Jukebox – Music News Cuts – 12.13

Jukebox.

System of a Down

System of a Down will be playing three giant North American stadium shows in 2025, with a major rock co-headliner. The concerts will begin in MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey with Korn and join Avenged Sevenfold at Soldier Field in Chicago, and will end the tour with The Deftones at Rogers Stadium in Toronto. Openers for all three shows will be the bands Polyphia and Wisp.

System of a Down hasn’t released an album in 19 years, and they play rarely. Singer Serj Tankian has been beset with back issues which have threatened his ability to continue performing.

Each of the three shows will have two nights due to “incredible demand.” General ticket sales begin today via Ticketmaster.

See the dates and the individual posters for each stadium show below.

System of a Down 2025 Tour Dates:

08/28 – East Rutherford, NJ @ MetLife Stadium *

08/31 – Chicago, IL @ Soldier Field ^

09/03 – Toronto, ON @ Rogers Stadium #

* = w/ Korn, Polyphia, and Wisp

^ = w/ Avenged Sevenfold, Polyphia, and Wisp

# = w/ Deftones, Polyphia, and Wisp

Charli XCX

Variety names Charli XCX Hitmaker of the Year at their eighth annual Hitmaker’s brunch last week, and the performer noted that the definition of “hit” doesn’t have to simply be about numbers. She mentioned the wild popularity of The Velvet Underground and Nico despite initial sales numbers that put them on the back end of the Billboard 200. She said, “In my humble opinion, this record is the definition of a hit. This record is arguably one of the most influential and groundbreaking records of our time. This album is the apex of fine art and DIY culture colliding. It’s high and low. It’s poetry means drugs. It’s earnest meets arrogance. And even if you have never heard a single song from this album, you will undoubtedly recognize its cover.”

Charli XCX will be touring arenas next year.

SXSW

SXSW has added 160 new musicians to their previously announced lineup. The festival will be taking place in various locations in and around Austin, Texas from March 10^th to March 15^th. In addition, the festival won’t be sponsored by the U.S. Army in 2025. Badges are currently on sale.

SXSW 2025 LINEUP ADDITIONS

2fox (London UK-ENGLAND)

Adjua (Cardiff UK-WALES)

AHI (Brampton CANADA)

Aiko (Prague CZECHIA)

Ailbhe Reddy (Dublin IRELAND)

Aili (Brussels BELGIUM)

Alix Fernz (Montreal CANADA)

Altre di B (Bologna ITALY)

Archer Oh (Moreno Valley CA)

ARSUN (New York NY)

Ashes to Amber (Orange CA)

AyooLii (Milwaukee WI)

badfocus (Prague CZECHIA)

Beth McCarthy (York UK-ENGLAND)

Big Freedia (New Orleans LA

Big Special (Walshall UK-ENGLAND)

Big Zeeks (London UK-ENGLAND)

BLACKGOLD (London UK-ENGLAND)

Black Polish (Los Angeles CA)

BOLD LOVE (Dublin IRELAND)

Borderline (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)

C4 (Birmingham UK-ENGLAND)

Campfire Social (Wrexham UK-WALES)

Candi Jenkins (Lexington KY)

Carpetman (Kyiv UKRAINE)

Catcher (Brooklyn NY)

Chace (Yancheng CHINA)

Chiaki Mayumura (Shibuya-ku JAPAN)

Chlöe’s Clue (Valencia SPAIN)

Cliffords (Cork IRELAND)

Cloudy June (Berlin GERMANY)

Coldwave (Adelaide AUSTRALIA)

CONSUMABLES (Brooklyn NY)

The Courettes (Aalborg DENMARK)

The Criticals (Nashville TN)

Cruzloma (Quito ECUADOR)

CVC (Cardiff UK-WALES)

Cysum (Austin TX)

Damaris Bojor (Hermosillo MEXICO)

Daniela Pes (Tempio Pausania ITALY)

DarkoVibes (Accra GHANA)

Daydream Twins (Austin TX)

Die Heiterkeit (Berlin GERMANY)

Dilettante (Leeds UK-ENGLAND)

Dusted (Canning CANADA)

El Culto Casero (Asunción PARAGUAY)

Elephant Kind (Jakarta INDONESIA)

Elín Hall (Reykjavik ICELAND)

Emily Frembgen (Brooklyn NY)

Famous (London UK-ENGLAND)

Fashion Club (Los Angeles CA)

FearDorian (Atlanta GA)

FLAKO STIK (Austin TX)

Flawless Issues (Stuttgart GERMANY)

Flor (Los Angeles CA)

Fourth Daughter (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)

Francesca Bono (Bologna ITALY)

Freak Slug (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)

Frederick Boom (Chicago IL)

Gen and The Degenerates (Liverpool UK-ENGLAND)

Gloin (Toronto CANADA)

Glue Trip (São Paulo BRAZIL)

