NOFXAnother member of the NOFX camp has spoken out about Soundwave 2016; this time NOFX's founding member Eric Melvin.
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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".
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
