Tag: Soundwave Festival 2013

The Offspring – Enmore Theatre, Sydney – March 8, 2013

The Offspring – Enmore Theatre, Sydney – March 8, 2013

A sold out crowd at the Enmore tonight for the last of the Soundwave Sidewaves in Sydney sees The Offspring in Australia for the first time in five years, here to play their 1992 ‘Ignition’ album in full as well as some hits, and judging by the eager crowd here tonight, we are already in for a great show. As I watch […]

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Noodles of The Offspring

Noodles of The Offspring

“We try to cater these shows to the more hardcore Offspring fans that have been around for a while you know, the fans that grew up with ‘Ignition’ and not just ‘Smash’ and all the records since, it’s kind of self-indulgent but it’s fun *laughs* and I think the fans are loving it.” From tour press release: If you were […]

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Jon Dette

Jon Dette

“It’s been great man, it seems like it would be a little more challenging *laughs* which it is, but it’s a welcome challenge and I’m just taking care of myself out here, not having as many beers as I probably would like to have *laughs* but it’s been going great, the shows have been going amazing and everybody seems really […]

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Spencer Sotelo and Mark Holcomb of Periphery

Spencer Sotelo and Mark Holcomb of Periphery

“There’s one word that I can say is what we aim for, and I always aim for our set as a whole, collectively to be sort of a spectacle. I want it to look like one massive unit, I want it to look like a spectacle and sound like a machine and want us to all look the same way, […]

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Slayer - Photo by Annette Geneva

Soundwave Festival – Sydney – February 24, 2013

Date: Sunday 24 February 2013 Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Photos by: Annette Geneva Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link… Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer

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Paramore - Photo by Annette Geneva

Paramore – Soundwave Festival, Sydney – February 24, 2013

Date: Sunday 24 February 2013 Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Photos by: Annette Geneva Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link… Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer    

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Motion City Soundtrack, Early November, Deaf Havana – The Factory Theatre, Sydney – February 28, 2013

Motion City Soundtrack, Early November, Deaf Havana – The Factory Theatre, Sydney – February 28, 2013

Sydney. Thank you for your amazing last day of summer and your ridiculous rain that currently sees me in a cab stuck in traffic on my way to the Factory Theatre to catch Motion City Soundtrack, The Early November and hopefully Deaf Havana, but that all depends on how fast Mr Cab Driver can get me there. Ok. I made […]

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Linkin Park - Photo by Annette Geneva

Linkin Park – Soundwave Festival, Sydney – February 24, 2013

Date: Sunday 24 February 2013 Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Photos by: Annette Geneva Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link… Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer Linkin Park – Photo by Annette Geneva Linkin Park – Photo by Annette Geneva        

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Mike D’Antonio, Joel Stroetzel & Justin Foley of Killswitch Engage

Mike D’Antonio, Joel Stroetzel & Justin Foley of Killswitch Engage

“It’s a great way to come down here and get the most people, like the most bang for your buck with people watching because we don’t get here that often but when we do get here and see tonnes of people it’s a really great way to get our band out as much as possible.” From Bio: Sometimes, a much-loved […]

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Gallows - Photo by Annette Geneva

Gallows – Soundwave Festival, Sydney – February 24, 2013

Date: Sunday 24 February 2013 Venue: Sydney Olympic Park Photos by: Annette Geneva Here’s a selection of photos, check out the full live gallery by clicking this link… Images should not be reproduced without consent of photographer

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Bullet For My Valentine - Photo by Inside Edge Photography

Bullet For My Valentine, Cancer Bats, Miss May I – The Hi-Fi, Sydney – February 27, 2013

Tonight, it’s time to get a little heavy in my Sidewave week, so it seemed like the right thing to do to go and check out the perfectly matched trio of Miss May I, Cancer Bats and Bullet For My Valentine for a night of loud, just loud… Miss May I make their way to the stage and ambitiously call […]

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Linkin Park and Stone Sour – Sydney Entertainment Centre – February 26, 2013

