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Rumour: Soundwave Revolutioncancelled?

Tue 9th Aug, 2011 in Local News

READ THE OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM SOUNDWAVE REVOLUTION – ‘THERE WILL BE MULTI-BAND/MINI FESTIVAL LINE-UPS IN BRISBANE, SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE’.

Update:
All of Stix Zadinia’s tweets about Soundwave Revolution ‘cancellation’ have been deleted.

Festival promoter AJ Maddah has explained to Nova that “ The festival as we know it has been cancelled… We could have taken the option of limping through with the line-up as we have now – it would have obviously still been a much better financial outcome for us than to go through the road we have – but we just didn’t want to put an inferior product on the market… a lot of those bands are still coming.” Read his full statement

“ Soundwave Revolution is cancelled” according to Stix Zadinia, the drummer with LA hair metal band Steel Panther.

The band is scheduled to play on the festival’s main stage in September, but Stix has announced in series of tweets that he “Just got word from our management that the whole festival is cancelled. I hope I’m wrong but I was told it’s official. Anyone hear same? Maybe we’ll still come out and rock anyway! I’m hoping it can get worked out. We wanna rock u guys in Oz.”

The notorious ladies man is so confident of his claims that he followed his announcement with the promise that “If I’m wrong, I’ll only let two chicks suck my dick instead of the normal 5. That’s how serious I am. Just wait. I ain’t wrong.”

He has also responded to accusations that his announcement is a prank by commenting “Ok everyone. I’m just reporting what I was told. U don’t have 2 believe me. Better yet, don’t believe me and wait for an “official” anncmnt.”

So far there has been no response from Soundwave about the strange tweets, but FL has contacted Soundwave for an official comment and will keep you posted as the story develops.

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therat

therat said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Cr1zZ is going to go postal!!!!!!

I wonder if the bands on the line up will ever deal with AJ again

grattan

grattan said on the 9th Aug, 2011

"ok peeps, it is official soundwave revolution has been cancelled because the second headline act pulled out at the last minute."

from nova (read into it what you will)

The sceond headliner (which hasn't even been announced yet) has bailed so the whole festival goes under... too odd, even for SW.

humanracin

humanracin said on the 9th Aug, 2011

um, do whole festivals usually get cancelled because 1 band pulls out? Lame...

therat

therat said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Not at all, me thinks he didn't have the cash for down payments.

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 9th Aug, 2011

my thoughts exactly. given that they haven't even been announced yet, is it really that much of a loss to not have them?

grattan

grattan said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Alice Cooper on FB addressing the rumours - We are seeing the same rumors, though we haven't heard anything from anyone official. We will reach out and see if there is any truth to this. Either way, I'm told that worst case scenario if the Soundwave shows were to be cancelled, we would likely continue with our own Australian shows and probably fill in other performances in place of the Soundwave shows. That guy deleted his posts about it, so perhaps he was wrong. Will post when we know something

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 9th Aug, 2011

a friend just pointed out to me that soundwave 2010 went on without my chemical romance - the second headliner. surely revolution could continue without (insert band here)

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

...unless this deal was bankrolling the festival somehow?

kennsysmith

kennsysmith said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Nova on Twitter:
we just spoke to the organiser. listen to our news for full details at 3pm.

p1owz0r

p1owz0r said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Surely it has to be a VH issue

OhaiiPixiie

OhaiiPixiie said on the 9th Aug, 2011

has anyone seen the nova tweet?
https://twitter.com/#!/nova969news/status/100785536335233024

therat

therat said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Nova on Twitter:

we just spoke to the organiser. listen to our news for full details at 3pm.

Currently doing a marketing module and that there is impressive.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Hidden meaning: Alice is gonna crack some skulls!

CoolRusty

CoolRusty said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Jimmy Eat World were announced at the same time they announced My Chemical Romance had pulled out. So they had replaced one headliner with another.

batdan

batdan said on the 9th Aug, 2011

How can he pull off Harvest and fuck this up in grand style?

