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Deftones have played their version of Japan’s ‘Ghosts’ live for the first time at their Día De Los Deftones festival – watch footage below.The band were headlining the fifth iteration of their own curated festival at Petco Park in San Diego on Saturday (November 2), where they gave a live debut to their cover of the 1982 synth-pop classic, the studio version of which they released as a bonus track to their 2010 album ‘Diamond Eyes’.The set also included a number of other rarities, including 2003’s ‘Hexagram’ and 1997’s ‘Lhabia’ for the first time since 2018 and ‘Rickets’ for the first time since 2019.See fan-captured footage from the show here:‘Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)’ ‘My Own Summer (Shove It)’ ‘Lhabia’ ‘Tempest’ ‘Swerve City’ ‘Beware’ ‘Beauty School’ ‘Diamond Eyes’ ‘Rx Queen’ ‘Rapture’ ‘Ghosts’ ‘976-EVIL’ ‘Hexagram’ ‘Rosemary’ ‘Headup’ ‘Around The Fur’ ‘Rickets’ ‘Change (In The House Of Flies)’ ‘Genesis’ ‘7 Words’ Other acts on the bill at this year’s Día De Los Deftones included IDLES, Paris Texas, HEALTH and Sunny Day Real Estate.In other Deftones news, Chino Moreno joined The Smashing Pumpkins on stage in Portland in September for a version of Pumpkins deep cut ‘Jellybelly’.Deftones also announced a North American tour with The Mars Volta for 2025, their first headline stint since 2022. It kicks off in Portland on February, ultimately wrapping in Boston on April 8.

Deftones teamed up with System Of A Down for a one-off co-headlining gig – here’s what went down.The two bands took over San Fransisco’s Golden Gate Park on Saturday (August 17) which saw roughly 50,000 fans in attendance. The likes of The Mars Volta, Viagra Boys, and VOWWS served as opening acts for the show.The show marked System Of A Down’s only live performance of this year so far aside from their sold-out gig at this year’s edition of Sick New World festival in Las Vegas back in April.Deftones took the stage and performed a jam-packed 15-song set which included their hits such as ‘Be Quite And Drive (Far Away)’, ‘My Own Summer (Shove It)’, ‘Digital Bath’, ‘Cherry Waves’ and ‘Change (In The House Of Flies)’.‘Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away)’‘My Own Summer (Shove It)’‘Tempest’‘Swerve City’‘Diamond Eyes’‘Digital Bath’‘Needles and Pins’‘Cherry Waves’‘Feiticeira’‘Lotion’‘Rosemary’‘Rocket Skates’‘Change (In the House of Flies)’‘Genesis’‘7 Words’System Of A Down closed out the night and opened up with ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’, which was one of the two tracks they released back in 2020.

Lollapalooza over the weekend, Deftones played an intimate show in Chicago, where they broke out the first performance of ‘Passenger’ in five years. Check out footage below.Taking place last Thursday (August 1), the intimate show came as the band performed at one of the Chicago festival’s aftershows at the Metro – just one day before playing a huge set at Lolla 2024.News of the gig was announced at the last minute, and was quick to capture the attention of fans in the area as it would see Chino Moreno and co. head to a venue that only had a 1,100 capacity.On the night, the hits from across their discography came in thick and fast, opening with ‘Feiticeira’, and continued with hits like ‘Change (In The House Of Flies)’, ‘My Own Summer (Shove It)’ and ‘Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away)’.However, the highlight of the night undoubtedly came 11 songs into the 18-track setlist, when the band surprised the crowd by breaking out the first live performance of ‘Passenger’ in five years.