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Iron Maiden for Soundwave?

Sun 1st Aug, 2010 in Local News

The rumour that Iron Maiden will be part of the Soundwave 2011 lineup has received a boost with the band’s latest newsletter noting that “If you’re of an Australian persuasion, you might want to keep an eye  on the website next week.” The Soundwave lineup will be announced this week. Coincidence?

During the week Iron Maiden’s frontman Bruce Dickinson also attacked the price of concert tickets telling Sky News that punters “deserve not just a great show, but reasonable ticket prices. It’s just not right, you know – it’s a rock ‘n’ roll show, it’s not a cash cow.” Hopefully his comments are reflected in the price of tickets on the tour.

As the Soundwave lineup continues to grow so to does the list of acts that won’t be playing, with festival organiser AJ Maddah confirming that Blessthefall, Yellowcard and Maximum The Hormone will not be on the lineup.

There are currently seventeen acts confirmed for Soundwave 2011 – and though there has been no official announcement from the festival’s organisers, the heavy metal supergroup Hellyeah has also announced that they will be playing at the festival.

Soundwave has confirmed that there will be “at least three more announcements before the Main Announcement” on Thursday 5th August.

Head to the Soundwave all about page for all the latest news and announcements.

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Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 1st Aug, 2010

See MAB. My Mum knows her shit.

hellboy1975

hellboy1975 said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Hope there some other decent headliners because Iron Maiden are pretty boring to my ears.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 1st Aug, 2010

That...sounds like a personal problem.

http://www.mcpeepants.com/pics/ignignokt2.gif

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Kids these days.
No respect for the classics.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 1st Aug, 2010

She's a whole lotta woman, that one.

Yeah, well, you'll probably be in the front row for Bullet For My Valentine.

Quicky

Quicky said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Will probably go to another stage if Maiden headline

Quicky

Quicky said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Will probably go to another stage if Maiden headline

Siamesedreamer

Siamesedreamer said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Maiden were pretty boring live, TBH.

Kapper_23

Kapper_23 said on the 1st Aug, 2010

if they headline i'll lose my shit. they better do a 90+ minute set!

Kapper_23

Kapper_23 said on the 1st Aug, 2010

my brain had a meltdown trying to figure out how you could be possibly correct, sorry.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Will probably separate most of the douches, then, a la Neil Young and The Prodigy.

batdan

batdan said on the 1st Aug, 2010

more room for me! thanks!

Quicky

Quicky said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Neil Young > the Prodigy.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Iron Maiden > whoever else will probably be playing at the time. Probably 30 Seconds to Mars.

Quicky

Quicky said on the 1st Aug, 2010

30 seconds to mars will probably play around 4-5ish on the main stage.

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 1st Aug, 2010

30 Seconds to Mars will probably play shit.

Anywho, so that's one rumour that's getting somewhat off the ground. Now for QOTSA, Rob Zombie, Gaslight Anthem, Primus and Slash to all be on the lineup

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 1st Aug, 2010

30 Seconds to Mars will probably play shit.

Anywho, so that's one rumour that's getting somewhat off the ground. Now for QOTSA, Rob Zombie, Gaslight Anthem, Primus and Slash to all be on the lineup

My Ma wouldn't lie...

http://images.movieplayer.it/2003/02/13/anne-ramsey-aspetta-in-auto-il-resto-della-banda-fratelli-in-una-scena-de-i-goonies-4332.jpg

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 1st Aug, 2010

ya Ma been talking some Slash?

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 1st Aug, 2010

She didn't mention it to be honest. She probably knew I didn't care to know.

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Not sure what [url=http://www.fasterlouder.com.au/reviews/events/12359/Iron-Maiden--BEC.htm]Iron Maiden concert you went to. Must have been some different Iron Maiden, maybe?

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Dunno if we'd get a Powerslave/Live After Dear-era set again, though. And, you know, I'd possibly be a little disappointed if that's what they did...

Assuming this is not a load of bollocks and hype.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Dunno if we'd get a Powerslave/Live After Dear-era set again, though. And, you know, I'd possibly be a little disappointed if that's what they did...

Assuming this is not a load of bollocks and hype.

If it is you can throw mama from the train.

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 1st Aug, 2010

Not sure it's worth the jail time with bubba.

anthony martin

anthony martin said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

id love to see sepultura!!!! thatd be wicked!!
iron maiden would be great to see...ol' mr dickinson would have to have one of the greatest voices ever????
wicked!!!!

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

insert tyler crying about how some metal core band designed for girls with eating problems (i mean fat ass hardcore chicks) should be headlining.

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

iron maiden are shite and untalented much like every metal band in existance.

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

I've always considered Ben Gibbard to be the Bruce Dickinson of the indie world.
Very similar stage presence and vocal ability.

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

ben gibbard is a far better vocalist to whatever tripe you listen to.

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

No one rocks a skivvy like Ben Gibbard does Stefan.

