Soundwave 2013 lineup -Confirmations, LikelyAdditions and Ruled Out Bands

THE OFFICIAL SOUNDWAVE 2013 LINEUP HAS BEEN RELEASED

Updated – 7th August:

The Soundwave 2013 lineup announcement will be the subject of rumours and wild speculation right up until the moment it’s unveiled and that’s just the way the festival likes it.

Festival boss AJ Maddah has been very busy feeding the rumour mill and his Twitter addiction and we’re been keeping a close eye on the lineup hints that he has been dropping.

Plenty of bands have been ruled out (including every band from Soundwave 2012) and a few already confirmed, but it can be difficult to keep up on all the latest news so we’ve put it all together here in a list that will be updated as new announcements and hints are revealed. Knowing Maddah that means that this story will be updated almost daily in the long lead up to the official announcement.

Maddah has also confirmed the Soundwave 2013 tour dates telling fans back in May that “We start Feb 23 in Brisbane, 24 in Sydney and so on.”

Soundwave 2013 dates

Saturday 23rd February – Brisbane
Sunday 24th February – Sydney
Friday 1st March – Melbourne
Saturday 2nd March – Adelaide
Monday 4th March – Perth

We’ve split the bands into the categories based on Maddah’s comments, however this is only a guide. Nothing is 100% official until Soundwave HQ confirms it, but don’t let that stop you from getting a little excited.

The lineup is expected to be announced in early to mid-August and will feature roughly 50 acts. Maddah has told fans that they should have their cash ready to buy tickets on August 15th and the he the announcement will be made on August 8th.

Confirmed

All Time Low
Fozzy (Earlier comment here)
The Chariot (Confirmed by the band’s singer on his tumblr)
Blink-182
Of Mice and Men
Woe is Me
Stone Sour (Comment from Maddah here and here)
Cancer Bats
Blood on the Dancefloor
(‘confirmed’ by the band, but AJ Maddah had repeatedly said that he has ‘not started booking that far down the bill’)
Kingdom of Sorrow
The Blackout (Now in doubt due to the guitarist’s wedding plans)
Six Feet Under (Won’t be playing on the main stage)

Very Likely

Sleeping With Sirens (Earlier comments here here , here, here and here)
4Arm
Orange Goblin

Likely

Tenacious D (Comments from AJ here and here)
Deaf Havana
Vanna
Living With Lions
Kyuss Lives
Pure Love
Dir En Grey (Earlier Dir En Grey comment)
Miss May I (As We Came as Romans and The Devil Wears Prada are ruled out)
GWAR
Ghost
As I Lay Dying
Sparks the Resuce
Whitechapel
Living With Lions
Every Avenue

Read on for the ‘Possible’, ‘Unlikely and ‘Ruled Out’ bands.