Soundwave To Be A Two-Day Festival In 2015

Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah took to Twitter last night to reveal the plans for next year's touring festival.

Around 9.30pm EST, Maddah tweeted, via his infamous iamnotshouting account, that "SW15 will be held over 2 days in each city - Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney & Brisbane."

A series of tweets then followed detailing how the re-jigged event will roll out around the country in 2015.

The festival will be held across two weekends in February and March, each weekend taking place simultaneously in two cities, "So half the bands play day 1. The other half play day 2. They criss-cross Saturday/Sunday in each city."

Maddah announced Adelaide and Melbourne as taking place first, on the weekend of February 21 and 22. Sydney and Brisbane will happen the following weekend, February 28 and March 1.

He also tweeted some ticketing information: "The ticket price for the 2 days will be the same as last year. $185 + booking fees. These will be limited in number.

"There will also be a number of day tickets available at $120 + booking fees."

Maddah then added, "I am hoping that offering day tickets will make festival experience available to those who may not be able to afford weekend tickets.

"Putting the line-up across 2 days enables us to minimise clashes; give bands longer sets, better staging, production & infrastructure."

He hopes that the two-day experience "will give fans better value for money and a less stressful day." And, maintained that part of the reason for the change was to satisfy the amount of acts wanting "to play after dark... This new set-up also gives us twice the dark!"

Maddah tweeted that the line-up would initially be announced as one bill with weekend ticket sales, "Later, we'll split bands into each day & put day tix on sale."

He also acknowledged the success of Stereosonic's two-day festival as influencing his decision to change, "[SFX Stereosonic] blazed the trail on this 2 day festival caper in Aus & provided advice & guidance."