Stefan Beck

Stefan Beck said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

I find lobf's claim that Ben Gibbard is a better singer than Katy Perry ludicrous.

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

fixed that for you.

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

demosthenes i find it great that you don't frequent the same brisbane clubs i do, mostly because you don't know how to party like the cool kids do.

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Since when are you cool g-mizzz? The only shot you ever had at being cool was when you were in primary school and E.T. came out and all the kids wanted to hang out with the kid that looked like him...

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

tyler that burn was just terrible even for you, don't you go to snitch and thriller, that sums you up in one well that and your ignorance towards music that isn't hardcore/metalcore

Cpt_Pugwash

Cpt_Pugwash said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

I love you cunt

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Back off, slut!

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

I thought he would love her since she's smurfette? the one girl his own size. would love to see gareth turn blue.

Cpt_Pugwash

Cpt_Pugwash said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Just because I want him to shower me with his words doesn't make me a slut you prude.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

That's how it all starts, just clear off if you know what's good for ya mole.

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

gregg you have worse calls than a mentally challenged hardcore fan, aka tyler.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Just the same old insults every time...

Cpt_Pugwash

Cpt_Pugwash said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

mmmmm delic-i-ous

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Ur Bottled Wednesday Braverheart.

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

http://slurmed.com/wall/016/016_nnyc-mutant_1024.jpg

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Get over yourself champ.

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

gregg you are embarassing yourself chum....p
i challenge you to come to purple sneakers .

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

gregg you are embarassing yourself chum....p
i challenge you to come to purple sneakers .

pass.

Kapper_23

Kapper_23 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

thanks for your input champ, how bout you express your opinions in a thread were people want to hear them, ie. not this one.

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

LOBF is a bit like multi-drug-resistant clap. You just gotta scratch it occasionally and put up with it.

Or so it seems.

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

I have to thank Passion Pit for sucking Splendour dry of douches last night while BSS and Jonsi were on.

Cpt_Pugwash

Cpt_Pugwash said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Speak for yourself BUDDY I want to hear his opinions. I find them insightful.

Joe Smiggens

Joe Smiggens said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

did you hear guy from Passion Pit being interviewed on triple j last night? world's biggest fuckwit. "yeah - so i've planned a whole heap of soul cleansing done before the next album"

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

It's just boring pop.

I'm interested to see Iron Maiden. I'm not a big enough fan to bother seeing them at their own show so a festival set is perfect for me.

grattan

grattan said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Passion Pop > Passion Pit

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

One is sickly sweet, poorly produced, and results in a terrible headache.

The other costs $4.95 a bottle.

Joe Smiggens

Joe Smiggens said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Passiona > Passion Pop > Passion Pit

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

One is sickly sweet, poorly produced, and results in a terrible headache.

The other costs $4.95 a bottle.

Outstanding.

ILCONTENT said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

regarding the topic, i first heard of maiden as headliner two weeks ago apparently andrew haug of tripple j's full metal racket had it on good authority they only agreed two or so weeks prior.

batdan

batdan said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

how many "number of the beast t-shirts" will be on display if they do headline?

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Why didn't you mention it in your Soundwave prediction thread?

lanesra23

lanesra23 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Not to take sides because I couldn't give a rats but he did mention it in the prediction thread. It took 2 posts but he got it out eventually.

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

When do tickets go on sale?

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

from the SW forum:

Tickets: There is a pre-sale for folks who registered via website kicks of Aug 10. Any tickets left, go on GP sale Aug 19. (TO BE CONFIRMED, SUBJECT TO CHANGE)
No Early Birds, hence all tickets one price. About $136 +possible 3/4 bucks for increase in wages by Julia Gillard for festival staff+ $14GST + various ticket agency rip off charges = ~$160

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

from the SW forum:

About $136 +possible 3/4 bucks for increase in wages by Julia Gillard for festival staff+ $14GST + various ticket agency rip off charges = ~$160

How cynical.

God forbid people exactly like the people you want to buy tickets to your festival get paid slightly more.

Shame on ticket agencies for running a business. If it was a) easy and b) didn't cost anything I'm sure you'd do it yourself.

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Hmm, I think i'm registered with oztix or whatever it is, either way it looks like i'll be buying tickets.

Cranking some Maiden now, I wouldn't see them in their own show but i'll probably check them out if they play, I will admit I was wrong about this one.

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

How cynical.

God forbid people exactly like the people you want to buy tickets to your festival get paid slightly more.

Shame on ticket agencies for running a business. If it was a) easy and b) didn't cost anything I'm sure you'd do it yourself.

tbh whenever I hear whinging about booking fees I feel like telling whoever said it "Well, if this was the US you'd expect to pay upwards of $35 booking fee for mid-range shows, and close to $80~$100 for high-end shows. Be thankful we have a competitive, healthy ticketing market in Australia that continues to grow thanks to the expansion of OzTix/Moshtix, as well as the continuing battle between Ticketek/Ticketmaster"

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Where you getting that from? Majority of US shows are cheaper than here and the booking fee is on par with here if not better. Livenation is the only blight on US ticketing.

