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July 6 2005

Leg Two Of System Of A Down’s American Tour

Date: 2005-07-06 Artist: System Of A Down Category: Upcoming Tours

“…the most wonderfully bombastic band in modern rock…” – Boston
Globe.

With many of the dates on Leg One already sold out, a Top 5 track at
radio with “B.Y.O.B.,” and a Platinum album for “Mezmerize” under
their collective belt, SOAD announces dates for the second leg of
their Summer North American headline tour. In addition, the band
confirms a Boston-area date for Leg One to be played at The Centrum
in Worcester on August 27.

System Of A Down will wrap up Leg One in Toronto on September 1, take
a couple of weeks off, then kick off Leg Two headlining the Pacific
Coliseum in Vancouver on September 17. Leg Two will extend into
mid-October (see below for confirmed dates). As with Leg One, System
Of A Down has invited The Mars Volta to be Special Guest on the
second half of the tour; a third band, to be announced, will open the
shows.

Tickets for the tour dates will be priced from $32.50 to $45.00, and
many of the dates on Leg Two will go on sale this weekend (July 8 and
9). System Of A Down’s site will host ticket presales for all of the
dates. Log onto the site for the special password and complete
details.

The tour is in support of System Of A Down’s the brand-new album,
“Mezmerize” (American Recordings/Columbia Records), which was
released May 17 and debuted in the Number One slot on the
Billboard/SoundScan charts. “Mezmerize” also experienced worldwide
first-week success having soared to the top of album charts in more
than a dozen countries – worldwide sales for “Mezmerize” in its first
week topped 800,000 copies, and is already Platinum. “Mezmerize” is
the first disc in a two-disc set, with disc two, “Hypnotize,” set for
a late fall release. “Mezmerize/Hypnotize” was produced by Rick Rubin
and System’s main songwriter/guitarist Daron Malakian.

Since its self-titled debut in 1998, System of a Down – Daron
Malakian (guitars, vocals), Serj Tankian (vocals), Shavo Odadjian
(bass), John Dolmayan (drums) – has sold more than 10-million records
world wide, and risen to the level of an arena headliner while
maintaining its musical integrity, its core fan base, and its
position as one of the most unique bands in rock. With the unexpected
commercial radio success of “Chop Suey!,” “Toxicity,” and the Number
One “Aerials,” the three Top 10 radio tracks from 2001’s
multi-platinum album “Toxicity,” System blew the definition of
mainstream rock wide open. System Of A Down’s music is impossible to
pigeonhole, as it runs the gamut from Metallica to Frank Zappa to
Gilbert and Sullivan to Armenian folk tunes. Lyrically, System is
highly opinionated about numerous topics including war, religion,
politics, Hollywood, love, genocide, drugs, sex, injustice, and just
having a good time.

With more dates to be announced on Leg Two, confirmed dates for both
leg one and leg two of System Of A Down’s headline tour are as
follows:

Leg One:

04-05/08 – Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA
06/08 – Sports Arena, San Diego, CA
08/08 – America West Arena, Phoenix, Arizona
11/08 – American Airlines Center, Dallas, TX
12/08 – SBC Arena, San Antonio, TX
13/08 – Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion, Houston, TX
15/08 – Civic Center, Pensacola, FL
16/08 – TD Waterhouse Arena, Orlando, FL
17/08 – Office Depot Center, Miami, FL
19/08 – Gwinnett Arena, Atlanta, GA
21/08 – Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
22/08 – Baltimore Arena, Baltimore, MD
23/08 – Continental Airlines Arena, East Rutherford, NJ
26/08 – Wachovia Spectrum Center, Philadelphia, PA
27/08 – The Centrum, Worcester, MA
29/08 – Belle Centre, Montreal, QC
30/08 – Colisee Pepsi, Quebec City, QC
01/09 – Air Canada Center, Toronto, ONT

Leg Two:

17/09 – Pacific Coliseum, Vancouver, BC
19/09 – Pengrowth Arena, Calgary, AB
20/09 – Rexall Arena, Edmonton, AB
22/09 – MTS Centre, Winnipeg, MB
23/09 – Xcel Center, Minneapolis, MN
29/09 – Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, MI
30/09 – Allstate Arena, Chicago, IL
02/10 – Pepsi Center, Denver, CO
05/10 – Key Arena, Seattle, WA
06/10 – Rose Garden, Portland, OR