UPDATE: The official Soundwave 2014 lineup has finally dropped – all the details here!!!
Everyone is still coming down from the buzz of the massive Soundwave 2013, so all the more reason to keep the ball rolling for Soundwave 2014. We’ve sourced and put together for your fact-checking pleasure a list of bands who have been locked in, who most likely will be locked in, who have a chance of being locked in, and who just won’t be locked in in the slightest.
We’ve already been told that 2014 won’t be topping this year (2013). AJ has explained that he hopes to book around 60 or so bands for the festival, directly addressing the issue of clashing sets as another key reason for downsizing.
What’s more, the festival will also be home to a Japan Stage, which will host an array of heavy Japanese acts – some already confirmed, with more on the way. There is also a chance that the stages will now be named rather than numbered, making life easier for us all.
So here is the list; it’s time to check it out. It’s a bit of an indicator of the direction they will be taking, and be sure to note that they won’t be ruling out acts that would otherwise be considered as not Soundwave material. It’s already shaping up for a crazy year, once again.
We’ve got this shit on lock these days, and I will personally be pumping all the latest goss that goes down with Soundwave 2014 as it happens via our Soundwave 2014 Facebook page. Shit’s gonna be sweet.
UPDATE: The first Soundwave 2014 lineup announcement is here!
Gallery: Soundwave 2014 lineup – in pictures!
Soundwave 2014 – first lineup announcement:
- Green Day
- Stone Temple Pilots feat. Chester Bennington
- Rob Zombie
- Placebo
- Korn
- Trivium
- DevilDriver
- Biffy Clyro
- Asking Alexandria
- Alkaline Trio
- Five Finger Death Punch
- Testament
- Letlive.
- Gwar
- Mushroomhead
- Pulled Apart By Horses
- Bowling For Soup
- Skindred
- Amon Amarth
- Whitechapel
- The Story So Far
- Ill Nino
- Walking Papers
- Your Demise
- Real Friends
- Avenged Sevenfold
- Alice In Chains
- Megadeth
- AFI
- Alter Bridge
- Down
- Newsted
- Rocket From The Crypt
- Clutch
- Baroness
- August Burns Red
- Living Colour
- Motionless In White
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- Finch
- Nancy Vandal
- Trash Talk
- Volbeat
- Terror
- Tesseract
- 10 Years
- Hardcore Superstar
- Coliseum
- Our Last Night
- Heaven’s Basement
Rumours Updates:
- Finch and Your Demise hinting at news about touring to come on Friday
- Post-hardcore band Our Last Night looking likely – Maddah is talking to their agent
- Newsted confirmed for Soundwave 2014
- Trivium returning to Australia “early next year” – did I hear someone say Soundwave?!
- Social Distortion are OUT OF THE RUNNING!
- Some SKA on the lineup
- Want Rancid for Soundwave? Hit up the band!
- Late August lineup announcement “a fairly safe bet”
- Asking Alexandria confirm either Soundwave appearance or headline tour for early 2014!
- AJ is talking to Iron Maiden this week. Headline tour or Soundwave headliners?
- AJ says he’ll once again consider Architects since they got a new agent!
- 63 bands on the bill!
- Possibly more rap on the line up this year
- Nine Inch Nails are looking very, very good!
- The Pretty Reckless now looking very likely
- Paparoach are looking good, Fall Out Boy ruled out because of a disagreement over a headlining spot
- Bowling For Soup look pretty much confirmed for the line up
- Blink-182 will probably never come back to Australia
- Fall Out Boy, who were previously looking good to appear, are now looking unlikely
- Announcement will come in August – likely later in the month
- Theme for Soundwave 2014 has been set
- Venues same as last year (this year?)