Linkin Park and Stone Sour – Sydney Entertainment Centre – February 26, 2013

Oh another Sidewave? Don’t mind if I do… This time we’re heading up to Soundwave headliner status with Linkin Park, and along for the ride tonight on this awesomely paired show is Stone Sour. This is shaping up to be a big night and I for one can’t wait to see both of these monster bands who I have had […]

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Loaded - Photo by Peter Coates

Loaded, Danko Jones & Fozzy – The Manning Bar, Sydney – February 25, 2013

The wrath of Soundwave continues. In the midst of Sidewave week here we are at The Manning Bar in Sydney tonight to see Danko Jones, Fozzy and Loaded and I’m set for what I know will be a rockin’ night. Danko Jones are up first tonight, this three piece from Canada are in Australia for the first time and doing […]

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Soundwave Festival – Olympic Park, Sydney – 24 February, 2013

Soundwave Festival – Olympic Park, Sydney – 24 February, 2013

Here we are again this time, this year Soundwave is bigger and better than ever before as headlining you have the one and only Metallica. In an amazing turn of events the day before it was torrential rain but today is absolutely marvelous! I know, right, so let’s keep our fingers crossed that the day remains perfect. In with absolutely […]

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Blink-182 – Allphones Arena, Sydney – February 20, 2013

Blink-182 – Allphones Arena, Sydney – February 20, 2013

As I walk through Sydney Olympic Park tonight there are many a barrier, food van and ride sitting there in preparation, readiness for Soundwave on Sunday, but as we keep walking and the crowd start making their way in to Allphones Arena tonight they are off to see a show nine years in the making. Yes, it has been nine […]

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Puscifer added to Sydney and Adelaide!

Puscifer added to Sydney and Adelaide!

PUSCIFER ANNOUNCED ON SOUNDWAVE FESTIVAL IN SYDNEY AND ADELAIDE! Soundwave Fans in Sydney and Adelaide are in for an extra special treat as PUSCIFER join the already massive lineup! A PUSCIFER live show leads their audience through laughter, tears and reflective enlightenment throughout one night’s performance. It’s a musically driven evening that merges technology, quirky characters and comedy in what […]

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Jason ‘Cone’ McCaslin of Sum 41

Jason ‘Cone’ McCaslin of Sum 41

“We’re looking forward to coming, sucks that we had to cancel last time but we’re ready to come this time and we hope the shows will be good and it will be a fun time. I think this line-up is actually better, it’s probably the best line-up I’ve seen in a long, long time since I’ve been touring, so it’s […]

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Frank Bello of Anthrax

Frank Bello of Anthrax

“So this is an absolute beast that’s coming on the road and we couldn’t be more proud, we feel like we’re back with a vengeance and we’re really hungry, this is a hungry animal and I’m really proud of the band, I couldn’t be more excited, I’m so stoked to be coming over there.” From Press Release: If you have […]

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Chris Barnes of Six Feet Under

Chris Barnes of Six Feet Under

“I know we haven’t been down there before and it’s going to be awesome for everybody, man, for us, for the fans that haven’t seen the band ever down there. We’re just looking forward to it; we’re going to be at the top of our game so we hope everyone can stand the brutality.” When you’re given the title of […]

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Bring Me The Horizon launch a unique, direct-to-fan pre-sale campaign for new album ‘Sempiternal’

Bring Me The Horizon launch a unique, direct-to-fan pre-sale campaign for new album ‘Sempiternal’

PLEDGEMUSIC TEAMS UP WITH SONY MUSIC AUSTRALIA, BRING ME THE HORIZON AND RAW POWER MANAGEMENT GROUNDBREAKING DIRECT-TO-FAN PRE-SALE CAMPAIGN FOR BRING ME THE HORIZON’S SEMPITERNAL ALBUM RELEASE PledgeMusic has teamed up with Sony Music Entertainment Australia, RCA Records, Bring Me The Horizon and Raw Power Management to launch a unique, direct-to-fan pre-sale campaign for what is tipped to be one […]

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Duff McKagan of Loaded

Duff McKagan of Loaded

“We just do our own thing and that’s what we’ve done, and we try to keep turning the screw a little musically on the new music that we write and we like to be a little different and we’ve got ourselves a nice little following around the world and Australia’s next.” From tour press release: When names like Guns N’ […]

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Fozzy join Duff McKagan’s Loaded and Danko Jones Sydney Sidewave!