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 9th Aug, 2011

he was hoping for aerosmith to agree but they obviously declined, it's not rocket science folks.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 9th Aug, 2011

There is a history of headliners pulling out without festivals being cancelled, so it is horse shit.
Festivals get cancelled due to poor management and organizers flying too close to the sun.

therat

therat said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Because he's a wanker

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 9th Aug, 2011

hey solo see you at ward tomorrow ;)

RAMONESelaar

RAMONESelaar said on the 9th Aug, 2011

and they were pretty good too. i guess mcr for jimmy eat world is a different trade off given the whole "big 4 bands" thing he's been talking up

grattan

grattan said on the 9th Aug, 2011

TheSwellers on Twitter - We're making it to Australia one way or another no matter what happens.

kennsysmith

kennsysmith said on the 9th Aug, 2011

AJ Maddah on Nova confirming the cancellation:
"I didn't want to limp through with the line up we already had"

mooney88

mooney88 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Just tuned into Nova. They had a soundbite of AJ and all. Said he didn't want to put out "an inferior product" now that the 2nd headliner pulled out.

humanracin

humanracin said on the 9th Aug, 2011

AJs latest press statement: Welcome To My Nightmare!

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

AJ Maddah on Nova confirming the cancellation:
"I didn't want to limp through with the line up we already had"

He should just bite the bizkit and do it.

themhumm

themhumm said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Because the drummer from Steel Panther is renowned as being a credible source for stuff becoming shit and dead

batdan

batdan said on the 9th Aug, 2011

There is a history of headliners pulling out without festivals being cancelled, so it is horse shit.
Festivals get cancelled due to poor management and organizers flying too close to the sun.

If the fate of SWR to be a success was held firmly on the shoulders of this un-named band they would have been on the first announcement.

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 9th Aug, 2011

and here comes the array of mad metal heads.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Would be pretty cool brah but I have to work tomorrow and have seen Señor Ward enough for now.
Will buy you a drink at the next one.

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 9th Aug, 2011

hoping for wiretap tunez, collapse in specific

CerpicO

CerpicO said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Just heard from production, it's off,

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 9th Aug, 2011

thanks for the fucking update megatron.

Cr1zZ

Cr1zZ said on the 9th Aug, 2011

How nice.

Who the fuck was the second headliner? Led-Zeppelin?

Van Halen will still do their own shows I'm guessing. But I want dates.

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Cpt_Pugwash

Cpt_Pugwash said on the 9th Aug, 2011

I fail to see any confusion derivitation springing forth from my humble assertions. If you cant read english move to a country that doesn't speak english.

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 9th Aug, 2011

How nice.

Who the fuck was the second headliner? Led-Zeppelin?

Van Halen will still do their own shows I'm guessing. But I want dates.
he had a album for aerosmith, my god get some knowledge m8.

p1owz0r

p1owz0r said on the 9th Aug, 2011

well done on crossing that massive line between offensive and racist

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

I hear it's because insurance premiums wouldn't cover the risk that the pressure of air travel would cause members of Van Halen to crumble into dust.

kyza

kyza said on the 9th Aug, 2011

man I wasn't even interested in the headliners, I've already seen Alice Cooper & Panic At The Disco. Ugh gayyyyy! pretty sure people would have still gone.

grattan

grattan said on the 9th Aug, 2011

AJ to Nova: “We could have taken the option of linking through with the line-up as we have now – it would have obviously still been a much better financial outcome for us than to go through the road we have – but we just didn’t want to put an inferior product on the market.”

lineofbestfit

lineofbestfit said on the 9th Aug, 2011

no word if sideshows will go ahead even, fuck you maddah.

random_hero

random_hero said on the 9th Aug, 2011

fuck off AJ you useless cunt

Mark my words Harvest will be cancelled as well

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Oh, it's ok then he was doing us a favour.

rod1987

rod1987 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

not to fussed really, thought lineup was average compared to past soundwave lineups and couldnt give a shit about Van Halen with their gay 80's soft rock.

mooney88

mooney88 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

mooney88

mooney88 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

fuck off AJ you useless ****

Mark my words Harvest will be cancelled as wellwouldnt be suprised tbh.