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

Livenation - Ticketmaster partnership mostly. Friend paid $300 for a Metallica ticket. Was surprised Australia was cheaper.

It doesnt affect lower-scale shows as much, though. And we still have the worst pricing for festivals in the world outside of Japan.

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 2nd Aug, 2010

An 80 dollar booking fee? What the fuck?

mooney88

mooney88 said on the 3rd Aug, 2010

Maiden would be prettttty pretttty pretttty good.

Braveheart81

Braveheart81 said on the 3rd Aug, 2010

Would have preferred Iron Butterfly (if the original members were still alive)

oldgregg

oldgregg said on the 3rd Aug, 2010

would prefer a maiden to do my ironing.

grattan

grattan said on the 3rd Aug, 2010

Anyone played Iron Maiden the game?

MissB

MissB said on the 3rd Aug, 2010

Saw Iron Maiden when they came out a couple of years ago. In Sydney and Brisbane.

They were fucking awesome.

This news is great.

Silver Surfer

Silver Surfer said on the 4th Aug, 2010

I guess the only way SW could top Faith No More was to go with someone like Iron Maiden, but how the fuck could they top Iron Maiden for SW 12 - the original line-up of Black Sabbath?

MissB

MissB said on the 4th Aug, 2010

Mr Bungle.

Hahahahahahaha

:(

Kapper_23

Kapper_23 said on the 4th Aug, 2010

metallica is probably the only one, maybe sabbath.

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 4th Aug, 2010

craig123

craig123 said on the 4th Aug, 2010

Maiden would be good ... I am gonna be there in like all the other teenage dirtbags.

craig123

craig123 said on the 4th Aug, 2010

snapcrackleROCK

snapcrackleROCK said on the 4th Aug, 2010

Wheatus are headlining now??

Spicy McHaggis

Spicy McHaggis said on the 4th Aug, 2010

I'd go to that.

Hinee

Hinee said on the 4th Aug, 2010

Fuck yeah Wheatus

ILCONTENT said on the 4th Aug, 2010

i suppose that really depends on who you talk to, but in the same vein of a heavy or just straight up rock band who's big enough to headline such a festival you're talking the likes of :
a reformed sabbath,
a reformed zeppelin,
a reformed pink floyd,
metallica,
maybe a misfits lineup with danzig,
a reformed system of a down,
a reformed deep purple with gillain and blackmore,
van halen (if they could actually keep it together with either lee roth or hagar, or better still have both)
and maybe even a sepultura reunion with max and igor cavalera both in the band.

personally i think the most plausable of anything is having the "big four tour" as the headline in 2012 with metallica, megadth, slayer and anthrax much like has appeared overseas this year.

Kapper_23

Kapper_23 said on the 4th Aug, 2010

i suppose that really depends on who you talk to, but in the same vein of a heavy or just straight up rock band who's big enough to headline such a festival you're talking the likes of :
a reformed sabbath,
a reformed zeppelin,
a reformed pink floyd,
metallica,
maybe a misfits lineup with danzig,
a reformed system of a down,
a reformed deep purple with gillain and blackmore,
van halen (if they could actually keep it together with either lee roth or hagar, or better still have both)
and maybe even a sepultura reunion with max and igor cavalera both in the band.

personally i think the most plausable of anything is having the "big four tour" as the headline in 2012 with metallica, megadth, slayer and anthrax much like has appeared overseas this year.

well i think you could scratch zeppelin, pink floyd, sabbath, deep purple and van halen all from that list - just because i really don't think they fit the demographic that soundwave is aiming for. i think maiden are seriously pushing it, i mean can you imagine them following paramore or whoever on the main stage? the misfits reunion would be a decent sized event, but i really don't think they're number one headline material, they'd be pretty high up the bill though. same goes for sepultura. as for "the big four" thing, i think that might be too big for a festival here in australia, definately a solo show event for the bands. to be honest i don't think soundwave is realistically going to get a bigger hard rock/metal band than iron maiden. if they play, of course...

batdan

batdan said on the 4th Aug, 2010

system of a down would be great!

Spicy McHaggis

Spicy McHaggis said on the 5th Aug, 2010

There is a simple solution to this problem. Don't. Book. Paramore. Ever.

See? Now Maiden fits in just fine.

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 5th Aug, 2010

Paramore are awesome, haters to the left.

Spicy McHaggis

Spicy McHaggis said on the 5th Aug, 2010

Haters everywhere (except primary school)

MorningAfterboy

MorningAfterboy said on the 5th Aug, 2010

I reckon Hayley could out-mullet you.

Kapper_23

Kapper_23 said on the 5th Aug, 2010

there is a simple solution to this problem. don't. book. paramore. ever.

see? now maiden fits in just fine.

that works for me haha

ILCONTENT said on the 5th Aug, 2010

there is a simple solution to this problem. don't. book. paramore. ever.

see? now maiden fits in just fine.

agree with this :)