The band previously announced exclusive dates in the U.S. and Canada with huge co-headliners
Alt-metal icons System of a Down are expanding their 2025 tour. Next Spring, the band is heading down to South American for a string of stadium shows. The run begins on April 24 in Bogota, Colombia. Check out the full itinerary below.
“Wake up, South America! We did. We heard you. We’re coming,” the band said in a statement.
A ticket pre-sale begins tomorrow, Tuesday, December 17 at 10am local time (Peru at 8am). General on-sale begins at 12pm local on Thursday, December 19. Special guests for the trek have yet to be announced.
Next summer, System of a Down will be playing a handful of massive stadium shows across North America. The performances are set to take place at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, on August 28 with Korn; Soldier Field in Chicago, IL, on August 31 with Avenged Sevenfold; and conclude at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, ON, on September 3 with Deftones. Special guests Polyphia and Wisp will open for all three shows.
Due to overwhelming demand, the group has added new dates in the same markets, which are on sale now.
After headlining the inaugural Sick New World festival in Las Vegas in 2022, System of a Down are returned to headline the sophomore installment last year. In November 0f 2020, System of a Down released new music for the first time in 15 years. The two tracks – “Protect The Land” and “Genocidal Humanoidz” – where written to create awareness of the on-going wars in the band members’ native Artsakh and Armenia. Stream the two tracks below now. Prior to that, System of a Down’s last proper effort was 2005’s Mezmerize and Hyptnotize, companion LPs that came out in May and November respectively. Both albums hit No. 1 on the Billboard Top 200.
As the most inspired, impactful, and inimitable rock band of the 21st century, System of a Down have sold over 40 million records worldwide, earned a GRAMMY® Award, and headlined arenas, festivals, and stadiums on multiple continents, worldwide. Formed in Los Angeles, the group have soundtracked personal, political, sonic, and spiritual revolution since the 1998 release of their multi-platinum self-titled debut. The quartet have consistently sold out shows worldwide and regularly register over 23.4 million monthly listeners on Spotify, making them one of the most-listened to rock/alternative bands in the world. System of a Down is Daron Malakian [guitars, vocals], Serj Tankian [vocals, keys], Shavo Odadjian [bass], and John Dolmayan [drums].
April 24 – Estadio Nemesio Camacho El Campin – Bogota, Colombia
April 27 – Estadio Nacional – Lima, Peru
April 30 – Parque Estadio – Nacional – Santiago, Chile
May 3 – Estadio Velez Sarsfield – Buenos Aires, Argentina
May 6 – Estadio Couto Pereira – Curitiba, Brasil
May 8 – Estadio Nilton Santos – Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
May 10 – Allianz Parque – São Paulo, Brasil
August 27 – MetLife Stadium – East Rutherford, NJ *
August 28 – MetLife Stadium – East Rutherford, NJ [SOLD OUT] *
August 31 – Soldier Field – Chicago, IL [SOLD OUT] ^
September 1 – Soldier Field – Chicago, IL ^
September 3 – Rogers Stadium – Toronto, ON [SOLD OUT] #
September 5 – Rogers Stadium – Toronto, ON #
New dates in BOLD
*with Korn
^with Avenged Sevenfold
#with Deftones
Tickets will be available HERE