After hitting a bump within the highway in 2025, the Sick New World competition is returning in a giant approach in 2026, staging huge one-day occasions in each Las Vegas and Forth Value, Texas, each headlined by System of a Down.
The 2025 version that was set to characteristic Metallica and Linkin Park in Las Vegas was abruptly canceled inside weeks of its announcement, seemingly because of low ticket gross sales. For 2026, organizers as soon as once more tapped System of a Down, who headlined the profitable first two editions of Sick New World in 2023 and 2024 in Sin Metropolis.
The 2026 Vegas version, going down April twenty fifth on the Las Vegas Competition Grounds, boasts System of a Down, Korn, Carry Me the Horizon, Ministry, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, AFI, Acid Tub, Knocked Unfastened, Danny Elfman, Cypress Hill, Mastodon, Underoath, Melvins, Filter, Clutch, and lots of extra acts.
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The inaugural Fort Value version, set for October twenty fourth, 2026, on the Texas Motor Speedway, options System of a Down, Deftones, Slayer (celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Reign in Blood), Evanescence, Ministry, AFI, Mastodon, Knocked Unfastened, Energy Journey, The Prodigy, Underoath, Clutch, Down, Melvins, and extra.
Pre-sales for each Sick New World festivals begin Thursday October twenty third, at 10 a.m. native time. Enroll right here for Vegas, and right here for Texas.
See the complete lineups for each festivals within the posters under.
