Thursday 6 October 2011

Soundwave festival

The Soundwave music festival has been the biggest event to hit the alterative music scene since Big Day Out and I’m sure many music lovers haven’t been disappointed with the huge acts playing. Bands for the 2011 bill included Iron Maiden, Slayer, Queens of the Stone Age, Slash, Rob Zombie, Avenged Sevenfold, 30 Seconds To Mars, New Found Glory, Sum 41, Never Shout Never and Annberlin to name a few with tickets priced at the $130 mark. Tickets can be purchased through the official website, http://www.soundwavefestival.com/ or through ticket agency, 'Tickettek'. Travelling to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide, this festival has given alternative music in Australia the revival it required. About time too!


Kicking off the tour in Brisbane in summer fans brave the sweltering heat, crowds, lack of water and risk dehydration in the hopes of seeing/meeting their favourite bands but that’s the point of Australian music festivals, right?! Soundwave caters for individuals who love rock, metal, punk and even pop punk which is essential for a country who is generally quite isolated in terms of new music artists.

The Soundwave franchise became so large that the managers decided to expand from the one concert and have a ‘Soundwave Revolution’ in spring and almost sold out. A few weeks before revolution, many of the major headlining bands pulled out and disappointed many fans. I had tickets and was devastated! Many music fans were incredibly shocked and the reputation of the Soundwave name has been tarnished.



2012 is a new year though and let’s hope the big bands don’t pull out this time! Who am I kidding, I will still buy tickets anyway.

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