Maximillian Billion

Maximillian Billion said on the 9th Aug, 2011

At least now I won't have to find another mate with a huge TV and an awesome house in order to watch the AFL grand final. I am happy with this outcome

humanracin

humanracin said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Maybe we can play Wicker Man @ Harvest, all we need is a lot of straw, some matches and AJ!

http://www.widerscreenings.com/WickerMan1.jpg

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 9th Aug, 2011

A.J Maddah. Thinking of the children.

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Fuck you AJ. There is no fucking way that this was cancelled for the 'inferior product' bullshit, nobody even thought there was a second announcement until recently.
I highly doubt that you'll see Van Halen if it wasn't for this festival, and I'd be willing to put money on that Van Halen are (in some form) the reason this is cancelled.

Hinee

Hinee said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Suddenly my hopes of a mesmerising second harvest lineup are dashed

crob

crob said on the 9th Aug, 2011

holy shit this is funny....

therat

therat said on the 9th Aug, 2011

I hate to break it to him but the majority of the bands he booked didn't become shit overnight.

Cr1zZ

Cr1zZ said on the 9th Aug, 2011

I thought the aerosmith thing was a joke? ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOW IM PISSED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

CoolRusty

CoolRusty said on the 9th Aug, 2011

The second announcement for Harvest won't be the additions of any new artists but the reassurance that the festival will still be going ahead.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Yeah I thought they were a joke too.

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Genuinely feel bad for Chr1zZ. Did you get insurance? Now's the time to catch a vacation disrupting STD from a sluzza.

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Yeah same.

Who wants to take Cr1zZ out and get him wasted, a bj and some VD Sydney style?

Cpt_Pugwash

Cpt_Pugwash said on the 9th Aug, 2011

You're white aren't you?

therat

therat said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Cr1zZ, there will be so, so many angry, upset, horny old slappers about that I recommend you grab an Alice Cooper shirt and as soon as you jump off the plane head straight to the closest franchise pub and start rolling the sausage down the hallway.

hedonism gibbon

hedonism gibbon said on the 9th Aug, 2011

who the fuck follows "Stix Zadinia" on twitter??

seriously who????

"Stix Zadinia" for fucks sake hahahahahahahahahahahhahahahahaaaaaaa

p1owz0r

p1owz0r said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Yeah same.

Who wants to take Cr1zZ out and get him wasted, a bj and some VD Sydney style?

Hey listen, I'll buy the man a beer but a bj is almost completely out of the question

hellboy1975

hellboy1975 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Looking forward to some sick metalcore acts getting added to the Harvest lineup in the next announcement...

crob

crob said on the 9th Aug, 2011

i've said one and i'll say it again, i love how AJ has the power to anger so many people

Maximillian Billion

Maximillian Billion said on the 9th Aug, 2011

I can only imagine Zebrahead would slot in nicely with Portishead

Cr1zZ

Cr1zZ said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Cheers for not ripping shreds off me about this.

Van Halen & Aerosmith wouldve been an absolute dream for me (personally).

I'm praying that Van Halen still play shows in Oz, those SWR dates are still on their site. Or NZ shows.

And Aerosmith are they dont do a headlining tour in the next 17 months I'll be pretty devastated now.

And I didnt have insurance. Im not sure if my flights will get refunded.

random_hero

random_hero said on the 9th Aug, 2011

this is what that dickhead AJ said

Soundwave Revolution officially cancelled

by Marcus on Aug 09 2011, 03:00PM
Rumours regarding the future of the forthcoming Soundwave Revolution festival went into overdrive this morning, when the drummer for L.A. band Steel Panther—who are booked to perform at the inaugural festival in September—tweeted that the event was cancelled.

