Laborious rock lovers will as soon as once more rejoice subsequent yr at Las Vegas’ Sick New World pageant, which has secured Metallica and the reunited Linkin Park to headline its third version on April 12 at Las Vegas Competition Grounds.
The large, single-day occasion will function greater than 50 acts, together with Queens of the Stone Age, Gojira, AFI, Evanescence, Tomahawk, 311, Daron Malakian and Scars on Broadway, the Flaming Lips, the Sisters of Mercy, Meshuggah, Filter and Cradle of Filth. Tickets go on sale Friday (Oct. 18).
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As standard, the undercard is loaded with cult classics similar to X, Refused, Quicksand, Melvins and Cannibal Corpse, plus scene veterans similar to Underoath, Mudvayne, Kittie, Orgy, Lacuna Coil and Stabbing Westward. Louisiana sludge metallic outfit Acid Bathtub can also be reuniting at Sick New World for his or her first efficiency since 1997.
Since launching in 2023, Sick New World has hosted a number of the solely System of a Down performances up to now 5 years. “I had extra enjoyable there than I had on many, many different excursions, and that’s why we’re doing it once more,” frontman Serj Tankian informed SPIN after the inaugural version. “It was a blast. We rehearsed simply sufficient to know our chops after which the remainder, who the fuck is aware of? Let’s see what occurs on stage.”
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