The Sick New World Festival 2025 has been canceled

In a shocking announcement, the Las Vegas, Nevada-based metal festival Sick new world has announced that it will cancel the event for 2025. This announcement comes just two months after the festival revealed its extremely ambitious 2025 lineup, which included headliners Metallica and Linkin Park, as well as other notable bands such as Queens of the Stone Age, AFI, Evanescence and Gojira.

Sick New World announces the cancellation

Festival organizers released the following statement Sick new worldOfficial website and social media pages:

“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 encountered unforeseen circumstances that we cannot handle for next year’s show. We would like to thank all the dedicated SNW fans from the bottom of our hearts who have decided to take part with us in another cultural celebration of hard rock, gothic, alternative and heavy music. Please stay tuned for further and future information on Sick New World.

‍Tickets purchased directly from Front Gate Tickets will be automatically refunded to the original payment method within 30 days.”

What happened?

While it is unclear why exactly festival organizers decided to cancel the 2025 event, many similar festivals this year have decided to cancel the event indefinitely, with much speculation pointing to poor ticket sales. This could certainly be the case Sick new worldas the price for general admission tickets was initially a hefty $400 and since yesterday it appears to have risen to an even steeper $450.

For comparison, in 2023 the festival had general admission tickets priced at $250. Whether or not poor ticket sales were the driving factor Sick new worldThe cancellation of the 2025 festival remains unclear, but festival organizers will hopefully share more details about what led to this decision in the coming weeks.

Finally, Sick new worldThe 2025 lineup was by far the best in the festival’s three-year history. However, a line-up including Metallica, Linkin Park, Gojira and Queens of the Stone Age could cause quite a stir online. Ticket, travel and accommodation prices are always crucial factors that concert goers consider before attending major festivals like this one. When the cost of a festival ticket is almost as high as a hotel for one night or a flight, it becomes much more difficult for the average fan to attend such events.

Conclusion

As previously mentioned, Sick New World isn’t the first festival to cancel its plans for next year, and it most likely won’t be the last either. Tickets for Vans Warped Tour 2025 went on sale in October, although festival organizers still haven’t announced the lineup for the limited number of dates they have planned for 2025. It will be interesting to see in the coming months whether Warped Tour and other like-minded rock festivals can avoid making the same ticket pricing mistakes. Or perhaps Warped Tour’s long-established and esteemed reputation in the scene is enough to drive ticket sales regardless of price.