System of a Down Turn One Rose Bowl Night Into Three
What was billed as the band’s only North American show of 2027 is now a three-night stand at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl, with Pierce the Veil on the first two nights and Gojira on the third.
System of a Down added two more shows at the Rose Bowl on Friday. What started as a single night in Pasadena is now a three-date run in June 2027.
The band announced the June 5 show on October 19. It was billed as its only North American concert of 2027, and its first at the Rose Bowl. Demand did the rest. A second night followed, then a third.
The three nights
Pierce the Veil opens the first two nights, June 5 and June 6. Gojira opens the third, on June 10. The two bills give fans a real choice: the same headliner, two very different openers.
General ticket sales for all three shows begin Monday, October 26, at 10 a.m. Pacific time through Ticketmaster. Fans who registered for the original show’s presale also have access to the added dates.
A band that rarely tours this way
System of a Down does not tour like most bands its size. There is no long North American run on the books. There are festival dates, stadium one-offs, and shows in Brazil, Australia, and New Zealand early next year.
The Rose Bowl run lands in a year when the band has been marking 25 years of Toxicity, the 2001 album that made them a mainstream act without sanding off their edges. The band plays Fort Worth’s Sick New World festival today, before the calendar turns to the 2027 dates.
Vocalist Serj Tankian summed up the response on social media in four words: “This is crazy. We are floored!”
Why it grew
The original announcement came after posters and projections teasing the band’s name, a rose, and the year 2027 appeared around Los Angeles. Fans read them right. The Rose Bowl is one of the biggest stages in the country, and a single night was never going to hold everyone who wanted in.
Three nights will. For a band that plays this rarely, that is the story: one night became three because the first one sold like it was the only chance to see them. For now, in North America, it nearly is.
