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System Of A Down have added extra shows to their upcoming North American tour. Find out the new dates and ticket details below.News of the 2025 live shows arrived earlier this week (December 9), when the iconic metal band shared details of three one-off shows planned for the summer.These included a stop with KoRn at the MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on August 28, a show at the Soldier Field Stadium in Chicago with Avenged Sevenfold on August 31, and a final gig at the Rogers Stadium in Toronto with Deftones on September 3.Other special guests lined up for the gigs are Polyphia and Wisp, who will perform at all three shows.Now, following tickets selling out at the pre-sale yesterday (December 11), Serj Tankian and co.

Machine Gun Kelly has paid tribute to his late friend Luke ‘Dingo’ Trembath on the bittersweet new single ‘Your Name Forever’ – featuring Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes and more.The rap-rock song honours the late Australian snowboarder, who died last month aged 38, and also features Avenged Sevenfold‘s M. Shadows and Synyster Gates, as well as Mod Sun, all too friends of Dingo’s.Shadows took to X/Twitter to share the video for the song, writing: “Dingo meant so much to us and many of our friends.

Avenged Sevenfold‘s M. Shadows has opened up about touring and said that “it’s incredibly hard” for the band to make money from it.In a new interview with Bradley Hall on his YouTube channel, the band’s frontman, M. Shadows – real name Matthew Sanders – discussed what the realities of post-pandemic touring are like.“It’s really crazy because when you get to our kind of level, everybody on the crew is ‘A list’ and they’re all being pulled in different directions, so they all make high-end amounts of money.

System Of A Down have announced three North American stadium shows set to take place next summer.The iconic metal band is set to perform three “one-of-a-kind” stadium shows with the first being at the MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ on August 28, followed by a show at Soldier Field in Chicago, IL on August 31 and the third and final show taking place at Rogers Stadium in Toronto, ON, on September 3.Special guests include KoRn who will open the band’s East Rutherford show, Avenged Sevenfold at the Chicago show, and Deftones at their Toronto show. The likes of Polyphia and Wisp will also be performing at all three shows.Artist pre-sales will be available for those who sign up here and will commence on Wednesday (December 11).

Avenged Sevenfold have confirmed a “digital museum” will be launching in Fortnite to celebrate the band’s 25th anniversary.Avenged Sevenfold formed in 1999 and have become one of the biggest metal bands around. To celebrate their 25th anniversary, the group recently launched a dedicated “digital museum” in Fortnite.Described as a “full virtual gallery, experience and escape room”, the Museum features easter eggs and Avenged Sevenfold recordings, as well as the band’s story so far.“We wanted to do something to mark the occasion of our vast history by not just looking backwards but also forward,” explained the band in a statement.

Journey lead guitarist Neal Schon has come to the defense of bandmate and vocalist Arnel Pineda, days after the singer told fans he will quit the band “for good” if they want him to leave following their Rock in Rio 2024 set.Earlier this month, the band performed at the Brazilian festival, where Pineda’s performance was slammed by fans. This was further amplified by a Facebook video that went viral after showcasing the Filipino singer struggling to hit the right notes for ‘Don’t Stop Believing’.On Sunday (September 23), Schon shared a clip from the Rock In Rio stage in hopes of clearing the situation with fans.

Avenged Sevenfold have announced details of a 25th anniversary show, which will see them perform tracks from early albums ‘Waking The Fallen’ and ‘City Of Evil’.Announced on their social media pages last night (August 12), the upcoming show will see the Huntington Beach metal band head over to Santa Ana later this year to perform at the 1,200-capacity Observatory.Taking place on October 25, the one-off show offers fans a chance to see the band in a significantly more intimate setting than usual – as compared to their recent run of mammoth shows across Europe and headline slot at Download Festival.It will also see A7X break out a unique setlist, as the members have confirmed that the gig will centre on two albums from their earlier discography: 2003’s ‘Waking The Fallen’ and its 2005 follow-up ‘City Of Evil’.They’ll be joined by Orange County band Death by Stereo – who are also celebrating their 25th anniversary – and tickets are priced at just $25 (£19). That being said, tickets are offered exclusively to members of their Deathbats Club, for which an NFT purchase is required.$25 for 25 years.Deathbats Club presents Death By Stereo with special guests Avenged Sevenfold (playing cuts from their two new albums Waking the Fallen and City of Evil).Friday October 25, 2024 at the @ObservatoryOC in Santa Ana, CA.Tickets on sale Friday 8/16 at 10am PT.

Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy has told fans what to expect from their 16th album.Having rejoined the Boston prog metal band in October last year after a 13-year absence, Portnoy has said (via Blabbermouth) the upcoming record will pick up where his last effort with the band left off.“There’s a certain style that the five of us have when we write together,” Portnoy explained.“And if you listen to the album with this lineup from 1999, ‘[Metropolis Pt.

Avenged Sevenfold have shared that they will “definitely do something to celebrate” the 20th and 15th anniversaries of ‘Nightmare’ and ‘City Of Evil’.The band’s guitarist Zacky Vengeance spoke to NME about their plans to celebrate the 20th and 15th anniversaries of their two biggest albums – 2005’s ‘City Of Evil’ and 2010’s ‘Nightmare’.“I think those albums are really monumental and fans have grown with them. They’ve meant a certain thing to people at a certain place in their life, so I think it’s important that we do something,” he said.He continued: “I never want to be a nostalgia act.

Avenged Sevenfold’s Zacky Vengeance caught up with NME backstage at Download 2024, and recalled how the band were hoping to draw mixed fan responses from their latest album, ‘Life Is But A Dream…’.The guitarist spoke to us shortly before closing out this year’s edition of the Donington Park festival with a mammoth headline slot on the Apex Stage – a decade after they first headlined the ironic rock festival.Having arrived back in June last year, ‘Life Is But A Dream…’ signalled a stark shift from the sound that first established them as one of the most integral metal acts of the ‘00s. The shred-heavy, metalcore aspects that once defined their sound were placed to one side, as a more experimental, avant-garde approach was introduced – incorporating elements of EDM and hip-hop, and undoubtedly marking a new era for the five-piece.Unsurprisingly, the shift was quick to divide fans.

Download Festival 2024 is due to kick off next week – check out the latest weather forecast below.This year’s edition of the rock and metal event is set to take place at Donington Park in Leicestershire between June 14-16. Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold will all headline the main stage.Other confirmed acts include Royal Blood, The Offspring, Machine Head, Pantera, Corey Taylor, While She Sleeps, Sum 41, Billy Talent, The Used, Babymetal and Bowling For Soup.

Download Festival has shared the stage times ahead of its 2024 edition taking place next week – check them out below.The rock and metal festival will return to Donington Park in Leicestershire from June 14-16 and will be headlined by Queens Of The Stone Age, Fall Out Boy and Avenged Sevenfold. The event has almost sold out, but any remaining tickets can be purchased here.Also set to perform are Royal Blood, The Offspring, Machine Head, Pantera, Corey Taylor, While She Sleeps, Sum 41, Billy Talent, The Used, Babymetal, Bowling For Soup, Heilung, Polyphia, Thy Art Is Murder, The Black Dahlia Murder, Biohazard, and Fear Factory.They will be joined by the likes of Busted, Wheatus, Tom Morello and Enter Shikari as well as Frank Carter and The Rattlesnakes, The Struts, Mr Bungle, The Hunna, Escape The Fate, HEALTH, Code Orange, Royal Republic, Kerry King, Creeper and Soft Play.Bad Omens were supposed to appear but dropped out due to frontman Noah Sebastian suffering from “extreme burnout”.

Download Festival, has revealed that the upcoming 2024 edition was the “hardest year” to secure a line-up – with the team having to approach “21 bands” to find headliners.The promoter was speaking to Planet Rock about the struggle, shortly before the official line-up for the festival was announced on Tuesday night (November 7) – with Queens Of The Stone Age, Avenged Sevenfold and Fall Out Boy set to headline next year’s instalment.80 other acts were also announced for the 2024 edition, including Slipknot legend Corey Taylor, Pantera, Machine Head, The Offspring, Sum 41 and Royal Blood.However, speaking to the outlet, Copping revealed that the team had found it “really tough” locking in these artists compared to previous years.“I don’t mind admitting, this year for 2024 we approached 21 different headliners for Download,” he said. “It’s been probably the hardest year – I’ve said that in previous years before when it’s been hard to put the bill together – but this year has been particularly hard.”According to the festival boss, he has seen that other festivals across Europe have “have been feeling the same” and also “struggling to lock the bands in.”“Myself and the team, we dug in really hard…We would list all the bands that we should go for and, yeah, it was 21 different acts that we approached.

