The lineup for the 2011 Soundwave festival - the nation's biggest metal and rock rock festival, as well as arguably one of the best festivals in the land, period (see our coverage of the last two linked below) - has leaked ahead of its official release this Thursday night.
A forum member on the official
Soundwave website has posted a phone snap of what appears to be a street press centrefold featuring artwork for the festival. It features fifty-five band names and festival dates. The post was quickly pulled but has proliferated on message boards and sparked further discussion on the Soundwave forum since.
UK metal royalty Iron Maiden will headline the festival. They'll be joined by an all star cast including Slayer, Queens of the Stone Age, Melvins, The Gaslight Anthem, Slash, 30 Seconds to Mars, Social Distortion and - a deep cut for the old schoolers - Gang of Four.
Here's the full spread:
Iron Maiden
Slayer
Queens of the Stone Age
Primus
Slash
Social Distortion
Rob Zombie
Avenged Sevenfold
30 Seconds To Mars
Stone Sour
Gang of Four
New Found Glory
Pennywise
Sum 41
Annberlin
The Gaslight Anthem
Third Eye Blind
Devildriver
Sevendust
Less Than Jake
The Bronx
Monster Magnet
Terror
MXPX
Protest The Hero
Melvins
30 Crazyfists
Ill Nino
The Ataris
The Starting Line
Bayside
Madd Caddies
The Maine
Trash Talk
May Day Parade
Foxy Shazam
Never Shout Never
The Blackout
Alesana
Asking Alexandria
All That Remains
High On Fire
Dommin
The Sword
Kylesa
A Skylit Drive
There For Tomorrow
Breathe Carolina
Taking Dawn
I See Stars
Rise To Remain
Nonpoint
Veara
Every Avenue
and more to be announced
The event will take place in Brisbane 26th February, Sunday 27th February in Sydney, Friday 4th of March in Melbourne (always a school day!), Saturday 5th March in Adelaide and Monday 7th March in Perth.
Here's how Iron Maiden looked when they were last in the country. From their must see
Flight 666 documentary, 'Two Minutes To Midnight' at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne.
Iron Maiden - 'Two Minutes To Midnight' live in Melbourne