Since that initial flurry of tweets (and their subsequent hasty deletion), usually outspoken Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah has been suspiciously quiet. Now we know why. According to Sydney radio station Nova 969, the festival has indeed been cancelled.

The station spoke to Maddah earlier today, who confirmed the cancellation, saying that it the event was called off because the second headline act (rumoured to have been Limp Bizkit) pulled out at the last minute.

Here's a transcription of what Maddah told the station:

"The situation as we know it has been cancelled. The situation is that we were scheduled to make a second announcement on the 1st August which had our festival co-headliner on that announcement. Their circumstances changed at the last minute and they had to pull out. And unfortunately we don't have enough time to replace them. And we didn't really want to go ahead with an incomplete line-up.

"We were supposed to make the public announcement this evening anyway. But what we wanted to do—because a lot of those bands are still coming and we are creating packages and what have you, for them to do in clubs and other venues—we wanted to be able to make the full announcement at 1pm [today]. So that we could say the festival in its format is no longer happening. That these shows are taking its place. Unfortunately one of those artists jumped the gun.

"Well the people that have already bought their tickets, I think it's nice enough that people have already purchased their tickets by with credit card, in which case those tickets are automatically refunded. And the small percentage that might have bought it from outlets they'll be able to get a refund I expect.

"Had we had been able to have our second headliner and make our second announcement I think we wouldn't have had any issues with that. And it wasn't the fact of not being able to attract the artists, I guess we were victims of certain artists circumstances or what have you. I still think the festival market is very strong.

"Obviously we love our fanbase and we try to do what's best for them. And we could have taken the option of limping through with the line-up as we have [it] now. It still would have obviously still been a much better financial outcome for us than to go through the road we have – but we just didn’t want to put an inferior product on the market.

"Revolution was a one-off but yes, Soundwave 2012 will be back in February and the line-up is massive."

With still no official word on the Soundwave Facebook, Twitter or Maddah's own busy twitter feed, the lone interview grab with a local station is in stark contrast to the way Soundwave have conducted their Revolution campaign. In a personalised twist to the usual festival announcments, the Soundwave team went to great pains to speak directly to their fanbase. Initially announcing the festival through stark posters early in 2011, the team slowly announced bands one at a time through clues on Twitter and Facebook, allowing fans to discover the ever-growing line-up via word-of-mouth circulating through the nation's metal and rock community. It was a tactic that gained huge consumer trust, but which strangely, has been absent from today's turn of affairs.

There is yet to be an official press release or statement from organisers regarding the situation. Stay tuned.

http://www.thevine.com.au/music/festivals/soundwave-revolution-officially-cancelled20110809.aspx

Fenix

Fenix said on the 9th Aug, 2011

He'll take those odds

hellboy1975

hellboy1975 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

I'm praying that Van Halen still play shows in Oz, those SWR dates are still on their site. Or NZ shows.

Sadly for you I wouldn't read too much into that. It took several weeks for the dates to get put on their site in the first place.

And I didnt have insurance. Im not sure if my flights will get refunded.

Pretty much no chance you'll get a refund on your flight. I hope for your sake (and others in the same boat) that there are some shows in that time period that work for you. Otherwise just enjoy a holiday I guess!

Demosthenes

Demosthenes said on the 9th Aug, 2011

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Poor Chriz, as a fellow Van Halen fan I feel your pain. Sucks about your flights etc, but if you're 18 just spend your $170 on strippers and drugs and your 18th will be just as special :)

crob

crob said on the 9th Aug, 2011

i want to know who the fuck is the second headliner was supposed to be. considering the artist who are available i can't imagine they would have any true 'wow power'

hedonism gibbon

hedonism gibbon said on the 9th Aug, 2011

parramatta is a great place for a holiday

humanracin

humanracin said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Courtney: please tell AJ to fuck himself and that your Hole has had enough! Come back for BDO, they suddenly have a lot more respect on the festival circuit...

berlinchair101

berlinchair101 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Sure is! He can ride the Ferry and then... uh...

