SYSTEM OF A DOWN: First Arena Tour Dates Announced
June 6, 2005SYSTEM OF A DOWN will kick off its first major North American tour in three years on August 4, headlining the Long Beach Arena just outside of Los Angeles. The tour, which features THE MARS VOLTA as special guests and BAD ACID TRIP as the tour's first leg openers, will see SYSTEM OF A DOWN headlining arenas in some forty cities over a ten-week period.
Tickets for the first five cities on the tour — Long Beach, San Diego, Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas — will go on sale this weekend and will be priced from $32.50 to $45.00. SYSTEM OF A DOWN's site will host a ticket presale beginning this Wednesday, June 8 at 10:00 a.m. PDT running through 10:00 p.m. PDT on Thursday, June 9. Log onto the site for the special password and complete details.
General ticket on-sales will begin this weekend for these initial five dates at the band's website, at all Ticketmaster outlets, including Ticketmaster.com and at the venues' box office.
The tour is in support of SYSTEM OF A DOWN's the brand-new album, "Mezmerize" (American Recordings/Columbia Records),which was released May 17 and debuted in the Number One slot on the Billboard/SoundScan charts. "Mezmerize" also experienced worldwide first-week success having soared to the top of album charts in more than a dozen countries — worldwide sales for "Mezmerize" in its first week topped 800,000 copies. "Mezmerize" is the first disc in a two-disc set, with disc two, "Hypnotize", set for a late fall release. "Mezmerize/Hypnotize" was produced by Rick Rubin and SYSTEM's main songwriter/guitarist Daron Malakian.
SYSTEM OF A DOWN is currently on a 23-date tour of Europe comprised of appearances at major rock festivals as well as handful of headlining dates including a three-night stand at London's Brixton Academy. This past April, the band took to the road on a nine-city "guerrilla tour," headlining small venues in major U.S. markets with the shows being announced only a day or two ahead of time.
Initial confirmed dates for SYSTEM OF A DOWN's North American tour are as follows:
Aug. 04 - Long Beach Arena - Long Beach, CA
Aug. 06 – Sports Arena - San Diego, CA
Aug. 11 - American Airlines Center - Dallas, TX
Aug. 12 - SBC Arena - San Antonio, TX
Aug. 13 - Toyota Center - Houston, TX
More dates to be announced shortly.
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