<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian metal </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/music-festivals" rel="" target="_blank" title="music festival"><span>music festival</span></a><span> Park Waves has been cancelled just two months before it was to go ahead due to "rising costs".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Australian band Parkway Drive was due to headline the 11-date travelling metalcore festival, with tickets sold for gigs in NSW, Queensland, Victoria, Western Australia and South Australia during February and March next year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Organisers confirmed the "devastating" news that the festival will no longer go ahead and blamed it on a number of issues, including financial challenges.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/zone-rv-caravan-company-enters-administration/5df3f233-9c01-46db-af56-b7dd0f29d42b" target="_blank"><strong><span>Hundreds of jobs on the line as caravan maker collapses</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-willing-to-release-mri-results-but-no-idea-which-part-of-body-it-examined/480a3a41-765b-47bc-87e6-7937ab789537" target="_blank"><strong><span>Trump gives green light to release MRI results</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"With a heavy heart, we've had to make a difficult decision. We've tried everything. We're gutted," organisers said in a statement on its website.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We know everyone will be understandably disappointed."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/park-waves-festival-australia-cancelled/9d6565b7-a83c-42da-a502-d807022ebae7" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Headlining act Parkway Drive took to Instagram to apologise to fans.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The band said Park Waves was yet another festival casuality in the tough Australian music scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is a message we never imagined we'd have to write, and it weighs heavily on us. Park Waves Australia has been cancelled," Parkway Drive said in a statement.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Just writing this feels like a kick in the guts, but here we are – another festival being crushed by the rising costs across our entertainment industry.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've tried every possible option to keep this dream alive, but the reality of the circumstances won't allow for it."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Ticketholders will be refunded the price of tickets and booking fees.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Please know that your support is what keeps this culture alive and standing strong through the worst of times," the band added.</span></div></div><div><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5), 0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px auto;max-width:440px;padding:0;width:99.375%"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DRvzVq3k3is/"></a></blockquote></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Park Waves was set to be an inaugral Australian festival showcasing Parkway Drive as the main act alongside several other metal bands, including Amity Affliction, Northlane and Story of the Year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It was billed as a "never-before-witnessed" event with circus performers, carnival rides, food and sideshow alleys.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Plenty of legacy festivals have fallen victim to Australia's turbulent live music scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>So far this year, Good Life, A Festival Called Panama, Esoteric, </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/souled-out-music-festival-forced-to-cancel-more-than-a-week-before-event/1cbe1f55-23db-4650-86a6-f6edc1227737" target="_blank" title="Souled Out"><span>Souled Out</span></a><span>, Groovin the Moo and Forth Valley Blues have been forced to axe their events.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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