- One Swedish act will be playing
- Tickets will be around $160 + GST + BF ($180-$185)
- No doom/sludge bands on the lineup
- Soundwave 2014 dates have been revealed
- Line up is pretty much full
- Any bands that appear on Warped are most likely to be ruled out for SW
- Perth event should happen but might suffer a reduced line up or shorter set times
- Fall Out Boy shows were just a small promo tour
- Mike Patton probably won’t be back for a while with any of his bands
- Lineup about 50% there
- About 60 acts for the lineup
- Would consider heavier acts that aren’t typical Soundwave
- Soundwave 2013 lineup was a “one off big show”
- Japan Stage
Soundwave 2014 Dates And Venues
Saturday 22nd February – Brisbane
RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane
Sunday 23rd February – Sydney
Sydney Olympic Park, Sydney
Friday 28th February – Melbourne
Flemington Racecourse, Melbourne
Saturday 1st March – Adelaide
Bonython Park, Adelaide
Monday 3rd March – Perth
Claremont Showgrounds, Perth
Gallery: Our final lineup predictions before the announcement!
THE LIST! Last update 22/08/2013
Note: Nothing on this list is 100% confirmed until the festival’s official announcement.
Confirmed
Pretty Much Confirmed:
Nine Inch Nails
Bowling For Soup – Jaret Reddick tweet
Shinedown
Crashdiet
Godsmack
Volbeat
X-Japan – Now ruled out
Maximum The Hormone – now ruled out with alternate tour dates
Very Likely:
Finch
Your Demise
Our Last Night
Avenged Sevenfold
A rap group like Public Enemy, Body Count, Immortal Technique
The Pretty Reckless
Papa Roach
Deez Nuts
Street Light Manifesto
Real Friends
KoRn – talking to management
Motionless In White
Alice In Chains (But not as headliners)
10 Years
The Porkers
I Call Fives
Sevendust
Alter Bridge
HIM
The Unguided
Bevar Sea
Twelve Foot Ninja
Skunk Anansie
Zebrahead
Senses Fail
Children Of Bodom (If they don’t tour beforehand)
Dir En Grey
Disturbed (thanks to @Curlyy666)
36 Crazyfists
Pansy Division
Tarja Turunen
Dirty Rotton Imbeciles
Fall Out Boy – looking unlikely now
Twin Atlantic
Bobaflex (Unless they headline)
Tonight Alive
I Killed The Prom Queen (This, or Warped)
DevilDriver
Mastodon
Potential:
Young Guns
Pop Will Eat Itself
Living Color
Red Fang
Architects
Arcane Roots
Trophy Scars
Upon A Burning Body – Would consider them
Screeching Weasel – Would like to have them
Black Veil Brides – Trying, tour might also be possible
Black Dahlia Murder – Slim chance
Candlemass – In talks
Trivium
Good Charlotte
House Vs Hurricane – Suggestion to do Soundwave as a part of farewell run
The Bunny The Bear
AFI
Crown The Empire
Skindred
Infectious Groovies
Stone Temple Pilots
Operation MD
Panic! At The Disco
All That Remains
Anarbor – were on the Warped shortlist
Tesseract
Andrew Jackson Jihad
Bohemoth
Abandon All Ships
Make Them Suffer
Eyes Set To Kill
Godflesh
Hollywood Undead
Rob Zombie
Pure Love
VersaEmerge
Terror – On the shortlist
The Color Morale
All-American Rejects – Would have for SW but Frontier would handle a tour
The Ready Set
Black Tide
Iron Maiden – Maddah talking to them
Fishbone
Bad Brains
Heaven’s Basement
Suffocation – Only if other things don’t pan out
Dream On Dreamer
The Acacia Strain
Theory Of A Deadman
Hyocrisy
Dry Kill Logic
Soilwork
The Faceless
Cattle Decapitation
As I Lay Dying
Pop Will Eat Itself
Deftones – Might be asked back after tour
Clutch
Hatebreed
Device
Kadavar
Upon This Dawning
Capture The Crown
Crown The Empire
Glassjaw
