AJ Maddah On Crashdiet’s Omission From Soundwave 2014 Lineup

UPDATE: Second Soundwave 2014 lineup is in – full details here!

Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah has taken to Twitter to clear up the situation surrounding Swedish glam metal band Crashdiet‘s absence from the lineup for Soundwave 2014. Maddah had disclosed, once again via Twitter, that the band were on his lineup shortlist.

A curious fan tweeted the outspoken promoter, asking “Are there any issues with Crashdiet, noticed they weren’t on the first lineup announcement after confirmation.” Maddah responded two hours later explaining the issue: “Their manager died quite suddenly and we didn’t get confirmation in time for 1st announcement.” Up till now the band’s omission from the lineup had been a mystery to many fans as their status was considered, for all intents and purposes, confirmed.

The band have released a statement via their official Facebook page, in which they confirmed the passing of manager Michael Sundén and explained his impact on the band, saying “Michael took this band to new heights that wouldn’t be possible without him. He will be missed! Our hearts go out to his wife and kids.”

There is no word yet on whether the band will be on the second lineup announcement for Soundwave 2014, but the band have confirmed that they are “currently out on the road” despite cancelling dates in Japan.

Soundwave Festival 2014 Second Lineup Announcement

A Day To Remember

Mastodon

HIM

Pennywise

Jimmy Eat World

Glassjaw

Panic At The Disco

Eagles Of Death metal

The Dillinger Escape Plan

Less Than Jake

Mayday Parade

Sevendust

Crosses

Suicide Silence

The Porkers

Gojira

Black Veil Brides

Zebrahead

Desaparecidos

Satyricon

Dream On Dreamer

Mutemath

Thy Art Is Murder

Stiff Little Fingers

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

joining

Green Day

Avenged Sevenfold

Stone Temple Pilots

Alice In Chains

Rob Zombie

Megadeth

Placebo

AFI

Korn

Alter Bridge

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 Colour

Letlive

Motionless In White

Gwar

The Black Dahlia Murder

Mushroomhead

Finch

Pulled Apart By Horses

Nancy Vandal

Bowling For Soup

Trash Talk

Skindred

Volbeat

Amon Amarth

Terror

Whitechapel

Tesseract

The Story So Far

10 Years

Ill Nino

Hardcore Superstar

Walking Papers

Coliseum

Your Demise

Our Last Night

Real Friends

Heaven’s Basement

Saturday, 22nd February 2014

RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane

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Sunday, 23rd February 2014

Olympic Park, Sydney

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Friday, 28th February 2014

Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne

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Saturday, 1st March 2014

Bonython Park, Adelaide

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Monday, 3rd March 2014

Claremont Showgrounds, Perth

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