Go Cactus (Palma SPAIN)

HEAL (Barcelona SPAIN)

Her New Knife(Philadelphia PA)

Her Skin (Bologna ITALY)

Hierba Malita (Houston TX)

Holly Arrowsmith (Ōtautahi/Christchurch NEW ZEALAND)

INSXGHT (London UK-ENGLAND)

Jacob Alon (Fife UK-SCOTLAND)

JahleelFaReal(Austin TX)

JaRon Marshall (Austin TX)

jasmine.4.t (Manchester UK-ENGLAND)

Jasmine Wesley (Los Angeles CA)

Jazz refreshed DJs (London UK-ENGLAND)

J’cuuzi (Austin TX)

JD Clayton (Fort Smith AR)

Jennifer Touch (Berlin GERMANY)

Joan & The Giants (Perth AUSTRALIA)

Joelton Mayfield (Nashville TN)

Jopy (Brighton UK-ENGLAND)

JOSEON (Los Angeles CA)

Judy Blank (Utrecht NETHERLANDS)

Karl Benjamin (London UK-ENGLAND)

Ken Pomeroy (Tulsa OK)

Knitting (Montreal CANADA)

Korda Korder (Hastings UK-ENGLAND)

KUČKA (PerthAUSTRALIA)

LAKE (Olympia WA)

Lassy-Eskola: Nordic Stew (Helsinki FINLAND)

Last Waltzon (Montreal CANADA)

Little Moon (Provo UT)

Lizzie Berchie (London UK-ENGLAND)

Lola Moxom (Kent UK-ENGLAND)

Loverman (Brussels BELGIUM)

lúpína (Reykjavik ICELAND)

luvis (Kyoto JAPAN)

Mad Madmen (Jakarta INDONESIA)

MAGNA (Medellin COLOMBIA)

Maryze (Montreal CANADA)

Master Peace (London UK-ENGLAND)

Millian (Lagos NIGERIA)

Mint Field (Mexico City MEXICO)

Monsoon (Athens GA)

MORDÁI (Budapest HUNGARY)

Morgan Munroe (London UK-ENGLAND)

My Son The Doctor (Brooklyn NY)

Nektunez (Accra GHANA)

No Windows (Edinburgh UK SCOTLAND)

Ny Oh (Tauranga NEW ZEALAND)

The OBGMs (Toronto CANADA)

ŒUVAL (Lafayette LA)

OneDa(Manchester UK-ENGLAND)

Open Head (Kingston NY)

Oreglo (London UK-ENGLAND)

Paisley Fields (Brooklyn NY)

Paris death Hilton (Tokyo JAPAN)

Pavey Ark (Hull UK-ENGLAND)

Plastic Palms (Turin ITALY)

Polo Perks (Harlem NY)

Population II (Montreal CANADA)

Princess Superstar (Los Angeles CA)

PYPY (Montreal CANADA)

Quinn (Baltimore MD)

redolent (Edinburgh UK-SCOTLAND)

Ribbon Skirt (Montreal CANADA)

Sam Ryder (London UK-ENGLAND)

Sex Week (Brooklyn NY)

Shallowater (Houston TX)

Sierra Spirit (Tulsa OK)

simmcat (Copenhagen DENMARK)

Skateland (Austin TX)

Slash Need (Toronto CANADA)

Sly Withers (Perth AUSTRALIA)

Somebody Someone (Austin TX)

SoundMass (Austin TX)

Squid The Kid (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)

Steam Down (London UK-ENGLAND)

STEEF (New Orleans LA)

Stella Bridie (Melbourne AUSTRALIA)

Steve Wynn (New York NY)

Strawberry Launch (New York NY)

Sunna Margrét (Reykjavík ICELAND)

sunnbrella (London UK-ENGLAND)

SWEET SPINE (Greenville SC)

Tagua Tagua (São Paulo BRAZIL)

tamanaramen (Tokyo JAPAN)

Tami Hart (Brooklyn NY)

Taxidermists (Hadley MA)

TEll A ViSiON (Berlin GERMANY)

Teo Glacier (Auckland NEW ZEALAND)

The Tiarras (Austin TX)

T Mulla (Hackney UK-ENGLAND)

Total Fucking Darkness (Montreal CANADA)

Truck Violence (Montreal CANADA)

Vines (Brooklyn NY)

Vintage Jay (Austin TX)

Vraell (London UK-ENGLAND)

Wade Forster (Winton AUSTRALIA)

Weird Bloom (Rome ITALY)

Wes Denzel (Austin TX)

West Texas Exiles (Austin TX)

Winnie Ama (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)

Wynona Bleach (Belfast UK-N. IRELAND)

Xavier Omar (San Antonio TX)

Yung D3mz (Tema GHANA)

Zach Edwards & The Medicine (Lafayette LA)

Zamaera (Kuala Lumpur MALAYSIA)