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News : Soundwave 2015 will be a two day festival

By on June 28, 2014

You heard right! AJ Maddah, head honcho of Soundwave Touring has taken to Twitter and informed his followers that next years Soundwave Festival will be held across two days in each capital city (excluding Perth). This will hopefully minise clashes, allowing for better stage setups, infrastructure and production, plus longer sets.

Maddah explains.

Soundwave Festival 2015 will be held over 2 days in each city – Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane. Half the bands play day one. The other half play day two. They criss-cross Saturday/Sunday in each city.

Adelaide & Melbourne will be the 1st weekend of the festival. The dates for these two cities are Saturday 21 and Sunday 22 of February.

Sydney and Brisbane will be the 2nd weekend of the festival; held over Saturday 28 February and Sunday 1 March.

The ticket price for the 2 days will be the same as last year. $185 + booking fees. These will be limited in number. There will also be a number of day tickets available at $120 + booking fees.

We are hoping that offering day tickets will make the festival experience available to those who may not be able to afford weekend tickets. Putting the line-up across 2 days enables us to minimise clashes; give bands longer sets, better staging, production & infrastructure. We are also hoping that this will give fans better value for money and a less stressful day

The entire lineup will be announced at once and weekend tickets will then go on sale. The lineup will then be split into individual days when day tickets go on sale.

In recent years we have lost great bands over too many bands wanting to play after dark. This new set-up also gives us twice the dark!

This new criss-cross effect will allow Soundwave Festival goers a unique experience, allowing for a more relaxed day and bigger bands to play headline evening slots and not be forced to play in the middle of the day.

We expect SW15 band announcements to trickle through over the next few months. The first band to be confirmed for SW15 is Melbourne extreme metal 6 piece, Ne Obliviscaris.

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Soundwave 2015 Festival Dates

Saturday, 21st February & Sunday, 22nd February 2015
Adelaide, South Australia

Saturday, 21st February & Sunday, 22nd February 2015
Melbourne, Victoria

Saturday, 28th February & Sunday, 1st March 2015
Olympic Park, Sydney, New South Wales

Saturday, 28th February & Sunday, 1st March 2015
Brisbane, Queensland

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Suicide Silence @ Soundwave Festival, Adelaide 2014 (Photo by Kerrie Geier)

 

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