Maroon 5 will be returning to Australia in October for two extremely special gigs! After putting on some smashing shows in the country last year, the Grammy Award winners are coming back for two shows in Sydney and Melbourne. Since their last visit, the band have been in their element, enjoying success at the top of many music charts as well as having a dominating influence on TV, with Adam Levine's judging duties on The Voice.

We have a pile of new live show announcements for you on this Friday, and we kick things off with three hotly anticipated Soundwave sideshows... for more details about these shows, head to the Soundwave Official Website.

Featuring a few of the cancelled Soundwave Revolution refugees and a slew of metal and rock bands (as well as one well-past-their-prime rap-rock band), the lineup for Soundwave 2012 has dropped and boy, it's a big one.