Fozzy join Duff McKagan’s Loaded and Danko Jones Sydney Sidewave!

No matter what people say, bigger is always better – especially when we’re talking about heavy metal. And heavy metal doesn’t get much bigger than FOZZY. FOZZY, the band featuring WWE Wrestling Superstar CHRIS JERICHO and Stuck Mojo mastermind RICH ‘The Duke’ WARD will be joining DUFF McKAGAN’S LOADED and DANKO JONES in Sydney only. There is no doubt that […]

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Gavin Butler of The Blackout

Gavin Butler of The Blackout

“We grew up and started as a live band and that’s all we’ve ever wanted to do with music, writing and recording is awesome, but playing live is what we love doing.  Just expect six massive smiles on some stupid Welsh heads.” From Bio: Originally formed in South Wales in 2003, THE BLACKOUT have gone on to shift over 60,000 […]

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Cancer Bats + Kingdom Of Sorrow + This Is Hell – Sidewave announced!

Cancer Bats + Kingdom Of Sorrow + This Is Hell – Sidewave announced!

Fuelled by a burning desire to rage harder, play louder, and have more fun than any other band, CANCER BATS are used to turning venues into rolling pits of punk rock hell and will no doubt “have the pit moving, and long-time fans thanking the musical gods that a band of this design continues to exist.” – Killyourstereo. Ferocious front […]

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Jason James of Bullet For My Valentine

Jason James of Bullet For My Valentine

“Obviously you’re only as good as your last album, so we’ve improved and adopted a little less is more on this album, the songs only have what the songs need and we’ve matured a lot…” Bullet For My Valentine have been ripping it up now for almost fifteen years.  In that time have released three albums and helped pave the […]

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Dragonforce + The Sword Sidewaves announced!

Dragonforce + The Sword Sidewaves announced!

In a musical realm where bands of a similar generation are happy to ape the classic acts, London based metal superstars DRAGONFORCE are operating in a world of their own. The increased heaviness and pace they have injected has made them a fresh voice in the world of metal, and one that fans have responded to as a result. DRAGONFORCE’s […]

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All Time Low + Polar Bear Club + Chunk! No,Captain Chunk! Sidewaves announced!

All Time Low + Polar Bear Club + Chunk! No,Captain Chunk! Sidewaves announced!

ALL TIME LOW have succeeded where so many have failed; in bringing back the glory days of pop punk. Since the release of their sophomore album ‘So Wrong, It’s Right’, the Baltimore pop punkers have been amassing a feverish fan base across the globe. Their new album ‘Don’t Panic’ is a culmination of everything they have created up until now […]

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The Wonder Years + Such Gold + Living With Lions + Versus The World Sidewaves announced!

The Wonder Years + Such Gold + Living With Lions + Versus The World Sidewaves announced!

Engaging musicianship, reaching far beyond the repetitive droning of most of the genre, has made THE WONDER YEARS a critical darling even before their legion of fans began to take notice. The band’s current success can largely be traced to ‘Suburbia I’ve Given You All and Now I’m Nothing’ “which deservedly launched The Wonder Years into a new stratosphere of […]

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Mindless Self Indulgence + The Blackout + Cerebral Ballzy Sidewaves announced!

Mindless Self Indulgence + The Blackout + Cerebral Ballzy Sidewaves announced!

The four-headed and many-limbed beast that is MINDLESS SELF INDULGENCE has woken up after a three year slumber to fuck up Australia with their ever unique brand of musical mayhem and stage-destroying live performances. Sweeping away fans and critics like a class of Satan High School kids on a field trip, and with parents across the globe absolutely hating them, […]

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Sylosis + Six Feet Under Sidewaves announced!

Sylosis + Six Feet Under Sidewaves announced!

Every generation of Metal bands has its pioneers – groups that re-define the genre musically and take it to a new level. SYLOSIS is one such band! It’s not for nothing that the quartet from Reading, England has been considered as UK’s greatest Metal export. Now the boys return with their new album ‘Monolith’. “Beautifully innovative and covertly stylish, this […]

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