Posting via their official website, System of a Down made a shock announcement this morning. That’s right, they are officially reforming to play some dates next year. I mean it’s not like we already knew that last week, or that the rumor hadn’t been doing the rounds for literally forever, or that they hadn’t basically already “unofficially” been confirmed for 3 major festivals last week.
Posting simultaniously with SOAD’s announcement, the UK’s Download festival also announced that the band will be returning to the UK next year to headline the festival and that this will be a UK exclusive. In case you don’t know what that means, that means if you want to see SOAD and you’re from the UK, then you better go to Download, as that’ll be the only date. A bit like when Faith No More were UK exclusives at Download a couple of years ago, and you could only see them at Download. Well, that and at a show at the Brixton Academy and a “secret” slot and the Reading festival…
The chances are, too, that if you care about this, you will already know about this. So maybe my efforts are reporting this are a little in vain, but remember, you may look cool with all your mates being up to date with all the Metal news, but it won’t help you get a girlfriend.
