Australian rock festival Pandemonium Rocks has shared an official statement detailing a host of changes including a revised lineup, some location changes and new ticketing details. 



Set to take place later this month the festival was announced in January as a two-stage event featuring Alice Cooper, Blondie, Deep Purple, Placebo, Wheatus, The Psychedelic Furs, Gang Of Four, Palaye Royale, Wolfmother, Cosmic Psychos, Gyroscope and Petch but it will now shift to a single-stage format following the apparent withdrawals of Deep Purple, Placebo, Dead Kennedy's, Gang of Four, Gyroscope and Petch. 

The revised lineup will see Alice Cooper, Blondie, Psychedelic Furs, Wheatus, Wolfmother, Palaye Royale and Cosmic Psychos play events in Sydney, Gold Coast and Brisbane (Blondie not appearing), while a headline show featuring Alice Cooper, Blondie, Psychedelic Furs and Wolfmother has been announced for Newcastle. 



Commenting in a statement released to media today, the festival reflects "We have been hard at work ensuring we deliver events that provide fans with the best possible experience and we extend our thanks to those who have patiently waited for our good news. Four festival dates with a couple of location tweaks and a formatting alteration, and one killer Newcastle sideshow will proceed later this month! We acknowledge the current state of the Australian economy and the cost of living crisis, of which we're constantly reminded of by the media. This cost of living crisis has impacted the live music touring industry significantly and forced many other festivals and tours sadly, to cancel. Pandemonium is not one of those and despite aforementioned national issues our festival is moving forward." 



The festival also confirmed that the Gold Coast show was moving from Doug Jennings Park to Broadwater Parklands, "ensuring ease of access and accessible car parking." They also confirmed that "due to popular consumer demand the Brisbane event will be moving from Sandstone Point Hotel to the more city-centric Eatons Hill."

The revised event poster is provided below. 

Pandemonium also issued statements about the acts who withdrew from the event sharing message for fans of Placebo, Deep Purple, Dead Kennedy's and Gang of Four, these can be read below. 

Fans of Placebo: "Placebo are very disappointed to announce they will not now be performing at Pandemonium Festival in April in Australia. The band are very sad not to be able to play at this time but instead hope to come to Australia with their own shows at a later date."



Fans of Deep Purple: "Deep Purple will not be performing at Pandemonium Festival later this month. Deep Purple are

eager to tour Australia in the future as their schedule permits."

 

Fans of Gang of Four and Dead Kennedy's: "Dead Kennedys and Gang of Four will not be performing at Pandemonium Festival later this month. Both acts hope to tour Australia in the future as their schedule permits."

In recognition of the lineup changes, Pandemonium Rocks have made changes to the ticket price for the events commenting that "The newly formatted Pandemonium Rocks festival dates will boast new and more affordable general admission ticket pricing of $190 per ticket. (Eatons Hill Hotel now at $165 GA, plus fees)." 



In response to these price and lineup changes, organizers also shared three options for existing General Admission ticket holders, offering either a complimentary GA ticket per full-price ticket purchased to be added to their existing order, a partial refund of $70, which is the difference of the initial price to the new price, or an exclusive Pandemonium hoodie valued at $100, not available at merchandise stands.  The festival states that "all patrons, including VIP ticket holders, will soon receive updated ticket information via Oztix with the above details and more."



Pandemonium Rocks also shared "Our commitment to Wounded Heroes for Veterans Welfare in Sydney and Top Blokes Foundation in aid of Logan's Legacy and Prevention of Juvenile Your Suicide Prevention remain in place." 

"Pandemonium Rocks 2024 not only delivers a day of iconic artists who are the soundtrack to our lives but also by proceeding supports our Australian artists, crews and music fans, the importance of supporting the Australian Festival scene right now has never been more important to ensure there is a future." "We truly love the support and understanding of our patrons in these tough economic times and are looking forward to seeing you all at the Pandemonium event of your choice."

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