Fenix

Fenix said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Yeah I had return flights from SYD-BNE on Jetstar for about $80 each way and they said the best they could do was move the date for $50 each direction... not really worth it (this was the cheapest tickets... I'm sure with the better ones you'll have more options).

hellboy1975

hellboy1975 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Could be worse - could be Melton!

pennyroyal

pennyroyal said on the 9th Aug, 2011

according to the comments on novafm. com .au/article_soundwave-revolution-2011-has-been-cancelled_109781 it was areosmith

hedonism gibbon

hedonism gibbon said on the 9th Aug, 2011

the local footy side is going pretty well at the moment, you could catch a training session, apparently there's free piss

batdan

batdan said on the 9th Aug, 2011

This thread is as dead as SWR.

hedonism gibbon

hedonism gibbon said on the 9th Aug, 2011

yeah there should be a thread dedicated solely to bagging Parramatta

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

My goodness, I'm still calling bullshit on the whole 'inferior product' due to lack of second headliner crap, but if this festival was actually cancelled due to fucking Aerosmith pulling out than I may just have to stab AJ. No offence to Chriz, but besides him when was the last time anybody gave a single flying fuck about that band.

It didn't occur to me until after my rage subsided, but any money that that stupid cnut will go and pull out a fucking huge lineup next year and nobody will even remember that this happened... I won't guarantee that I won't stab him though...

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 9th Aug, 2011

I'm surprised that any festival can survive without Aerosmith on the bill.

therat

therat said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Quick, get AJ on the phone!!

[URL="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx12nRvxHzg"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx12nRvxHzg

I have a like for like replacement

random_hero

random_hero said on the 9th Aug, 2011

The awkward moment when AJ Maddah fails at organising Soundwave Revolution.

p1owz0r

p1owz0r said on the 9th Aug, 2011

I've got VIRTUALLY no experience

p1owz0r

p1owz0r said on the 9th Aug, 2011

I have a guy who can get you really bad drugs

tyler07

tyler07 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

You make it sound so appealing!

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Despite looking, sounding and acting white, I'm actually an ESL Latino.

Consider me offended, and you trolled.

Slip_dog

Slip_dog said on the 9th Aug, 2011

That's it?

That's fucking it?

COME ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Are you gunna brings cans on chris?

Slip_dog

Slip_dog said on the 9th Aug, 2011

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Slip_dog

Slip_dog said on the 9th Aug, 2011

It Soundwave by the way, if your gunna be funny at least get it right.

Slip_dog

Slip_dog said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Despite looking, sounding and acting white, I'm actually an ESL Latino.

Consider me offended, and you trolled.get out of my country!

Napoleon Solo

Napoleon Solo said on the 9th Aug, 2011

Considering the situation, Megatron was funnier than the correct decepticon identification for the payout.

random_hero

random_hero said on the 9th Aug, 2011

lol the excuses from AJ on twitter are laughable

ThatDude123

ThatDude123 said on the 10th Aug, 2011

I have citizenship, my country now

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llj1bjr2CU1qa24ks.gif

Jose Cuervo

Jose Cuervo said on the 10th Aug, 2011

Hey hey hey, parramatta has beatdisc in it, that means it is automatically a good place

gumbuoy

gumbuoy said on the 11th Aug, 2011

Would see. Preferably doing a Ring Of Fire cover.

Thats okay, according to some comments here it was Aerosmith too, but we'll definitely believe Nova forum posters.

hedonism gibbon

hedonism gibbon said on the 11th Aug, 2011

you gotta be very careful saying "beatdisc"... ahahaherm

whatever it is, i hope it's worth the interstate trip to replace Sounddud

Slip_dog

Slip_dog said on the 11th Aug, 2011

I have citizenship, my country now

http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_llj1bjr2CU1qa24ks.gif

No not mad we need someone to drive our cabs

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