Warming up before their Friday night show at The Tivoli, then kicking off the nation-wide Soundwave Festival on Saturday, Switchfoot made it into the Queen Street City Beach for an intimate acoustic show, complete with raffle prizes and a signing session!

Ahead of their Australian tour as part of Soundwave, Larry Heath caught up with Switchfoot drummer Chad Butler while he was home in San Diego to chat about the tour, the latest record,

It's been a bumper few weeks for Australian festivals and announcements; we've picked the cream of the crop so as not to leave you hanging! First off, we turn to the latest news from Heatwave Festival over the whole "D12 not showing up" thing...

San Diego-based rockers Switchfoot are heading back to Australia, playing their own very special set of sideshows as well as joining the monster Soundwave 2012 bill!

The new single from Switchfoot’s 2011 album Vice Verses, "Dark Horses" is certainly a good indication of the intensity in store with the bands 8th album release.