Metallica And Linkin Park Tapped As Headliners For 2025 Sick New World Festival In Vegas

On Tuesday (October 15), the lineup was revealed for the 2025 Sick New World Festival, with Metallica and Linkin Park chosen to headline the stacked one-day Las Vegas music fest. Sick New World 2025 will take place on Saturday, April 12th at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds. It will also feature sets from other celebrated hard rock acts like Queens of the Stone Age, Evanescence, Gojira, AFI, Cannibal Corpse, Tomahawk, Ministry, 311, the Flaming Lips, Mastodon, Filter, Refused, Three Days Grace, Testament, the Hives, Quicksand, and many more, including Acid Bath’s first show in nearly 30 years. This year’s iteration of Sick New World Festival  marks the third year of the Vegas hard rock fest, with System of a Down serving as the headliner at both of the first two editions. (Consequence of Sound)