The second Soundwave 2014 lineup, which was originally due to be announced on Friday (1st November), is now landing later this week and the hard and heavy festival’s promoter AJ Maddah has been busy teasing and even leaking some of his own second lineup announcement.
In the words of Maddah the entire second lineup announcement will add “20 bands” including a third headliner to join Green Day and Avenged Sevenfold in heading the bill. Maddah has already let slip that the announcement will include Devil You Know and Zebrahead, now we can add a third band to the lineup.
As FasterLouder reports, a tweet from “mega-fan” Tate Wilson about New Jersey pop-punk quartet I Call Fives playing on the bill has been retweeted by the official Soundwave twitter account, and even by Maddah himself, which pretty much confirms they’ll also be making an appearance down under this summer.
Good news everyone, @icallfives are playing #sw14. As you can imagine this makes life 10000000/10 for me.
— Tate Wilson (@_Tatew) November 4, 2013
So what about the other 17 bands? Various tweets from the promoter has also ruled out the likes of Rammstein, the ‘outside chance‘ of Good Charlotte, Def Leppard, Papa Roach, Skillet, In Flames, Shinedown, as well as Soundgarden, Bullet For My Valentine, Slipknot and Rage Against The Machine.
As for who might be among the 20 or so bands for Friday’s Soundwave 2014 lineup announcement, rumours have pegged the the likes of Jimmy Eat World, and Panic! At The Disco, Black Veil Brides, Dillinger Escape Plan, Jimmy Eat World, funk metal eccentrics Primus, (refugees from the cancelled Harvest 2013 lineup), and Maddah cryptically putting chart-topping Perth prog specialists Karnivool in the mix, (“not likely at this point but not totally out of the question either”).
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Other bands that are likely to appear on the second Soundwave 2014 lineup announcement include Scar The Martyr, the side-project from Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison, local thrash heroes king Parrot, as well as Newcastle ska band The Porkers, raucous Melbourne rockers The Bennies, Swedish glam metal outfit Crashdiet. All three have yet to officially appear on the Soundwave 2014 lineup, despite each confirming their place on the tour ahead of the official lineup announcement.
Soundwave 2014 Lineup
I Call Fives
Devil You Know
Zebrahead
Joining the already announced lineup of:
Green Day
Avenged Sevenfold
Stone Temple Pilots (with Chester Bennington)
Megadeth
Alice In Chains
Rob Zombie
Megadeth
Placebo
AFI
KoRn
Alterbridge
Trivium
Down
DevilDriver
Newsted
Biffy Clyro
Rocket From The Crypt
Asking Alexandria
Clutch
Alkaline Trio
Baroness
Five Finger Death Punch
August Burns Red
Testament
Living Color
Letlive
Motionless In White
Gwar
Black Dahlia Murder
MushroomHead
Finch
Pulled Apart By Horses
Ill Nino
Nancy Vandal
Bowling For Soup
Trash Talk
Skindred
Volbeat
Amon Amarth
Terror
Whitechapel
TesseracT
The Story So Far
Hardcore Superstar
10 Years
Walking Papers
Our Last Night
Coliseum
Your Demise
Heaven’s Basement
Real Friends
+ more to be announced.
Soundwave 2014 Dates & Tickets
Tickets on sale Thrusday 9th September at 9am
via: soundwavefestival.com, oztix.com.au & other outlets
Saturday 22nd February – Brisbane, RNA Showgrounds
Sunday 23rd February – Sydney, Olympic Park
Friday 28th February – Melbourne, Flemington Racecourse
Saturday 1st March – Adelaide, Bonython Park
Monday 3rd March – Perth, Claremont Showgrounds
