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SYSTEM OF A DOWN READY TO ROCK AUCKLAND (+VIDEO)
By Chris Schulz
New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10787249
Feb 22 2012
It's been a long seven-year drought for System of a Down fans, but
tonight the Armenian-American thrash-metallers will return to New
Zealand with a vengeance.
The Grammy-winning band behind hit songs like Chop Suey! and Aerials
last performed in Auckland at the 2005 Big Day Out, a show memorable
for several stoppages for over-aggressive moshing in the D-barricade.
A sweaty and heaving moshpit can be expected at tonight's show at
Trusts Stadium in Waitakere, as the band rip through what is likely
to be a greatest hits set cherry picked from the band's albums:
1998's System of a Down, 2001's Toxicity, 2002's Steal This Album!,
and 2005's double release Mezmerize and Hypnotize.
It's the band's first New Zealand show since they reunited in 2009
after three-year hiatus. And they haven't performed since October 7
in Chile, but it's likely to be a fired up performance thanks to Serj
Tankian, an occasional New Zealand resident, performing in front of
what he considers to be something of a home town crowd.
"New Zealand feels like home to me, and while my work takes me many
places I always love returning. I'm super-excited to be back home in
Auckland again, this time with System," Tankian said.
Recent setlists show System of a Down perform up to 26 songs a night,
including everything from Toxicity classics Needles, Bounce and Prison
Song, to more recent anthems Lonely Day and Lost in Hollywood.
The Dillinger Escape Plan will open for them at 7.20pm, with System
of a Down due on stage at 8.45pm. Doors open at 6.30pm.
Both bands will head to Australia next to perform as part of the
Soundwave festival.
Ticketdirect's website shows the gig is almost sold out, with only
tickets left in the South Upper Allocated section of the venue.
What: System of a Down Where: Trusts Stadium, Waitakere, Auckland When:
Wednesday, February 22
By Chris Schulz
New Zealand Herald
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=10787249
Feb 22 2012
It's been a long seven-year drought for System of a Down fans, but
tonight the Armenian-American thrash-metallers will return to New
Zealand with a vengeance.
The Grammy-winning band behind hit songs like Chop Suey! and Aerials
last performed in Auckland at the 2005 Big Day Out, a show memorable
for several stoppages for over-aggressive moshing in the D-barricade.
A sweaty and heaving moshpit can be expected at tonight's show at
Trusts Stadium in Waitakere, as the band rip through what is likely
to be a greatest hits set cherry picked from the band's albums:
1998's System of a Down, 2001's Toxicity, 2002's Steal This Album!,
and 2005's double release Mezmerize and Hypnotize.
It's the band's first New Zealand show since they reunited in 2009
after three-year hiatus. And they haven't performed since October 7
in Chile, but it's likely to be a fired up performance thanks to Serj
Tankian, an occasional New Zealand resident, performing in front of
what he considers to be something of a home town crowd.
"New Zealand feels like home to me, and while my work takes me many
places I always love returning. I'm super-excited to be back home in
Auckland again, this time with System," Tankian said.
Recent setlists show System of a Down perform up to 26 songs a night,
including everything from Toxicity classics Needles, Bounce and Prison
Song, to more recent anthems Lonely Day and Lost in Hollywood.
The Dillinger Escape Plan will open for them at 7.20pm, with System
of a Down due on stage at 8.45pm. Doors open at 6.30pm.
Both bands will head to Australia next to perform as part of the
Soundwave festival.
Ticketdirect's website shows the gig is almost sold out, with only
tickets left in the South Upper Allocated section of the venue.
What: System of a Down Where: Trusts Stadium, Waitakere, Auckland When:
Wednesday, February 22