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Written by Nicholas Jones on 17 October 2011

Soundwave just can’t catch a break at the moment. Despite the line up only being announced a little over a week ago, the first band has pulled out of the annual rock/metal festival already in a very public spat with promoter AJ Maddah.

There were rumours over the weekend that Hole, fronted by Courtney Love, had pulled out of the festival due to a dispute with the lineup. Maddah confirmed this on Twitter last night where he told disappointed fans that the agent had acted in an unprofessional manner and that Courtney objected to playing on the same stage as Limp Bizkit as a support act.

jones_mickeymickey jones

@iamnotshouting any truth to the ‘hole not coming’ rumour? Pls make sure courtney comes :)

Oct 15Favorite RetweetReply

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@iamnotshouting
AJ@jones_mickey Probably. Will wait to talk to her dipshit agent on Monday night before commenting.
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The team at Soundwave scrambled to find out more info on the rumour only to have it confirmed by Love’s agent. Maddah then worked to inform his fans on exactly what went down.

RomancenotdeadRomancenotdead

@iamnotshouting AJ please do something re Hole assuage egos.FFS don’t let it happen twice. You gotta pull a rabbit out of a hat man! Please

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@iamnotshouting
AJ@Romancenotdead tbh, I am really mad about this. I was given so many assurances that this would not happen when I took the booking.
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@iamnotshouting
AJ@Romancenotdead And that is why we got 3 confirmations the last hours before announcement and with full knowledge of the line-up.
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@iamnotshouting
AJ@Romancenotdead Agent, despite promise not to pull out:”I only promised to get the fee. We have no control over what Courtney does”.
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@iamnotshouting
AJ@Romancenotdead No point talking her back, only for her to cancel later, or turn up & act like a rotten twat to other artists, fans, etc.
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@iamnotshouting
AJ@Romancenotdead Yep. Limp is the excuse they are giving. Like we were going to ask her permission everytime we book a band.
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But it isn’t all gloom and doom. Maddah promises that they will replace Hole with someone “bigger & better”.

The spat isn’t really that surprising given Love’s history of erractic behaviour. When asked about Limp Bizkit frontman Fred Durst in an interview in 2010 she said “I have to say, as much as I like Fred, he brought about the worst years in rock history. That just be a fact, OK? That just be a fact. I did it for the nookie! I did not do it for the nookie , I did it for the rock! I’m just saying, man, he’s a nice guy, but Jesus!”

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