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Soundwave
AFI playing on the main stage at Soundwave Perth 2010
Genre	Heavy metal metalcore alternative metal alternative rock punk rock pop punk [1]
Dates	mid-February – early March; late January
Location(s)	Australia Perth (2004–2014) Brisbane (2007–2015) Sydney (2007–2015) Melbourne (2008–2015) Adelaide (2008–2015)
Years active	2004–2015
Founded by	AJ Maddah
Website	soundwavefestival.com

Soundwave was an annual music festival held in major cities around Australia, run and promoted by Soundwave Touring. The festival originated in Perth, Western Australia, and began travelling to the other Australian capital cities in 2007. It featured a number of international and Australian music acts from various genres, including rock, metal and punk.^[2] The festival has been headlined by Deftones, the Offspring, Incubus, Alice in Chains, Bloodhound Gang, Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Jimmy Eat World, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age, the Smashing Pumpkins, System of a Down, Slipknot, Green Day, Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park, Blink-182 and Metallica.

Soundwave Festival occurred annually until 2015. A 2016 iteration of the festival was planned, but its cancellation was announced on 17 December 2015 by founder AJ Maddah due to poor ticket sales.^[3]

History

The Soundwave festival originated in Perth,^[4] as a smaller festival known as Gravity Soundwave within the Gravity Games.^[5] The Gravity Games were held in South Perth along the Swan River, being based mainly on water-based and action sports. The event was sponsored by Vodafone in its first year, with the company reportedly committing one million dollars to the event. Gravity Soundwave provided the music side of the festival, which took place at McCallum Park alongside the Swan River.^[6]

Gravity Soundwave was first introduced in the festival's first year, which was held on 14 and 15 October 2004. American pop punk band Good Charlotte effectively became the first headline act of Soundwave, when they performed in the festival's first night along with Gyroscope and One Dollar Short.^[6] The following night featured Unwritten Law, Regurgitator, MxPx, Lagwagon and Last Year's Hero.^[6]

The 2005 festival was again presented by Vodafone, being held on the night of 8 October. Gravity Soundwave was headlined by Grinspoon, with it also featuring American acts Unwritten Law, Reel Big Fish, and Goldfinger.^[5]

The third and final year of the Gravity Games festival in Perth was moved to December 2006, instead of October. Gravity Soundwave featured American act Aiden, local Australian bands Gyroscope, Kisschasy, Parkway Drive, The Getaway Plan and New Zealanders Goodnight Nurse.^[7]

2007

In 2007 the festival expanded to include Sydney and Brisbane, and increased the number of bands performing. A number of the artists featured in the 2007 Festival had previously played at the Soundwave Festival in Perth, including Unwritten Law, MxPx and Parkway Drive.

Locations

• Riverstage, Brisbane, 24 February 2007
• Sydney Park, Sydney, 25 February 2007
• Robinson Pavilion, Perth, 3 March 2007

Lineup

Local acts

Brisbane

• Doctor Octopus
• The Disables
• Say Nothing

Sydney

• Angelas Dish
• Regular John
• Fifty Sixx

Perth

• Stars Don't Fall
• Calerway
• Avalore

Notes

2008

The 2008 Soundwave festival was headlined by The Offspring, along with Incubus and Killswitch Engage and was expanded to include dates in Melbourne and Adelaide, increasing the number of dates from three to five. The expanded Festival featured five stages compared to three the previous year.

Locations

• Riverstage and Parklands, Brisbane, 23 February 2008
• Sydney Park, Sydney, 24 February 2008
• Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, 29 February 2008
• Bonython Park, Adelaide, 1 March 2008
• Steel Blue Oval, Perth, 3 March 2008

Lineup

Local acts

Brisbane

• The Amity Affliction
• Take 21
• The Gift Horse

Sydney

• Trial Kennedy

Melbourne

• Capeside
• Donnie Dureau (Blueline Medic)

Adelaide

• In Fiction
• City Riots

Perth

• Break Even
• Eleventh He Reaches London
• An Evening at Elmwood
• Anime Fire

Notes

2009

The lineup for the 2009 festival was announced on 24 September 2008, the headliners were Nine Inch Nails^[11] and sub-headliners were Alice in Chains and Bloodhound Gang.

Presenters of British reality stunt TV show Dirty Sanchez and Finnish stuntmen The Dudesons were masters of ceremonies at Soundwave 2009.^[12]

This festival featured 55 acts across six stages.

Locations

• RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, 21 February 2009
• Eastern Creek Raceway, Sydney, 22 February 2009
• Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, 27 February 2009
• Bonython Park, Adelaide, 28 February 2009
• Steel Blue Oval, Perth, 2 March 2009

Lineup

Local actsedit

Brisbane

• Forlorn Gaze
• The Amity Affliction

Sydney

• Mission in Motion
• Mary Jane Kelly

Melbourne

• Stealing O'Neal
• House Vs. Hurricane

Adelaide

• Double Dragon
• Isle of Capri

Perth

• Elora Danan

Notes

2010edit

The first lineup announcement for the 2010 festival was made on 13 August 2009, the headliners were Faith No More, Jane's Addiction and Placebo, the lineup also featured Paramore, AFI, Jimmy Eat World (who replaced My Chemical Romance) and HIM.

This festival featured 46 acts across six stages.

Locationsedit

• RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, 20 February 2010
• Eastern Creek Raceway, Sydney, 21 February 2010
• Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, 26 February 2010
• Bonython Park, Adelaide, 27 February 2010
• Steel Blue Oval, Perth, 1 March 2010

Lineupedit

Local actsedit

Brisbane

• Too Late Escape
• Adelle

Sydney

• Heroes for Hire

Melbourne

• Death Audio

Adelaide

• ISAW

Perth

• Vanity

Notes

2011edit

The first lineup announcement for the 2011 festival was made on 5 August 2010, the headliners were Iron Maiden and Queens of the Stone Age. The lineup also included The Starting Line, who reunited for the festival.^[16]

This festival featured 71 acts across eight stages.

Locationsedit

• RNA Showgrounds, Brisbane, 26 February 2011
• Olympic Park, Sydney, 27 February 2011
• Melbourne Showgrounds, Melbourne, 4 March 2011
• Bonython Park, Adelaide, 5 March 2011
• Claremont Showground, Perth, 7 March 2011

Lineupedit

Lineup

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