Soundwave 2011: It's Official

As many of us suspected, the leaked Soundwave line-up that surfaced onto the internet a couple of days ago has turned out to be the official bill for 2011. British metal gods Iron Maiden will indeed be headlining the festival with Queens Of The Stone Age, Slayer, Primus and Slash all offering more than sufficient "supporting" roles.

With their new album The Final Frontier due out next week, Iron Maiden simply refuse to turn off the creative taps and allow age to take its toll. Iron Maiden will be bringing their full stage show to Australia for the Soundwave festivals and will even be taking in a couple of side shows on the east coast. Having just come off tour in North America where they played to more than 400,000 fans over 25 dates, Iron Maiden will be in full force for their Australian jaunt in 2011.

Soundwave 2011 boasts a line-up of serious depth. On top of Josh Homme's QOTSA, metal royalty Slayer, indie kings Primus and the bona fide rock lord Slash, there's also emo's filmic superstars 30 Seconds To Mars, punk veterans Gang Of Four, hardcore heroes The Bronx and another metal survivor in Rob Zombie. They'll be propped up by a host of established middle-weights and up-and-comers alike. No doubt about it, Soundwave 2011 will be one rockin' festival.

For those who missed it yesterday, here's the full and official Soundwave 2011 line-up:

Iron Maiden
Queens Of The Stone Age
One Day As A Lion
Slayer
Primus
Slash
30 Seconds To Mars
Stone Sour
Bullet For My Valentine
Avenged Sevenfold
Murderdolls
Rob Zombie
Social Distortion
Millencolin
Gang Of Four
New Found Glory
Pennywise
Bring Me The Horizon
Sum 41
Anberlin
Dimmu Borgir
The Gaslight Anthem
Coheed & Cambria
Third Eye Blind
Devildriver
Sevendust
Less Than Jake
The Bronx
The Amity Affliction
Monster Magnet
Silverstein
Terror
MXPX
Protest The Hero
Melvins
36 Crazyfists
Ill Nino
The Ataris
Fucked Up
The Starting Line
Bayside
Feeder
H2O
Mad Caddies
The Maine
Saxon
Trash Talk
Mayday Parade
Foxy Shazam
The Rocket Summer
Never Shout Never
The Blackout
Alesana
Asking Alexandria
All That Remains
High On Fire
Dommin
The Sword
Kylesa
We The Kings
A Skylit Drive
There For Tomorrow
Breathe Carolina
Taking Dawn
I See Stars
Rise To Remain
Nonpoint
Veara
Every Avenue

The Soundwave Festival rolls into Bonython Park on Sat Mar 5. Tickets go on general sale on Thu Aug 26 through soundwavefestival.com and Ticketek. Members pre-sale tickets on sale Fri Aug 20.

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