AJ Maddah Says He’d Support Soundwave Or Warped Tour Coming Back If Someone...
Soundwave head honcho AJ Maddah appears to have given his blessing to anyone who wants to bring Soundwave or Warped Tour back to life in Australia, as long as they’ve got enough money to do it. Asked...
View ArticleDownload Festival Is Coming To Australia
Plans are currently in motion to bring Download Festival, one of the biggest heavy music events in the world, to Aussie shores later on next year. The rock & metal gods must have heard our prayers,...
View ArticleCorey Taylor Slags Soundwave Festival, Says Slipknot Got “Dicked Over” By AJ...
Almost a year on from the tragic demise of Soundwave Festival (RIP), festival boss AJ Maddah and frontman of two-time headlining act Slipknot, Corey Taylor, have become embroiled in a shade-throwing...
View ArticleSoundwave’s AJ Maddah Defends Legion Festival Following Its Cancellation
Upstart heavy metal festival Legion was officially cancelled yesterday, and the news undoubtedly left a lot of Soundwave Festival fans feeling, well… And now AJ Maddah, the boss of Soundwave — which...
View ArticleAJ Maddah Teases Two “Great” Upcoming Tours “For Soundwave Fans”
With summer closing in, Soundwave fans are no doubt feeling the sting of yet another year without thei beloved heavy music mega-fest to get pumped for. But here’s some good news: it looks like at least...
View ArticleThese Two Insane International Metal Festival Lineups Will Make You Weep With...
For the second year in a row, Aussie hard rock and heavy metal fans are staring down the barrel of a music festival void. With Big Day Out and Soundwave’s corpses now well and truly maggot-bait, we’re...
View Article8 Mind-Blowing Moments From Chris Cornell’s Stellar Career
Chris Cornell, one of the most highly regarded voices in rock n’ roll, unexpectedly passed away at age 52 on Wednesday evening. As the lead singer of Soundgarden and later Audioslave and Temple Of The...
View ArticleRatepayers Forced To Pay $75K Soundwave Debt Following Council Decision
UPDATE: Soundwave’s AJ Maddah has released a fiery statement calling out Adelaide City Council for “punishing Soundwave for being successful”. ORIGINAL STORY: Soundwave Festival may be dead and buried,...
View ArticleAJ Maddah Accuses Adelaide Council Of “Punishing Soundwave For Being Successful”
Soundwave boss AJ Maddah has unleashed a fiery statement in response to backlash over Adelaide City Council waving the festival’s $75K debt. Echoing the sentiments of some commentators on Music Feeds‘...
View ArticleAdelaide Council Denies Claims It Overcharged Soundwave Festival With...
Adelaide City Council has denied accusations that it overcharged Soundwave Festival with “ridiculous” fees, after the boss of the now-defunct festival accused the council of “punishing Soundwave for...
View ArticleDevilDriver’s Dez Fafara Defends Soundwave Boss AJ Maddah, Confirms 2016...
Heavy metal identity Dez Fafara has come to the aid of embattled Soundwave boss AJ Maddah, who’s continuing to cop industrial levels of flack following the festival’s cancellation. Fafara, who’d become...
View ArticleNew Zealand Music Festival Now In Doubt Following Soundwave Cancellation
The axing of Soundwave 2016 means New Zealand punters might miss out too. The country’s annual punk, rock and metal festival WestFest is now in jeopardy, with only one band remaining on the 2016...
View ArticleEx-Soundwave General Manager Joins Destroy All Lines As Head Of Touring
Former Soundwave General Manager Chris O’Brien is keeping his love of metal alive following the festival’s sad demise. He’s just been announced as the new head of touring for leading Australian heavy...
View ArticleUNIFY Gathering Will Return In 2017, “Bigger And Better” Than Ever
UPDATE 22/06/16: The UNIFY Gathering 2017 Lineup Is Here. Just three days after the dust (literally) settled on this year’s sold-out UNIFY Gathering, organisers have already confirmed that the heavy...
View ArticleDid AJ Maddah Just Tease A 2016 Slipknot Tour?
Sit the fuck down because we may have some big news. It seems a whoooooooooole lot like AJ Maddah, boss of the former best music festival in Australia Soundwave (RIP), just teased a motherfucking...
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