It's Official: IRON MAIDEN To Headline Australia's SOUNDWAVE Festival

August 5, 2010

It's now official: British heavy metal legends IRON MAIDEN will headline the 2011 edition of Australia's Soundwave festival, with SLAYER, SLASH, ROB ZOMBIE and AVENGED SEVENFOLD also joining the bill.

The dates are as follows:

Feb. 26 - Brisbane, Showgrounds
Feb. 27 - Sydney, Eastern Creek Raceway
Mar. 04 - Melbourne, Showgrounds
Mar. 05 - Adelaide, Bonython Park
Mar. 07 - Perth, Steel Blue Oval

In addition, IRON MAIDEN will also play two arena shows prior to the festivals with first ticket access for fan-club members:

Feb. 23 - Melbourne, Hisense Arena
Feb. 24 - Sydney, Entertainment Centre

The exclusive pre-sale will take place on Monday, August 9 Augst at noon and run through to 5 p.m. Tuesday, August 10 (local time). The pre-sale is open to all fan club members.

Tickets for these two shows go on sale to the general public on August 12.

The official Soundwave 2011 lineup:

30 SECONDS TO MARS
36 CRAZYFISTS
A SKYLIT DRIVE
ALESANA
ALL THAT REMAINS
ANBERLIN
ASKING ALEXANDRIA
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
BAYSIDE
BREATHE CAROLINA
DEVILDRIVER
DOMMIN
EVERY AVENUE
FOXY SHAZAM
GANG OF FOUR
NEW FOUND GLORY
GASLIGHT ANTHEM
HIGH ON FIRE
I SEE STARS
ILL NINO
IRON MAIDEN
KYLESA
LESS THAN JAKE
MAD CADDIES
MAYDAY PARADE
MELVINS
MONSTER MAGNET
MXPX
NEVER SHOUT NEVER
NEW FOUND GLORY
NONPOINT
PENNYWISE
PRIMUS
PROTEST THE HERO
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
RISE TO REMAIN
ROB ZOMBIE
SEVENDUST
SLASH
SLAYER
SOCIAL DISTORTION
STONE SOUR
SUM 41
TAKING DAWN
TERROR
THE ATARIS
THE BLACKOUT
THE BRONX
THE MAINE
THE STARTING LINE
THE SWORD
THERE FOR TOMORROW
THIRD EYE BLIND
TRASH TALK
VEARA

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