The third Soundwave 2014 Lineup announcement has landed, adding even more bands to the already huge 87-strong bill for the hard and heavy music festival.
Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah first indicated last November that a third round of acts was due, revealed at the same time that the likes of Mastodon, A Day To Remember, and more were added to the Soundwave 2014 lineup, including festival headliners Green Day and Avenged Sevenfold.
Following a pre-Christmas delay, visa issues with one Soundwave band, and a very public spat with Sevendust after they pulled out of the lineup, today’s first official 2014 Sidewaves announcements brought with it the confirmation of tonight’s lineup additions, just over a month away from the festival’s kick-off at Brisbane’s RNA Showgrounds.
The biggest names in the new Soundwave 2014 lineup additions are industrial rock heavyweights Filter, and legenday Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora, performing with an all-star band featuring Alice Cooper/Michael Jackson guitarist Orianthi Panagaris, promising to “get your lighters up in the air and prepare for the mother of all sing-alongs!”
Adelaide’s I Killed The Prom Queen also join the Soundwave 2014 lineup, and armed with a brand new album, promise to destroy the place.
Rounding out the list bands helping to beef the Soundwave 2014 ranks are The Ghost Inside, Authority Zero, DARKC3LL, The Defile, and The Danger Kids, bringing the total Soundwave tally to 95 bands.
Conspicuously absent from the third lineup announcement is Post-hardcore act Falling In Reverse, with Maddah previously stating “they’re confirmed but I won’t announce them till we have visas approved.”
Their absence from the third Soundwave 2014 lineup announcement means that frontman Ronnie Radke’s visa issues have grounded the band from joining the festival fun.
Two yet-to-be announced Aussie bands that were expected to make the cut are also missing from the announcement.
Namely, the award-winning thrash group King Parrot, all but confirmed in September, and self-described “Psychedelic Reggae Ska Doom Metal Punk Rock From Hell,” The Bennies. Though it’s likely they’ll be added to the Melbourne lineup as part of a series of local bills for each of Soundwave’s five major legs.
A number of artsits on the Soundwave 2014 lineup are also confirmed to play headline sideshows.
The list of bands playing Sidewaves in 2014 includes Stone Temple Pilots (with Linkin Park vocalist Chester Bennington), Placebo, and – in Soundwave tradition – two massive co-headline shows in Rob Zombie & Korn and Alter Bridge & Living Colour. (Full details here).
Take a deep breath and scroll the enormous Soundwave 2014 lineup, along with dates and tickets details, below.
Soundwave 2014 Lineup
Richie Sambora (Bon Jovi)
Filter
I Killed The Prom Queen
The Ghost Inside
Authority Zero
DARKC3LL
The Defiled
The Danger Kids
joining the already announced lineup of:
Green Day
Avenged Sevenfold
Stone Temple Pilots (with Chester Bennington)
A Day To Remember
Alice In Chains
Rob Zombie
Megadeth
Mastodon
Placebo
HIM
AFI
KoRn
Alter Bridge
Trivium
Pennywise
Jimmy Eat World
Down
DevilDriver
The Dillinger Escape Plan
Glassjaw
Panic! At The Disco
Eagles Of Death Metal
Less Than Jake
Mayday Parade
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
Crosses
Suicide Silence
The Porkers
Gojira
Black Veil Brides
Zebrahead
Satyricon
Dream On Dreamer
Mutemath
Desparecidos
Stiff Little Fingers
Thy Art Is Murder
Graveyard
Dir En Grey
Deez Nuts
In Hearts Wake
Breathe Carolina
Defiler
I Call Fives
Hacktivist
Devil You Know
Soil
The Boss Hoss
Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats
Nostalghia
Upon A Burning Body
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
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
