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Soundwave Looking At 'Over 30s' Section With Massages, Wine & Cakes

About time

Like many things do these days, it started on Twitter and now there may be a dedicated roped-off section of the Soundwave festival for the over 30s.

The country’s most popular rock, metal and heavy festival this year features the likes of The Smashing Pumpkins, Faith No More and Marilyn Manson – all of whom could attract a more ‘mature’ audience. Promoter and avid Twitter user AJ Maddah is up for making the event as comfortable as possible for those who need a break from moshing with 18 year olds every now and again.

We’ll let him do the explaining…

And this is how it started…

Dates and line-up in theGuide below: