The Soundwave 2014 lineup finally dropped on Friday afternoon and headlining Australia’s premier heavy music festival are Green Day, Avenged Sevenfold and Stone Temple Pilots.
Soundwave and promoter AJ Maddah revealed the first of two lineup announcements on Friday, featuring 50 bands with another headliner to come into the second announcement.
Alongside the big acts will be Alice In Chains and Megadeath while the likes of Rob Zombie, KoRn, Trivium, Rocket From The Crypt and AFI make up the other notable inclusions.
The addition of Green Day is the band’s first Australian visit since releasing the ¡Uno!, ¡Dos!, and ¡Tré! trilogy of last year. The boys will perform exclusive 2.5 hour sets at all five Soundwave destinations (Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth).
Maddah had warned fans in advance that 2014 lineup wouldn’t matchup name for name against the star studded group of 2013 (Metallica, Slayer, Blink-182 and Anthrax), however Australia’s most spotlight-friendly festival figure has done a significant job gathering a very solid lineup.
“We’re not going to top it,” Maddah said after Soundwave 2013 back in March. “It was our 10th anniversary, so a 1 off big show.”
Soundwave 2014 lineup
Green Day
Avenged Sevenfold
Stone Temple Pilots
Megadeth
Alice In Chains
Rob Zombie
Placebo
AFI
KoRn
Alterbridge
Trivium
Down
DevilDriver
Newsted
Billy Clyro
Rocket From The Crypt
Asking Alexandria
Clutch
Alkaline Trio
Baroness
Five Finger Death Punch
August Burns Red
Testament
Living Color
Letlive
Motionless In White
Gwar
Black Dahlia Murder
MushroomHead
Finch
Pulled Apaart By Horses
Ill Nino
Nancy Vandal
Bowling For Soup
Trash Talk
Skindred
Volbeat
Amon Amarth
Terror
Whitechapel
TesseracT
The Story So Far
Hardcore Superstar
10 Years
Walking Papers
Our Last Night
Coliseum
Your Demise
Heaven’s Basement
Real Friends
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