![]() This festival featured 95 acts across eleven stages.Have you ever been surfing? Many people love swimming in the ocean, but there's nothing quite like the rush of jumping up on a longboard as a large ocean wave propels you toward the shore. The festival also featured a reunited Coal Chamber, who played their first shows since 2003, and also marked the final shows of emo group Thursday. Limp Bizkit singer Fred Durst paid tribute to Michalik at each Soundwave date and openly criticised Big Day Out organisers. Their previous tour was the 2001 Big Day Out festival, which was marred by the death of 16-year-old Jessica Michalik during their performance at the Sydney show. This was the first time Limp Bizkit had toured Australia in eleven years. The 2012 Soundwave lineup featured System of a Down, Slipknot, Limp Bizkit and Marilyn Manson. The lineup for the 2012 festival was first announced on 7 October 2011. Slipknot performing at Melbourne's Soundwave International Superheroes of Hardcore (USA).Gravity Soundwave featured American act Aiden, local Australian bands Gyroscope, Kisschasy, Parkway Drive, The Getaway Plan and New Zealanders Goodnight Nurse. The third and final year of the Gravity Games festival in Perth was moved to December 2006, instead of October. Gravity Soundwave was headlined by Grinspoon, with it also featuring American acts Unwritten Law, Reel Big Fish, and Goldfinger. The 2005 festival was again presented by Vodafone, being held on the night of 8 October. The following night featured Unwritten Law, Regurgitator, MxPx, Lagwagon and Last Year's Hero. American pop punk band Good Charlotte effectively became the first headline act of Soundwave, when they performed in the festival's first night along with Gyroscope and One Dollar Short. Gravity Soundwave was first introduced in the festival's first year, which was held on 14 and 15 October 2004. Gravity Soundwave provided the music side of the festival, which took place at McCallum Park alongside the Swan River. The event was sponsored by Vodafone in its first year, with the company reportedly committing one million dollars to the event. The Gravity Games were held in South Perth along the Swan River, being based mainly on water-based and action sports. The Soundwave festival originated in Perth, as a smaller festival known as Gravity Soundwave within the Gravity Games. A 2016 iteration of the festival was planned, but its cancellation was announced on 17 December 2015 by founder AJ Maddah due to poor ticket sales. Soundwave Festival occurred annually until 2015. The festival has been headlined by Deftones, the Offspring, Incubus, Alice in Chains, Bloodhound Gang, Nine Inch Nails, Faith No More, Jimmy Eat World, Jane's Addiction, Soundgarden, Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age, the Smashing Pumpkins, System of a Down, Slipknot, Green Day, Avenged Sevenfold, Linkin Park, Blink-182 and Metallica. It featured a number of international and Australian music acts from various genres, including rock, metal and punk. ![]() The festival originated in Perth, Western Australia, and began travelling to the other Australian capital cities in 2007. Soundwave was an annual music festival held in major cities around Australia, run and promoted by Soundwave Touring. ![]()
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