"Not true yet"
Another member of the NOFX camp has spoken out about Soundwave 2016; this time NOFX's founding member Eric Melvin.
Melvin posted a photo on Instagram of a tour poster of his upcoming tour dates in Australia — this image was for a show at the Bendigo Hotel — for which he captioned, "Soundwave cancelling sw16 isn't going to stop me from seeing my Australian mates at Xmas".
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Fat Mike of NOFX also jumped in on the action, posting "Shit, I wanted to meet Flav and Chuck D. Come on AJ, make it happen!...."
Shit, I wanted to meet Flav and Chuck D. Come on AJ, make it happen!.... Bring me the Verizon... I don't need to meet them.
— Mike Burkett (@FatMike_of_NOFX) December 16, 2015
When alerted of this by a punter on Twitter, Soundwave promoter AJ Maddah replied, "not true yet", implying the future of the festival is still undecided.
@MattRogueReview not true yet. We'll know this afternoon.
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) December 16, 2015
He also said the cancellation was "down to some scumbags at Eventopia/Ticketel [sic]", to which Eventopia replied via Twitter, "we don't have any say in whether the 2016 festival goes ahead".
@mamacassi @MattRogueReview it is down to some scumbags at Eventopia/Ticketel.
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) December 16, 2015
@Waverley73 @iamnotshouting @mamacassi @MattRogueReview Glen you're correct - we don't have any say in whether the 2016 festival goes ahead
— eventopia (@eventopia) December 16, 2015
NOFX are scheduled to be in town for their headline tour in January following Soundwave, as well as a special punk rock karaoke tour featuring Melvin and members of Bad Religion and Goldfinger.
[UPDATE]
Maddah has hit back at Eventopia, calling out the company's CFO.
The Music have spoken to Eventopia and they have told us there is "no official comment at this time."
@eventopia @Waverley73 @mamacassi @MattRogueReview You may want to check. That with your halfwit CFO Sandra Rouse
— AJ (@iamnotshouting) December 16, 2015