System Of A Down & Korn To Headline Sick New World

Sick New World returns to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds in Las Vegas on April 25, and the festival has unveiled this year’s lineup featuring System Of A Down and Korn as headliners. Further performances include Bring Me The Horizon, Evanescence, Marilyn Manson, Danny Elfman, Knocked Loose, Ministry, AFI, Cypress Hill and Acid Bath.

The upcoming Las Vegas festival marks Sick New World’s return to the city after two years, with its last edition taking place in 2024, featuring headliners System of a Down and Slipknot, with additional performers including A Perfect Circle, Alice in Chains, Bring Me The Horizon, Danny Elfman, Swans, Slowdive and Primus.

Next year also marks the festival’s expansion into a second show, the inaugural Sick New World Texas. The event will take place at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, Texas, on Oct. 24, 2026, with System Of A Down once again headlining, alongside Deftones. Slayer will appear and perform Reign in Blood.

The Live Nation-produced festival first landed in Las Vegas in 2023. The festival website also offers hotel packages and premium tickets for those traveling in for the event.

Presale for the Las Vegas festival begins Oct. 23 at 10 a.m. PT, with fans able to sign up via the festival’s official newsletter and SMS list. Remaining tickets will go on sale to the general public that same day. The Texas presale is scheduled for Oct. 24 at 10 a.m. CT.