Volbeat Cancel Remaining Soundwave Dates

1 March 2014 | 1:20 pm | Staff Writer

A family emergency causes the band to pull out of the rest of the tour

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Danish heavy rock outfit Volbeat have pulled out of their remaining Soundwave Festival shows due to a family emergency.

The festival confirmed the news earlier today on its official Facebook, with a photo of the revised timetable for today's Adelaide leg.

"VOLBEAT have been forced to withdraw from Soundwave due to a Family Emergency. Our thoughts are with them," the caption read.

No official statement from the band has been released at this stage.

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The band performed at last weekend's events in Brisbane and Sydney, plus yesterday in Melbourne, posting on their Facebook: "Another beautiful day in Melbourne, another awesome show with the Aussies." They also played two sideshows during the past week  with Filter and Hacktivist - their replacement shows in the wake of Megadeth's Soundwave cancellation.

To make up for the cancellation, Adelaide thrash metallers Truth Corroded will play in Volbeat's vacated spot of 3:20pm, while fellow local SE BON KI RA will perform a 20 minute set at 8:40pm.

Soundwave will finish up its 2014 campaign in Perth this Monday.