US metallers Disturbed will headline Soundwave 2016.
The festival’s first major line-up has dropped which includes the The Prodigy, Deftones, NOFX, Public Enemy, Soulfly, L7, plus Frnkiero and the cellabration, and Sydney rockers Frenzal Rhomb.
Apart from line-up (genre) surprises, known changes to this year's event include the return to a one-day format and the confirmation there'll be no Adelaide event with promoter AJ Maddah previously bemoaning "pathetic" ticket sales of 12,000 in that state.
"Next year [2016] we just can't take the risk. In 2012 we had 37,000 [people], in 2013 we had 45,000, last year we had 20,000 and this year we've got around 12,000," Maddah told News Corp.
The dates have been moved up a month into the Australia Day slot – previously the domain of Big Day Out. A second line-up announce is expected in a few weeks.
Brisbane 23rd January
Sydney 24th January
Melbourne 26th January
Soundwave Festival 2016 Lineup – First Announcement
DisturbedBring Me The Horizon
The Prodigy
Deftones
NOFX
Bullet For My Valentine
Public Enemy
Refused
Metal Allegiance
Hatebreed
Soulfly
Northlane
Dead Letter Circus
L7
frnkiero and the cellabration
Nothing But Thieves
Frenzal Rhomb
Failure Lordi
Devil You Know
Moose Blood
