Soundwave festival 2013 lineup announced

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Organisers of the 2013 Soundwave festival finally spill some official beans on who'll be playing the 2013 event. The answer, as it turns out, is "everyone".

We already knew that Blink-182 were playing Soundwave 2013. And we knew Good Charlotte weren't, because festival boss AJ Maddah would be with us no longer.

Here then is the first official announcement for Soundwave 2013:

METALLICA
LINKIN PARK
BLINK 182
A PERFECT CIRCLE
THE OFFSPRING
PARAMORE
GARBAGE
TOMAHAWK
STONE SOUR
KYUSS LIVES
ANTHRAX
SUM 41
DRAGONFORCE
FLOGGING MOLLY
GHOST
DUFF McKAGAN'S LOADED
MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK
LAWRENCE ARMS
KINGDOM OF SORROW
FOZZY
SLEEPING WITH SIRENS
CANCER BATS
MADBALL
VISION OF DISORDER
PIERCE THE VEIL
PERIPHERY
SHAI HALUD
OF MICE & MEN
MISS MAY I
WOE IS ME
THE WONDER YEARS
WHILE SHE SLEEPS
SUCH GOLD
LUCERO
SIX FEET UNDER
DEAF HAVANA
RED FANG
CHUNK! NO CAPTAIN CHUNK!
MEMPHIS MAY FIRE

...with many more to be announced.

I had the pleasure to be personally asked by Metallica to join them on tour in 2010 in order to write a piece for the band's fan magazine So What!. Read my interview with Lars Ulrich, conducted in the bowels of Rod Laver Arena at the massage table, no less. Now with permission from the band, stay tuned for my full 6000 word report of the last days of the Death Magnetic tour - coming soon!

Also, read our review of the reunited Blink-182's headline show at the Hollywood Bowl in October last year, here on the TheVine.

Tickets for Soundwave 2013 go on sale August 23rd. Sign up to the mailing list at www.soundwavefestival.com to be eligible for pre-sale tickets.

SOUNDWAVE - 2013

Saturday 23rd February – Brisbane
Sunday 24th February – Sydney
Friday 1st March – Melbourne
Saturday 2nd March – Adelaide
Monday 4th March – Perth

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