Soundwave Festival

Soundwave is an annual music festival held in major cities around Australia. The festival originated in Kalbarri, Western Australia and began travelling to the other Australian capital cities in 2007. It features a number of international and Australian music acts, from various genres including rock, metal and punk. The festival has been headlined by Deftones, The Offspring, Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Iron Maiden, and System of a Down and Slipknot. Sub-headliners of the festival since its inception include +44, Incubus, Alice in Chains, Bloodhound Gang, Lamb of God, Jane's Addiction, Jimmy Eat World, Queens of the Stone Age, and Slayer. The festival is run and promoted by Soundwave Touring, who also promote tours for bands and musicians each year. The promoters made an unsuccessful attempt to establish Soundwave Revolution, a spin-off festival which would have begun in late 2011. The Counter-Revolution festival was then launched, however, to compensate for the cancellation of Soundwave Revolution.