SCARS ON BROADWAY: European Headlining Shows Announced

SCARS ON BROADWAY, the new band from SYSTEM OF A DOWN guitarist Daron Malakian and drummer John Dolmayan, will embark on a European headlining tour in September. So far the following dates have been confirmed:

Sep. 02 - Milan, ITA - Rolling Stone
Sep. 04 - Vienna, AUT - Arena
Sep. 08 - Stockholm, SWE - Debaser Medis
Sep. 09 - Oslo, NOR - Rockefeller
Sep. 14 - Brussels, BEL - AB Box

SCARS ON BROADWAY has tapped Paul Minor (MUSE, FUNERAL FOR A FRIEND) to direct the video for its first single, "They Say" (hear audio below).

SCARS ON BROADWAY will release its self-titled debut on July 29 via Interscope Records. Daron Malakian and John Dolmayan held off on shopping for a record contract until completing the CD. Malakian told The Pulse of Radio that the music won't be as heavy as his work with SYSTEM. "There are your aggressive moments, but I don't see it as being as metal as it is rock," he said. "It's just as eclectic as anything that I've done with SYSTEM, so it goes place to place. I think you'll hear my style there, you know, you'll hear touches of what you've heard from me before in some ways, and like I said, I think it drives more in a rock way than it does in a metal way."

Both SCARS ON BROADWAY and SYSTEM lead singer Serj Tankian declined to release their latest projects through Columbia Records, where SYSTEM has been signed since 1998.

Tankian's debut solo effort, "Elect the Dead", came out last fall through the Warner Music Group.

SCARS ON BROADWAY made its live debut in April with a low-key show at the Whisky A-Go Go in Los Angeles, followed by a slot at the Coachella Festival in Indio, California. Tankian's solo band also played at Coachella.

SYSTEM OF A DOWN has been on hiatus since 2006 while its members have pursued various personal projects.