The one day mega heavy music festival in Las Vegas with nearly 60 bands announced that due to “unforeseen circumstances” the show would not go on.

The Sick New World Festival will not be taking place next year after all. Organizers issued a statement revealing the cancelation of the event for 2025, citing "unforeseen circumstances" in their ability to put the show on in Las Vegas next spring. The full statement can be viewed below:

The Las Vegas festival was to feature Metallica, Linkin Park, QOTSA, Evanescence, and more. Sick New World 2025 Canceled Due to “Unforeseen Circumstances”

The 2025 edition of the Sick New World festival has been cancelled, with organisers citing "unforeseen circumstances". The event was scheduled for 12 April, 2025, in Las Vegas, Nevada. and was due to be headlined by Metallica and Linkin Park.

Barely six weeks after the lineup reveal, Sick New World 2025 has been cancelled. Today, the organizers behind the metal-heavy music festival have announced that they won’t be proceeding in Las Vegas in April,

Las Vegas-based music festival Sick New World has been axed ahead of its April 2025 run date due to “unforeseen circumstances.” The festival was cancelled just two months after the line-up was revealed. A one-day festival, Sick New World was set to return to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds for the third time on Saturday, 12 April.

The highly anticipated return of Sick New World, originally scheduled for April 12, 2025, in Las Vegas, has been officially canceled. The festival’s organizers shared the disappointing news, citing insurmountable unforeseen circumstances that have made next year’s event impossible to execute.