Run to the hills! Soundwave 2011 lineup announced!

Earlier this week the internet was abuzz with rumours and speculation over the line-up for 2011′s Soundwave Festival which will be touring Australia in February and March.

MusicVice can now confirm the official line-up announcement, as follows.

For those straining their eyes to see all those names, the full list is:

1. 30 Seconds To Mars
2. 36 Crazyfists
3. A Skylit Drive
4. Alesana
5. All That Remains
6. Anberlin
7. Asking Alexandria
8. Avenged Sevenfold
9. Bayside
10. Breathe Carolina
11. Devildriver
12. Dommin
13. Every Avenue
14. Foxy Shazam
15. Gang Of Four
16. New Found Glory
17. Gaslight Anthem
18. High On Fire
19. I See Stars
20. Ill Nino
21. Iron Maiden
22. Kylesa
23. Less Than Jake
24. Mad Caddies
25. Mayday Parade
26. Melvins
27. Monster Magnet
28. Mxpx
29. Never Shout Never
30. New Found Glory
31. Nonpoint
32. Pennywise
33. Primus
34. Protest The Hero
35. Queens Of The Stone Age
36. Rise To Remain
37. Rob Zombie
38. Sevendust
39. Slash
40. Slayer
41. Social Distortion
42. Stone Sour
43. Sum 41
44. Taking Dawn
45. Terror
46. The Ataris
47. The Blackout
48. The Bronx
49. The Maine
50. The Starting Line
51. The Sword
52. There For Tomorrow
53. Third Eye Blind
54. Trash Talk
55. Veara

That’s right. IRON MAIDEN! SLASH! Add in Gaslight Anthem, Less Than Jake, The Melvins and Mad Caddies and this becomes a very exciting announcement indeed.

Dates:
26 Feb 2011 – Brisbane, Showgrounds
27 Feb 2011 – Sydney, Eastern Creek Raceway
4 Mar 2011 – Melbourne, Showgrounds
5 Mar 2011 – Adelaide, Bonython Park
7 Mar 2011 – Perth, Steel Blue Oval

Let us know what you think of the line-up! Who are you most psyched to see? Whose set will you skip for lunch? Leave us your comments below.

Tags: Gaslight Anthem, Iron Maiden, Primus, Queens of the Stone Age, Slash, Soundwave

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