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

 Tuesday, March 1st, 2011 at 11:00am by

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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

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  • Kyle

    Bummer. I was hoping they were going to hit NYC.

    • SourDeez

      I’m fuckin pissed. They’re not coming anywhere near here. Absolutely no east coast love.

  • Nick

    I love how these bands come back and its a huge deal and they got all these pre-sales and all this shit. I have seen system of a down 7 or so times, most of which when they used to open for bands that weren’t even that popular. They were always pretty good live, but it seems as though bands that break up and than come back turn into a much bigger deal than before they even broke up.

  • Igottawocket

    Wow… an Albuquerque date… thats very surprising…

  • Schnoor

    Seattle show, sweet. Definetely going.

  • yzermantiis

    Nah. Pass

  • Seth

    Do not want.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Hugh-Platt/522335367 Hugh Platt

    Blabbermouth? Not giving credit or linkbacks to a story they pinched from somewhere else? Who would’ve thought it! Oh wait. That’s what they always do.

    Seriously though, good work from metalsucks in breaking this. Too many music “journalists” are just press release regurgitators.

  • Kuranes

    I look forward to not seeing this.

  • sethcore

    fuck this stupid ant-american band. they suck. fuck them.

    • M@

      Geez, what did ant-Americans ever do to you? I bet you hate canine-Americans and the flight-challenged. Speciesist rhetoric of hate.

      • Natsquatch

        *Claps*

    • Alex

      A lot of their political stuff is directed at America, but a lot of it is also in reference to the Armenian genocide that they try so hard to gain recognition of. Some people’s guilty consciences just assume songs about murders and war are about America.

  • WowWee!

    Can’t wait to see this! 5/22 Vegas ohhh yeah.

    • Sambo

      I’m with you on that one partner!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Keith-Brown/537636633 Keith Brown

    System of a Down and Gogol Bordello…

    I WISH I HAD THE MONEY FOR IT

  • sethcore

    while i’ll admit i kinda liked them a million years ago, when 9/11 happened they posted on their website that we basically deserved it. billy milano (from s.o.d.) put it on his site for all to see (after those douches took it down). don’t come to my country from war torn armenia (where you can’t do shit or make $) to make boat loads of cash & then tell me my country sucks & deserves to get 3000 people blown up by some stupid ass camel fuckers. fuck you system of a clown, fuck you serj & fuck your stupid bitch of a mother who lives in (yes you guessed it) iran. fuck the whole lot of you.

    • Blargh

      They were all fucking born in the US, you idiot.

      • sethcore

        who the fuck cares where they were born fuckface? they condoned the 9/11 bombing, said we deserved it & posted it until pressure from others (?) made them take it down. you wanna give em your $? go right ahead dick shit. i don’t know who the fuck you’re callin an idiot when you listen to bullshit like system of a clown. fuck off, kid.

        • Joe

          30000

        • jondabudz

          Your a fucking idiot dude. Next time instead of rammbling on and on about something youve probly never bothered looking into, you should try getting your facts straight. Im sure they know a hell of alot more than you do about 9 11 fucking sheep just keep doing what your told to until the government decides to waste your ass like they did the people on 9 11. Ignorant piece of shit.

          • Q

            SCUMBAG

    • Natsquatch

      Go to sleep, tiny dancer.

  • Dirtman73

    “Comfort Dental Amphitheatre”. That made me LOL. Those fuckers charged me $250 to pull a tooth.

  • Joe the Almighty

    not a single fucking east coast show. the fuck.

  • Mordecai 9000

    Gogol fucking Bordello?

    I would give my left nut to go see this.

  • The I

    Come to Portland, SoaD! We have all the filthy hippies and anti-American sentiment you need for a lovely night.

  • http://www.facebook.com/whip.cracker Shannon

    This is interesting… I’m flying from Australia to America on the 13th into Seattle and I’ll be in Vegas on the 22nd too…

    I’m going for Rammstein, but this will be pretty cool :D

  • Joe

    SOAD proves that talent has nothing to do with “making it.”

  • Wilson

    Holy shit Gogol with SOAD some crazy shit will happen.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Emmanuel-Quinones/100000463639580 Emmanuel Quinones

    gogol bordello is fuckin sick

  • Abu

    Not too big on SOAD myself, but I have a friend who loves them and is demanding that I get us tickets for one of these dates.

    If Gogol Bordello is supporting, however… then that doesn’t sound bad at all actually. Saw Gogol with Primus last year and it was about the most fun I had ever had at any show.