Melvins Earthquake Update

As I’m sure most of you know by now, Christchurch in New Zealand suffered from a devastating earthquake yesterday afternoon, resulting in a great deal of pain and damage for it’s residents.  The Melvins were in town having just played a series of gigs on the south island, and as the airport was closed were stuck in Christchurch last night unable to make it to their Wellington gig.  Details on their plans for the rest of the NZ tour can be found here.

Our thought are with all the residents of Christchurch, a beautiful town I’ve been lucky enough to visit, and anyone wanting to make a donation can find details here.

Primus & The Melvins Melbourne show

Just announced on Fasterlouder is the following cool show on the 3rd of March at The Palais in Melbourne:

Primus fans the world over were thrown into fits of sporadic air-bass when the influential US rockers announced in April that after a five year hiatus they were back in business. It seemed only logical that the band would eventually be nabbed by one of our summer festivals, and Soundwave ended up being the perfect fit.

In addition to their performances at Soundwave the band has just announced that they will be playing a one-off Sidewave in Melbourne as well. Joining the trio on the night will be the Godfathers of Grunge themselves, the Melvins who released their 20th studio album The Bride Screamed Murder in July this year.

Word is that this will be the only Sidewave for these two bands, which I know will piss off at least one Sydney Fourtheye reader.

The Melvins for Soundwave 2011!

According to a leaked list of acts for the 2011 Soundwave Festival here in Australia, The Melvins will be joining the lineup. Other highlights for me include Primus, Queens Of The Stone Age, Slayer and High On Fire. If this is true, I’ll definitely be there.

The official announcement is tonight, so keep your hats on!

Update: Great news everybody: that leak has been confirmed as official!