System of a Down announced a trio of 2025 stadium shows featuring special guests Deftones, Korn and Avenged Sevenfold. The Live Nation-produced gigs will take place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on August 28 (with Korn), followed by Soldier Field in Chicago on August 31 (with Avenged Sevenfold) and Rogers Stadium in Toronto on Sept. 3 (with Deftones).
All three shows will feature opening sets from special guests Polyphia and Wisp. Tickets for the concerts will go on sale first via an artist presale beginning on Wednesday (Dec. 11); additional presales will run throughout the week ahead of the general onsale, which kicks off on Friday (Dec. 13) at 12 p.m. local time here.
SOAD went on hiatus in 2006, with the various band members splitting off to pursue side projects before reforming in 2011 for a run of European festival dates, followed a a series of festival and occasional headline gigs over the next decade. Though they have teased a return to the studio to work on a follow-up album to their 2005 double release, Mezmerize and Hypnotize, at press time there was no information on the band’s as-yet-untitled sixth studio album.
The group — singer Serj Tankian, guitarist Daron Malakian, bassist Shavo Odadjian and drummer John Dolmayan — released their first new music in 15 years in late 2020, “Protect the Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz.”
SOAD joined the Deftones for the first after-dark performance at Golden Gate Park’s Polo Field in San Francisco on August 17 with Deftones, The Mars Volta and Viagra Boys, which was System’s only other performance in 2025 outside of their headlining slot at the Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas in April.
Check out the show announcements below.
The post “System of a Down Announce Trio of 2025 Stadium Shows Featuring Korn, Deftones, Avenged Sevenfold” by Gil Kaufman was published on 12/09/2024 by www.billboard.com