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). Additional pre-sales will be commencing throughout the week. General ticket sales will begin on Friday (December 13) at 12pm local time. Check out a full list of dates below and visit here to purchase tickets.
AUGUST
28 – MetLife Stadium, East Rutherford, NJ – with KoRn
31 – Soldier Field, Chicago, IL – with Avenge Sevenfold
SEPTEMBER
3 – Rogers Stadium, Toronto, ON – with Deftones
Recently speaking to NME, System Of A Down’s Shavo Odadjian opened up about how the legendary band were “always talking” and would likely “never break up”. He also spoke about frontman Serj Tankian‘s comments on how a new System record would be a “fresh start in a brand new way”.
“I don’t know what he means by that,” Odadjian said. “We’ve done things a certain way in our career where it’s always going in a new direction. Every time we do something new, it’s in a direction you don’t expect. Process-wise, we’ll have to see when we get together. If it goes in a way that works for one person but not the others, we won’t do it. It has to work for all four of us.
He continued: “Once that special time comes when we’re all in sync, we’ll figure out a way to do it. I’m not saying that it’s going to happen for sure – I don’t want people to turn this into clickbait like ‘Shavo says there’s a new record coming!’ I’m just saying if something happens, it will have to be in a way that all four of us are comfortable with.”
In other news, Tankian recently recalled his time working on the last two System Of A Down albums, and said that he “emotionally checked out” during the recording process.
Usher, one of R&B's greatest showmen, might have just gotten shown up by a special guest at his recent concert. The Dallas, Texas-born singer is still trekking all across North America right now for his Past Present Future tour. There are a few reasons for this, including a neck injury and Hurricane Milton. The physical issue happened in August, and Mother Nature halted his plans in October. This led Usher to move these dates back. In fact, all of them were rescheduled for this month. The first three missed dates have already gone by, and the Miami shows are currently being knocked out. Last night (December 16) kicked things off and they began with a bang.
If you know Usher's routines at his performances, you know he loves to interact with the audience. That's especially true when it comes to his female concertgoers. Just a few days ago, the "Yeah!" hitmaker granted a birthday girl in the crowd to eat two cherries out of his hand mid-show. However, she didn't simply gobble them up. Instead, she got really sexual and raunchy with it before giving him a little booty shaking show.
He was left quite surprised, with his facial reaction on the big screen at the venue in a hilarious moment. Well, yesterday at the Kaseya Center was no different, but this time a celebrity was in the stands. Rubi Rose, model, entrepreneur, and rapper, made her way out to support Usher. He's got a history of tracking down women like her and creating viral memories, and trust us, they managed to make one.
Instead of two cherries, the star attraction dangled one in front of Rubi's face. She began to lick it (again a suggestive manner), but she stopped. Instead of going it alone, she called on a friend that was with her, and they both did their thing on it right in front of Usher. As you can see in the video above, his reaction was utterly priceless with the crowd laughing at his facial expression. Rubi wound up sharing the video on her Twitter, captioning the post, "When u shy but a real eater." Fans were similarly stunned but the stunt, with one writing, "Usher face is sending me bc I made the EXACT same face