New Zealand's tour circuit is already dealing with the trickle-down effect following the cancellation of Australia's Soundwave festival.

Popular metal act Disturbed were coming to New Zealand off the back of their Soundwave appearance, but have now had to postpone their headline show in Auckland following the cancellation.

They were to play Vector Arena on January 28 following their last Soundwave date on the 26th, but now promoters Frontier Touring are saying they're working on a new date which will be announced in the new year.

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They say all ticket holders will be entitled to a refund if they can't make the revised date.

But many other acts were also piggybacking off Soundwave to come to New Zealand for our own off-shoot festival, Westfest - the future of which is now hanging in the balance.

In an interview last week, Westfest spokesman John Baker said the festival was negotiating with headline acts NOFX, Hatebreed, and Refused to see if they could still come to New Zealand, but Soundwave was what made "it viable for them to come here".

Refused is scheduled to play Bodega in Wellington on January 28, but Baker confirmed that if bands were no longer playing the Auckland festival they would be unlikely to tour elsewhere in New Zealand "though strange things happen in rock 'n roll".