Perth Soundwave venue change

Soundwave have announced they'll be moving this year's Perth event from its original venue of Claremont Showgrounds to Arena Joondalup.

The event, which rounds out the festival's run on March 3, has had problems in the past according to promoter AJ Maddah. 

"We're going to Joondalup! So happy," said Maddah in a tweet yesterday. "Finally will be able to hear the band and not have thugs shut down stages!"

VenuesWest Chairman Graham Partridge had the following to say about the move to Arena Joondalup: "This event is rapidly becoming one of the biggest and best festivals in Australia. With a line up including Green Day and Placebo as well Australia’s finest live rock act The Living End, the festival may well be a sell out again as it was in 2013.

With Big Day Out and Future Music already at Arena Joondalup the venue is proving itself to be one of the top festival locations in Australia. The addition of Soundwave means more than 100,000 people are expected to attend Arena Joondalup for festivals in 2014. This is great news for both young and old music fans in Perth and particularly for the northern Perth suburbs local economy."

Soundwave 2014 festival kicks off in Brisbane on February 22.