Space rock legends Failure will headline the upcoming first-ever ‘Space Echo‘ festival. Presented in conjunction with Cold Waves, that event will find Failure celebrating 30 years of their magnum opus, “Fantastic Planet“. The rest of the lineup has been curated with respect to Failure and includes the following like-minded artists:
Baroness
…And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead
Torche
Shiner
Ringo Deathstarr
Spotlights
Slow Mass
Bleary Eyed
This fest will be held at Radius in Chicago, IL across 2 stages on May 02nd of 2025. Cold Waves commented of the event:
‘The original COLD WAVES FESTIVAL in 2012 was a celebration of Chicago’s darkwave/industrial/gothic music scene, a fundraiser and homage to a fallen brother, Jamie Duffy. His work ethic and passion in the local music scene was a gift to many musicians, and his abrupt passing had a profound effect on the musical families he belonged to.
Over a decade later… COLD WAVES continues to shake the pillars of heaven by collecting the bands, styles, sounds and attitudes that Jamie held dear, and cement the sound of a Chicago institution alive and well. From Wax Trax! and Medusas to Uncle Al and Chicago Trax, this is our history and our future.
Now in 2026, we embrace another part of our history via our newest endeavor; SPACE ECHO. Anyone who toured or performed with our bands, our tribe, knew that FAILURE was a big part of our enduring hearbeat. This new event pays respect to their intersection of metal, shoegaze, prog, psychedelic, experimental, dream-pop and doom, expanding the boundaries of the “alternative music genre” the band, and their contemporaries, represents.
“This is not a dream… not a dream…”‘
