Live Review: Soundwave 2010 - 21.2.2010

On an incredibly hot Sydney day, thousands converged upon the Eastern Creek Raceway to check out the Soundwave Festival, Australia’s only festival specifically catering to the punk, hardcore and metal crowd. A stellar line up boasting headliners Faith No More, Jimmy Eat World, Janes Addiction, Placebo and Paramore, as well as a number of smaller scene heroes such as Four Year Strong, Set Your Goals and Motion City Soundtrack.

Set Your Goals were first up, and brought an incredible energy to their performance. The crowd went into a frenzy from the first note, expanding to make room for the first of many huge and brutal circle pits. They began with one of their heaviest songs ‘Gaia Bleeds’ before moving on to a set list mainly comprising of songs from their latest album, 'This Will Be the Death of Us'. Singers Matt Wilson and Jordan Brown bounced around the stage energetically, always making sure to make sure the crowd was still jumping as hard as they could. They ended their set with fan favourite ‘Mutiny’ which was a fitting send off for the boys.

Closure In Moscow Kicked Off Soundwave

Closure In Moscow have been kicked off Australia's Soundwave Festival.

An official statement from the band can be read by clicking read more.

My Chemical Romance Pull Soundwave Festival

My Chemical Romance have cancelled their appearance at this year's Soundwave Festival in Australia due to front man, Gerard Way being diagnosed with "throat problems".

Glassjaw Australia Dates w/ Sunny Day Real Estate

Glassjaw have announced they play two dates around Soundwave Festival in Australia next year with Sunny Day Real Estate.

February
23rd - Sydney UNSW Roundhouse
25th - Melbourne Palace Theatre

The Devils Wears Prada Pull Out of Soundwave

The Devil Wears Prada have pulled out of Australia's Soundwave festival dates.

Message from lead singer Mike Hranica:

"As some of you guys may have heard, we have had to cancel our Soundwave Festival dates. I know a lot of fans are really upset with us, and I'm not going to argue with anybody and I'm not going to dive into business and logistics. We just wanted to make it a little more clear what has happened.

Recently we received an offer to do a tour to end all tours, which conflicted with our time in Australia, as well as our headline shows in New Zealand and Australia. Regretfully we had no other option but to cancel the shows in order to participate in the tour we were offered. What I want to make most clear is that we truly care about the shows we had to cancel, and we sincerely care about heading back to Australia. Come on, it's a region comparable to heaven on Earth! Why would we not want to go? Many great bands are playing the fest, we haven't played Australia in quite some time, and it's a place we look forward to being in more than any other country. Maybe that will help you to understand the magnitude of the tour offer that recently presented itself.

Please keep an eye out for upcoming Australian TDWP touring news! We pray for you dudes to be understanding and to come out to the future shows we do in Australia (God willing).">

Glassjaw and This Is Hell Added to Soundwave Festival Line Up

Glassjaw and This Is Hell have been added to Australia's Soundwave Festival.

The full line up can be found here.

February 20th Brisbane, AUS – The RNA Showgrounds
February 21st Sydney, AUS – Eastern Creek Raceway
February 26th Melbourne, AUS – Melbourne Showgrounds
February 27th Adelaide, AUS – Bonython Park
March 1st Perth, AUS – Steel Blue Oval

Soundwave 2010 Line-Up Announced

The line-up for Australian festival, Soundwave 2010 has been announced. The festival will be headlined by Faith No More and My Chemical Romance, who will be joined janes Addiction, AFI, Paramore, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Get Up Kids and many more.

Check out the Official Soundwave website for further details.