to go on the bill.

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Soundwave Announces Ninth Act Moose Blood

by Paul Cashmere

The UK’s Moose Blood is the ninth act added to Soundwave 2016.

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Bring Me The Horizon To Play Soundwave

by Paul Cashmere

Bring Me The Horizon is the latest act to be announced in an excruciatingly painful slow roll-out of Soundwave acts.

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Soundwave Confirm Sixth Act Lordi

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave continues to roll out its line-up one name at a time and todays announcement is … (drum roll please) … Lordi.

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Soundwave Add Fifth Act Northlane

by Paul Cashmere

Northlane is the latest act to be announced for Soundwave 2016.

Tagged as: Bullet For My Valentine, Dead Letter Circus, efused, Failure, music news, Northlane, Soundwave, Soundwave Add Fifth Act Northlane

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Refused To Play Soundwave 2016

by Paul Cashmere

Refused are the fourth act added to Soundwave.

Tagged as: Bullet For My Valentine, Dead Letter Circus, Failure, music news, Refused, Soundwave

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Soundwave Confirm Third Act Failure

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave have confirmed a third act for the festival in 2016 with Failure joining the ranks.

Tagged as: Bullet For My Valentine, Dead Letter Circus, Failure, music news, Soundwave

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Soundwave Helps Generate The Top Two Debut Albums In Australia

by Paul Cashmere

Welsh rock band Bullet For My Valentine and Australia’s Dead Letter Circus can thank Soundwave for their ARIA chart success this week. They respectively have the number 1 and number 2 album.

Tagged as: Bullet For My Valentine, Dead Letter Circus, Soundwave

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Disturbed Play First Show In Four Years

by Paul Cashmere

Disturbed played their first show in four years on Friday night in their hometown of Chicago to launch their new album ‘Immortalized’.

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Dead Letter Circus Confirmed For Soundwave 2016

by Paul Cashmere

Australia’s Dead Letter Circus are the second act to be confirmed for Soundwave 2016.

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Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. Photo by Ros O'Gorman.

Megadeth To Tour Australia In October

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave 2013’s “Missing Link” Megadeth will return to Australia in October.

Tagged as: Children of Bodom, Dave Mustaine, Lamb Of God, Megadeth, music news, Paul Dainty, Soundwave

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David Draiman Explains How Disturbed Kept Reunion Secret

by Paul Cashmere

Disturbed decided to reform and make a new record in January, 2014 and no-one knew until a few weeks ago.

Tagged as: Disturbed, Immortalized, music news, Soundwave

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Soundwave Will Return In 2016 With Bullet For My Valentine

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave is coming back for 2016 and Bullet For My Valentine have confirmed they will be on the bill and they have also announced the dates.

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Green Day, Soundwave 2014, Ros O'Gorman, Photo

Green Day To Play First Show Since Australia 2014

by Paul Cashmere

Green Day will perform their first show of 2015 in Cleveland on April 16.

Tagged as: Australia, Cleveland, Green Day, House Of Blues, music news, Soundwave

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Public Transport Victoria Rip Into Soundwave Organisers

by Paul Cashmere

Public Transport Victoria CEO Mark Wild has torn into Soundwave boss AJ Maddah for his lack of planning of the event and failure to give punters advance warning of the transport debacle.

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Soundwave Promoter Calls Victorian Premier “lying scumbag”

by Paul Cashmere

Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah has called Victoria’s Premier Dan Andrews a “lying scumbag” over the public transport disaster set for the Soundwave Festival event in Melbourne next weekend in a series of provocative tweets.

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Heading To Soundwave Melbourne? Good Luck Getting There

by Paul Cashmere

If you are heading to Soundwave Melbourne wear hiking shoes. There will be no public transport including trains, trams or buses to the Melbourne event next weekend.

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Rival Sons Cancel Soundwave

by Paul Cashmere

Rival Sons will no longer be heading to Australia for the Soundwave Festival next week following a birth in the Rival Sons inner sanctum.

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Evergreen Terrace Drummer Seriously Injured, Band Cancels Soundwave

by Paul Cashmere

Evergreen Terrace have cancelled their upcoming Australian tour with Soundwave after their drummer Brad Moxey fell off a ladder.

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Of Mice & Men, Atreyu, The Devil Wears Prada Sydney and Melbourne Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Of Mice & Men, Atreyu and The Devil Wears Prada have teamed for Sidewave sideshows in Sydney and Melbourne.

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Burton C Bell, Fear Factory. Photo by Ros O'Gorman

Fear Factory, Exodus, Terror Universal To Play Sydney And Melbourne

by Paul Cashmere

Fear Factory will group on with Exodus and Terror Universal for Soundwave sidewaves in Sydney and Melbourne.

Tagged as: Exodus, Fear Factory, Soundwave, Terror Universal

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Godsmack, Papa Roach Soundwave Sidewave Dates

by Paul Cashmere

Godsmack and Papa Roach will play Soundwave sidewaves in Melbourne and Brisbane and take turns closing.

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Godsmack Turn Awake Into New Supernatural Graphic Novel

Godsmack have expanded the legacy of their breakthrough 2000 album Awake with the announcement of a new 96 page hardcover graphic novel developed in partnership with Sumerian Comics. The publication reimagines the album's themes as an original supernatural story and is available for worldwide pre-order now.

July 24, 2026