Queens of the Stone Age, Avenged Sevenfold and Fall Out Boy will headline Download Festival 2024.The festival will return to Donnington Park for its 21st edition from June 14-16, 2024. General tickets will be on sale from 9pm on November 9.

‘Life Is But A Dream…’, Avenged Sevenfold has launched limited-edition custom PS5 and Xbox controllers in collaboration with SCUF Gaming.The controllers are purchasable as part of two bundles. The bundle contains an exclusive signed Avenged Sevenfold 7” vinyl record, a certificate of authenticity and either the a SCUF Instinct Pro or SCUF Reflex FPS controller.Both bundles are the same – the only difference is the type of controller and all products are “clad in the band’s iconic sepia toned ink-sketch Wes Lang painted album artwork”.“Gaming has been an important part of my life ever since my earliest memories.

Pussy Riot have teamed up with Avenged Sevenfold for the new single ‘We Love You Moar’.The new track is a reimagined version of Avenged Sevenfold’s song ‘We Love You’ from 2023’s ‘Life Is But A Dream…’, complete with extra guitars and vocals from Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova.The metal band have also collaborated with Nadya on a branded balaclava, with proceeds set to go towards SOS North Caucasus, a human rights project which helps LGBTQ people and their families in the North Caucasus, Russia.Check out ‘We Love You Moar’ below.Avenged Sevenfold are currently on their ‘Life Is But A Dream’ North American tour. Earlier this year, Ticketmaster announced that it had teamed up with metal band to offer fans NFT-gated pre-sale tickets.In a statement to Billboard, Avenged Sevenfold frontman M.

Avenged Sevenfold were behind the deepfake AI “hack” that falsely announced cancellations of the band’s upcoming festival appearances.Earlier this year, an episode of the metal band’s podcast Trax featured an audio snippet from who appeared to be frontman M. Shadows – real name Matthew Charles Sanders – telling fans that Avenged Sevenfold would no longer be appearing at two US festivals they were scheduled to perform at – Welcome to Rockville in Florida and Sonic Temple in Ohio.The episode, which went live on Spotify, was subsequently shared on the band’s Twitter account.“Yikes! This is NOT TRUE. We are still playing.

Avenged Sevenfold to offer fans NFT-gated pre-sale tickets to the band’s tour.Avenged Sevenfold – who have their own NFT community fanclub, Deathbats Club – partnered with Ticketmaster to integrate its fanclub into its system, which will reportedly provide fans with priority access to tickets and added levels of security, including the absence of bots and scalpers.A complete list of Avenged Sevenfold’s North American tour dates can be found below. Get your tickets here.We’re stoked to announce the first leg of our Life Is But A Dream… North American Tour • July 18 through August 7 • with special guest @aof_official.

Avenged Sevenfold have shared new single ‘Nobody’ as well as announcing their first new album in six years, ‘Life Is But A Dream’.Set to arrive on June 2, the new album will be the band’s eighth studio album, following their progressive 2016 release, ‘The Stage’.Entitled ‘Life Is But A Dream’, the album was written and recorded over the course of four years, and sees the four-piece channel the wisdom of French philosopher Albert Camus.Not only does the motif of the album centre around Camus’ written work, but the lyrics of frontman M. Shadows also follow suit, and will be rooted in existentialism and absurdism.‘Nobody’, the first single taken from the upcoming release, is available now – along with an accompanying stop-motion music video, directed by award-winning director Chris Hopewell.

Avenged Sevenfold have said their 2013 album ‘Hail To The King’ “cut a little too close” to Metallica.The album went platinum and earned the band two number one singles, but it was often criticised for sounding too much like Metallica.Now, in a social media post, frontman M. Shadows has admitted that the album did cut “too close” to the band in response to a fan post online.Shadows said on social media: “‘Hail to the King’ (the song) streams more than double any other tracks we have weekly.