Soundwave is an annual music festival held in major cities around Australia. The festival originated in Perth, Western Australia and began traveling to the other Australian capital cities in 2007. It features a number of international and Australian music acts, from various genres including rock, metal and punk acts.
Soundwave 2012 Dates:
02/25 – Brisbane, AU @ RNA Showgrounds
02/26 – Sydney, AU @ Olympic Park
03/02 – Melbourne, AU @ Showgrounds
03/03 – Adelaide, AU @ Bonython Park
03/05 – Perth, AU @ Claremont Showgrounds
Ticket Price: $155.00 AU (3-Day)
Headliners
Festival lineup
- A Day To Remember
- A Rocket To The Moon
- Alter Bridge
- Angels and Airwaves
- Attack! Attack!
- Bad Religion
- Biohazard
- Black Tide
- Black Veil Brides
- Break Even
- Bush
- CKY
- Cathedral
- Cherri Bomb
- Chimaira
- Circa Survive
- Coal Chamber
- Cobra Starship
- Conditions
- Cro-Mags
- Dashboard Confessional
- Devin Townsend Project
- Dragonforce
- Dream On, Dreamer
- Dredg
- Enter Shikari
- Fireworks
- Forever the Sickest Kids
- Four Year Strong
- Framing Hanley
- Gojira
- Hatebreed
- Heaven Shall Burn
- Hellyeah
- Heroes For Hire
- Holy Grail
- Hyro Da Hero
- I Am The Avalanche
- In Flames
- In This Moment
- Jack's Mannequin
- Kids In Glass Houses
- Kill Hannah
- Kittie
- Kvelertak
- Lamb of God
- Letlive
- Limp Bizkit
- Lostprophets
- Machine Head
- Madina Lake
- Marilyn Manson
- Mastodon
- Meshuggah
- Motionless In White
- Raised Fist
- Relient K
- River City Extension
- Royal Republic
- Saves the Day
- Saves the Day
- Shadows Fall
- Slipknot
- Staind
- Steel Panther
- Street Dogs
- Strung Out
- System of a Down
- The Black Dahlia Murder
- The Cab
- The Dangerous Summer
- The Dillinger Escape Plan
- The Menzingers
- The Pretty Reckless
- The Ready Set
- The Sisters of Mercy
- The Smoking Hearts
- The Summer Set
- The Used
- These Kids Wear Crowns
- Thursday
- Times of Grace
- Tonight Alive
- Trivium
- Turisas
- Underoath
- Unearth
- Unwritten Law
- Versa Emerge
- Watain
- Wednesday 13
- You Me at Six
- Your Demise
- Zack Wylde's Black Label Society
- Zebrahead
Festival News and Rumors

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