System of a Down announced a trio of stadium shows for 2025 with special guests Deftones, Korn and Avenged Sevenfold. The Live Nation-produced performances will take place on August 28th at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey (with Korn), followed by Soldier Field in Chicago on August 31st (with Avenged Sevenfold) and Rogers Stadium in Toronto on September 3rd (with Deftones).

All three shows will feature opening sets from special guests Polyphia and Wisp. Tickets for the concerts will initially be available via artist advance sales from Wednesday (December 11th); Additional pre-sales will take place throughout the week ahead of the general pre-sale, which begins on Friday (December 13) at 12pm local time here.

SOAD went on hiatus in 2006, with the various band members splitting up to pursue side projects, before reforming in 2011 for a series of European festival dates. A series of festival appearances and occasional headlining gigs followed over the next decade. Although they have hinted at returning to the studio to work on a follow-up to their 2005 double release, Mezmerize And HypnotizeAt press time, there was no information regarding the band’s as-yet-untitled sixth studio album.

The group — vocalist 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 accompanied the Deftones for their first After Dark performance on August 17th at the Polo Field in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco with Deftones, The Mars Volta and Viagra Boys. This was System’s only other appearance in 2025 outside of their headlining slot at the Sick New World Festival in Las Vegas in April.

Check out the show announcements below.