26/07/2026
System Of A Down & Faith No More MEGA TOUR Dates Announced!
Friday 22 January 2027 — Accor Stadium, Sydney
Wednesday 27 January 2027 — Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
Monday 1 February 2027 — Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
When do System of a Down tickets go on sale?
General public tickets go on sale on Friday 31 July 2026, with staggered on-sale times across the three cities:
Sydney: 10am AEST
Melbourne: 11am
Brisbane: 12pm
The artist presale begins on Tuesday 28 July for fans opted into the System of a Down and Faith No More mailing lists. PayPal First Access begins Wednesday 29 July through Ticketek, with a PayPal account required to purchase during that window.
Further ticket and event information is available through TEG Live.
A return Australian fans have waited 15 years to see
System of a Down have not performed in Australia since headlining Soundwave in 2012. Their final show of that run took place in Perth, meaning the opening night in Sydney will end an absence of almost 15 years.
The 2027 dates arrive after the band’s recent EU and UK summer stadium run, which included consecutive sell-outs in Paris, London and Warsaw. The Australian shows continue that stadium-scale chapter and mark the band’s first local headline tour in more than a decade.
Few heavy bands carry the same cross-generational pull. Since emerging with their self-titled debut in 1998, System of a Down have turned an intensely individual mixture of metal, punk, Armenian musical influence, political urgency and surreal humour into a body of work that remains instantly recognisable.
Albums including Toxicity, Steal This Album!, Mezmerize and Hypnotize produced songs that have continued finding new audiences long after their initial release. “Chop Suey!” alone has now passed two billion Spotify streams, a milestone that underlines how deeply the band’s early-2000s catalogue has travelled beyond its original era. The achievement placed System of a Down among a tiny group of heavy artists to reach that level on the platform.
The group have released only two new songs since 2005, but their live demand has never disappeared. Instead, every major announcement has become an event, with the scarcity of their touring schedule only intensifying the scale of each return.
