By Calen Vanstone
No they haven’t given up and gone to Pop Music… tickets have sold out for Adelaide’s 2013 Soundwave Festival, joining Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane!
The line-up is arguably the biggest yet, featuring the likes of Linkin Park, A Perfect Circle, Paramore, The Offspring, Cypress Hill (I know!), Slayer, Anthrax, Sum 41, Mike Patton’s Tomahawk, Garbage, Bullet For My Valentine, Stone Sour, Bring Me The Horizon, Danko Jones, The Amity Affliction, Mindless Self Indulgence… oh, and Blink 182… after 9 years absence from our shores!…
oh yeah, and f*ckin’ METALLICA! 
So no big surprise to anyone that tickets have finally all gone, even despite the increase is ticket prices (from around $160 last year to around $195 this year.)
The increase came from Festival manger AJ Maddah’s forecast of the Carbon Tax.
“It looks like we can all expect around a 5% to 7% rise in concert and festival tickets in Australia once carbon tax kicks in.”
Although since then, there was word that the increase will only apply for the upcoming event due to it being the 10th anniversary of Soundwave, and that the price will go down for 2014.
Another change has been the reduction in the overall number of bands performing, going from nearly 100 bands in the 2012 circuit, to only 62 announced so far. The third announcement, from all accounts, won’t rack up the tally much more, as the plan seems to be for less bands playing longer sets. Maddah initially mentioned on Twitter there would be around “50 give or take”, and then went on to say, “Yep SW12 was mental. SW13 will see some bands doing long sets…”
Well, all will be revealed shortly, as for those unlucky punters here in South Oz, keep your eyes and ears open, as the various giveaways will surely be rolling in leading up to the festival.
METALLICA
LINKIN PARK
BLINK 182
A PERFECT CIRCLE / THE OFFSPRING / PARAMORE / SLAYER / GARBAGE / CYPRESS HILL / BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE / TOMAHAWK / STONE SOUR / BRING ME THE HORIZON / KYUSS LIVES / ANTHRAX / SUM 41 / DRAGONFORCE / ALL TIME LOW / FLOGGING MOLLY / GHOST / DUFF McKAGAN’S LOADED / BILLY TALENT / MOTION CITY SOUNDTRACK / MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE / THE AMITY AFFLICTION / SICK OF IT ALL / KINGDOM OF SORROW / FOZZY / THE LAWRENCE ARMS / SLEEPING WITH SIRENS / CANCER BATS / THE BLACKOUT / GALLOWS / MADBALL / FUCKED UP / VISION OF DISORDER / PIERCE THE VEIL / PERIPHERY / SHAI HALUD / OF MICE & MEN / THIS IS HELL / MISS MAY I / DANKO JONES / LUCERO / WOE, IS ME / THE WONDER YEARS / POLAR BEAR CLUB / WHILE SHE SLEEPS / CEREBRAL BALLZY / THE EARLY NOVEMBER / SUCH GOLD / SIX FEET UNDER / THE DEAR HUNTER / DEAF HAVANA / RED FANG / VERSUS THE WORLD / BLOOD ON THE DANCE FLOOR / CONFESSION / CHUNK! NO, CAPTAIN CHUNK! / SYLOSIS / MEMPHIS MAY FIRE / CROSSFAITH…and more to be announced
SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL VENUES AND DATES
FEBRUARY/MARCH 2013
SATURDAY 23 – BRISBANE, RNA SHOWGROUNDS – SOLD OUT!
SUNDAY 24 – SYDNEY, OLYMPIC PARK – SOLD OUT!
FRIDAY 1 – MELBOURNE, FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE – SOLD OUT!
SATURDAY 2 – ADELAIDE, BONYTHON PARK – SOLD OUT!
MONDAY 4 – PERTH, CLAREMONT SHOWGROUNDS
General Public tickets on sale now through www.soundwavefestival.com www.oztix.com.au & Oztix outlets.
*All shows are licensed and all ages / *Venue and lineup subject to change
For more information head to www.soundwavefestival.com
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