Sick New World Festival has just announced its stacked lineup with two festival dates to come in 2026. The first will return to Las Vegas, with System of a Down, Korn and Bring Me The Horizon to headline. The second festival will take place later in the year in Fort Worth, Texas, with System of a Down returning as headliners with Deftones and Slayer.
Australia must suffer major festival envy once again, as Sick New World has announced a stacked lineup for its 2026 run. The lineup is so stacked, in fact, they’ve had to announce a second festival location to fit everyone on.
For anyone out of the loop, Sick New World Festival is a massive heavy metal/alternative music fest that takes place annually in Las Vegas. The festival regrettably needed to take a year off in 2025 due to “unforeseen circumstances”; however seems to be back and with a punch.
Major acts like System of a Down, Korn, Bring Me The Horizon, Deftones and more are set to headline the festival.
Next year’s iteration won’t just be held in Las Vegas as well. Later in the year, Sick New World will have a second festival with new equally big heavy-hitter headliners.
So, if you’re unable to sweep tickets for the first festival, you might be in luck for the second.
Sick New World Festival Lineup
Sick New World’s first stop will be in Las Vegas and will take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Saturday, April 25, 2026.
The second stop will take place at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
Both festivals have quite a fair bit of overlap, with System of a Down, Evanescence, Ministry, AFI, Underoath, Knocked Loose, Sunami, SPEED, Scowl, Mastodon, Glassjaw, Superheaven, Terror, Clutch, Better Lovers, Melvins, Pain of Truth, and KMFDM hitting both dates.
Bring Me the Horizon, Korn, Danny Elfman, and HEALTH will exclusively play the Las Vegas show, while Deftones, Slayer, and (unfortunately), Marilyn Manson will only appear in Texas later in the year.
Tickets for both Sick New World dates will soon be available through the festival’s website. The pre-sale for Las Vegas will take place on October 23 at 10am PT (4am AEDT, so be sure to set an alarm). The festival will be offering both general admission and VIP packages for punters that will include special offers with hotel packages available as well.
Best of luck to all who try to get in. I’m sure getting to see System of a Down play ‘Toxicity’ live will be worth it.
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