UPDATE 17/12/15 5.50pm: Soundwave 2016 has been officially cancelled.
Now in its seventh week, the Soundwave drip feed has revealed English rockers Moose Blood are the ninth act to be officially confirmed for the festival’s 2016 lineup.
Moose Blood’s Soundwave 2016 jaunt will see the band play their first-ever Aussie shows, backed by a handful of EPs, their 2014 debut album I’ll Keep You In Mind From Time To Time and their experiences touring as part of the 2015 Vans Warped Tour.
Taking to Twitter today, Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah prefaced the announcement of Moose Blood’s spot on the Soundwave 2016 lineup by saying the young band are from Kent, are “definitely going places” and that he “would be very impressed if any of you have heard of this band”.
Moose Blood join the eight previously announced Soundwave 2016 acts: heavy as hell supergroup Devil You Know, British metalcore heroes Bring Me The Horizon, Finnish metal outfit Lordi, local lads Northlane, Swedish hardcore act Refused, LA alt-rockers Failure, Brisbane rockers Dead Letter Circus and Welsh metal outfit Bullet For My Valentine.
AJ Maddah today confirmed that Soundwave has locked in a date for its first full lineup announcement (which is expected to include 22 acts), but he did not announce the exact date.
Maddah said earlier this week that Soundwave would only make its first full lineup announcement after he had confirmed the plans of two potential Soundwave 2016 acts — one of which he has actually revealed.
Maddah has also assured fans that Soundwave will go ahead in 2016, despite news breaking that the festival’s former operating company is going into voluntary administration over unpaid debts.
Catch Soundwave 2016’s confirmed acts and festival dates below, and stay up to date with all the latest lineup rumours over at Music Feeds’ Soundwave 2016 Lineup Rumours And Info page.
Soundwave Festival 2016 Lineup
Moose Blood
…joining
Bring Me The Horizon
Devil You Know
Lordi
Northlane
Refused
Failure
Dead Letter Circus
Bullet For My Valentine
+ more to be announced
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Soundwave Festival 2016
Saturday, 23rd January 2016
Brisbane
Sunday, 24th January 2016
Sydney
Tuesday, 26th January 2016
Melbourne
So tonight's announcement introduces a young new band almost none of you would have ever heard of; but are definitely going places #SW16
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) September 29, 2015
tbh I would be very impressed if any of you have heard if this band and if you already knew about them then I want to know about you! #SW16
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) September 29, 2015
And before you ask, no, they are not metal!
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) September 29, 2015
Here's a clue about tonight's band just to make @HarvesterLP happy because he loves guessing games: Tonight's band is English.
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) September 29, 2015
A more specific geographic clue: The band hail from Kent; or as I call it Kunt since that's where my horribly bigoted mother in law is from.
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) September 29, 2015
We now have a definitive date for the main announcement 🙂 #SW16 #GetReady
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) September 29, 2015
Very happy to announce our first trip to Australia for Soundwave Festival next year! See you in January! Posted by Moose Blood on Tuesday, 29 September 2015
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