Sabaton, Hammerfall, Helloween, Stratovarius, Manowar – One might happen
Wintersun
Gwar
Tumbleweed
The Maine
Butthole Surfers
We Are the In Crowd
Anathema
D.R.I
Set Your Goals
Sparta
Red Jumpsuit Apparatus
Filter
The Starting Line
Porcupine Tree
Nonpoint
The Defiled
Deaf Havana
Mushroomhead
Powerman 5000
Something Corporate
This Century
Four Year Strong
Heaven Shall Burn
Lord – Will find them a national spot if they’re interested
Go Radio
Baroness
High On Fire
Torche
Kylesa
Strife
The Agonist
Devil Wears Prada
The Pretty Reckless – Now looking very likely
The Rocket Summer
Veara
In Hearts Wake
Issues
Lights
Don Broco
Lower Than Atlantis
Millencolin
Protest The Hero
Richard Cheese – As a novelty
Jimmy Eat World
Lacuna Coil
Skillet
12 Foot Ninja
Bloodhound Gang
Boysetsfire
Hot Water Music
Alkaline Trio – If they stay away from an tour until then
Breathe Carolina
Caliban
Amon Amarth
Cherri Bomb
Chevelle
Enter Shikari
The Cab
CKY
Opeth
Dead By April
Witchcraft
Electric Wizard
Boris
Grand Magnus
Down
Tool
We The Kings
Asking Alexandria
Halestorm
Marilyn Manson
Placebo
Sepultura
Rancid (There is always hope)
Slash (thanks to @Curlyy666)
Megadeth (thanks to @Curlyy666)
Hollywood Undead
Conditions
Testament
Exodus
Chiodos
The Story So Far
Dope
Hardcore Superstar
Black Label Society
No Dice:
The Specials
Social Distortion
Paramore – headline tour announced
You Me At Six – Touring with Paramore
Puddle Of Mudd
FLAG
Emmure
Sleeping With Sirens
Pierce The Veil
P.O.D
NOFX – to tour
Bullet For My Valentine
MXPX
Fall Out Boy
Morbid Angel
Slipknot – Maybe SW15?
Angels & Airwaves
Kings Of Chaos – Not this time
Hoobastank
Escape The Fate
Storm The Sky
Dio Disciples
Saxon
Scorpions
Blue Oyster Cult
Lamb Of God – to tour
Meshuggah – to tour
Of Mice & Men – to tour
Fozzy – Tour more likely
Korpiklaani – remote but no
Gorilla Biscuts
Forever The Sickest Kids
Breaking Benjamin
AC/DC
All Time Low
311
Kreator
Accept
Sodom
Venom
Orchid
Bury Tomorrow
A Rocket To The Moon
In Fear And Faith
Carcass
Simple Plan
Alice Cooper
No Doubt – tried and failed too many times to get them
Three Days Grace
Tenacious D
Sublime
Intronaut
Skyway
Queens of the Stone Age
Our Lady Peace
Incubus
Betraying The Martyrs
Handguns
Cute Is What We Aim For
The Veer Union
Flyleaf
Hail The Villain
Bring Me The Horizon – To tour
Breakdown Of Sanity
Marianas Trench
Sixx:A.M
Soundgarden
The Bronx
Firewind
Dillinger Escape Plan
In This Moment – 2015 more likely
Alestorm
Huntress
Leaves Eyes
Turisas
Trapt
12 Stones
System of a Down
Three Inches Of Blood
Kontrust
Joan Jett
Silent Civilian
Spineshank
Die Antwoord
Limp Bizkit – tour more likely
X-Japan
30 Seconds To Mars – To tour
Airborne
Foo Fighters
Dream Theater
Taking Back Sunday
Anti-Flag
Brand New – Headline tour instead
Skylit Drive
Five Finger Death Punch
Falling In Reverse
Wolfmother/Stockdale
Blessthefall
Staind
The Used – Warped more likely
A Day To Remember – Headline tour instead
Dethklok
Cannibal Corpse
Parkway Drive
System Of A Down
Rise Against
Green Day
Evanescence
Gojira – To tour
Comeback Kid
Unwritten Law
Henry Rollins and Black Flag
Mayday Parade
Bad Religion
Motorhead
Buckcherry
Attack Attack (UK)
My Chemical Romance
Hinder
Nightwish
Steel Panther
Anything Corey Taylor
The Darkness
Wu-Tang Clan
Rammstein
Van Halen (thanks to @Curlyy666)
Arch Enemy (thanks to @Curlyy666)
Judas Priest (thanks to @Curlyy666)
Blur
Abiotic
City in Ashes
Them Crooked Vultures
Kvelertak (headline tour)
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