BREAKING: Sick New World Cancelled

In a social media publish that simply went stay moments in the past, the organizers behind Sick New World introduced that subsequent 12 months’s fest has been canceled. Although particulars explaining why they determined to drag the plug on the entire occasion are scarce for the time being, the oldsters behind this stunning reveal provided the next assertion:

“IT IS WITH GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT THAT WE ANNOUNCE THAT SICK NEW WORLD WILL NO LONGER TAKE PLACE IN LAS VEGAS ON APRIL 12, 2025.

“DESPITE OUR BEST EFFORTS, WE’VE ENCOUNTERED UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT WE ARE UNABLE TO OVERCOME FOR NEXT YEAR’S SHOW. WE EXTEND OUR HEARTFELT THANKS TO THE ALL THE DEDICATED SNW FANS WHO HAD MADE PLANS TO JOIN US FOR ANOTHER CULTURAL CELEBRATION OF HARD ROCK, GOTH, ALTERNATIVE AND HEAVY MUSIC. PLEASE STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER AND FUTURE INFORMATION REGARDING SICK NEW WORLD.

“TICKETS PURCHASED DIRECTLY FROM FRONT GATE TICKETS WILL BE AUTOMATICALLY REFUNDED TO THE ORIGINAL METHOD OF PAYMENT IN AS LITTLE AS 30 DAYS.”

This information is especially surprising, given the truth that Sick New World for the final couple years had seemingly garnered tons of pleasure, regardless of its initially shaky execution again in 2023. Subsequent 12 months’s occasion had solely simply unveiled its lineup of greater than 50 bands roughly a month in the past, with each Metallica and Linkin Park serving as its headlining acts. Different bands named within the lineup included Queens of the Stone Age, Gojira, Mastodon, Exodus… simply to call a number of. The occasion even harbored some shockers just like the reunions of each Acid Bathtub and Tomahawk.

Will probably be fascinating to study within the weeks forward what precisely went so incorrect with Sick New World 2025 that the perfect plan of action for organizers can be to chop their losses roughly 5 months out.

Typical knowledge would counsel that the “unexpected circumstances” had been ticket gross sales that will not have been as robust as anticipated. Normal admission tickets for Sick New World 2025 began at $400, although as of final night time, they had been going for $450. Those self same tickets in 2023 had been initially priced at $250, marking a big improve. For additional comparability, it prices $350 plus charges to attend all 4 days of Welcome to Rockville.

It’s additionally doable that the addition of Metallica and different legacy acts may have blunted enthusiasm with Sick New World, which had beforehand branded itself as a nostalgia competition that centered extra on nu steel acts like System of a Down and Korn.

Regardless of the trigger, organizers stated anybody that already bought their tickets by way of Entrance Gate Tickets will get routinely refunded inside 30 days.