WE TOLD YOU SO! SYSTEM OF A DOWN ANNOUNCES NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES IN MAY

As first reported on MetalSucks two weeks ago — despite various other websites not giving us credit — System Of A Down have announced the North American tour dates everyone expected they eventually would. The exact locations of some of the tentative dates we’d reported have changed, but the general routing is the same. From SystemOfADown.com:

5/10/11: Edmonton, AB – Rexall Place (on-sale Sat 3/5, 10am MST)
5/12/11: Vancouver, BC – Rogers Arena (on-sale Sat 3/5, 10am PST)
5/13/11: Seattle, WA – Key Arena (on-sale Fri 3/4, 10am PST)
5/15/11: Mountain View, CA – Shoreline Amphitheatre (on-sale Fri 3/4, 10am PST)
5/18/11: Denver, CO – Comfort Dental Amphitheatre (on-sale Sat 3/5, 10am MST)
5/19/11: Albuquerque, NM – Journal Pavilion (on-sale Fri 3/4, 10am MST)
5/22/11: Las Vegas, NV – The Pearl (on-sale Sat 3/5, 1pm PST)

Support will come from Gogol Bordelo, an odd choice but an eclectic one consistent with SOAD’s tastes. Our original batch of tentative dates included two Southern California shows on the tail-end of the above run, so when SOAD say on their website that “more touring news” will “follow very soon,” we can only guess that news will include those dates. An East Coast leg would be nice too.

-VN