Sick New World Cancelled

[RogueSoul]

What was slated to be Linkin Park's first show in the United States next year has just been cancelled. The Sick New World festival in Las Vegas, Nevada on April 12, 2025 has been officially cancelled by the promoters.

 

 

No official reason beyond "unforeseen circumstances" was given as to the cancellation, but the nearly $500 ticket prices for a bit-too-packed lineup for a one-day festival may have played a role. Linkin Park's first show of their U.S. leg will now be on April 26, 2025 in Austin, Texas. This gives the band a bit of an extended break, now with over two months off between the Asian Leg and U.S. Leg 1, which will be the longest break the band has pretty much all year. The band still have two more festival appearances planned for the United States (Florida's Welcome To Rockville and Ohio's Sonic Temple) that do not seem to be signaling for any cancellations. 

 

The first cancelled date of the From Zero and Emily/Colin era! Perhaps not a great milestone, but it's one we're at nonetheless. Certainly better circumstances than last time we had cancelled dates. No news on whether or not Linkin Park will plan to perform in Nevada or Las Vegas sometime in the next year, but if they do, we'll have the news for ya first. 

[LeonardoMF93]

Incredible how a festival that grabbed worldwide attention because of its lineup managed to get canceled just weeks after its announcement. But considering the ticket prices, it's no surprise.  
 

With the price of a ticket, you could buy a PlayStation 5. 😅

[bloodbath]

No festival in the world is worth 500$. Not happy about its cancellation but I won't lose my sleep for it

[bloodbath]

1 hour ago, LeonardoMF93 said:

With the price of a ticket, you could buy a PlayStation 5. 😅

That would make me happier, for sure

[linkindan]

4 hours ago, LeonardoMF93 said:

With the price of a ticket, you could buy a PlayStation 5. 😅

Black Friday sales in Australia, I could buy TWO PS5s for the price of a ticket to this festival aha

[NimaLP]

$500 is insane! Sad for the fans that were planning to see them. What's up with these Las Vegas festivals? I always see a lot of controversies surrounding them online. First the When We Were Young one (I don't remember what it actually was, but I remember there were a lot of unhappy talks about it online) and now the cancellation of Sick New World.

Also if I'm not mistaken, this was gonna be LP's only show in Vegas next year, right? Do you guys think they would add a show to the tour (perhaps for summer) to make up for this one?

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

2 hours ago, NimaLP said:

$500 is insane! Sad for the fans that were planning to see them. What's up with these Las Vegas festivals? I always see a lot of controversies surrounding them online. First the When We Were Young one (I don't remember what it actually was, but I remember there were a lot of unhappy talks about it online) and now the cancellation of Sick New World.

Also if I'm not mistaken, this was gonna be LP's only show in Vegas next year, right? Do you guys think they would add a show to the tour (perhaps for summer) to make up for this one?

500 wasn't insane that's what you get paid for one-week of work at McDonald's 

 

tons of band it was worth it.

 

[Yucker]

Some media said that only 1/3 of the 60K tickets were sold when they decided to pull the plug. The lineup was insane, big names everywhere and that must cost pretty much (rumors says that LP and Metallica would get $5 million each for the show). 

[Justin]

6 hours ago, Yucker said:

Some media said that only 1/3 of the 60K tickets were sold when they decided to pull the plug. The lineup was insane, big names everywhere and that must cost pretty much (rumors says that LP and Metallica would get $5 million each for the show). 

Sounds like they spent way too much by booking huge bands, had to raise ticket prices as a result, and then didn't sell nearly enough to make any of it financially viable.

[Justin]

18 hours ago, RogueSoul said:

This gives the band a bit of an extended break, now with over two months off between the Asian Leg and U.S. Leg 1, which will be the longest break the band has pretty much all year.

This could be a good thing. They've been going really hard since September, and 2025 will obviously be huge and pretty much non-stop for the band once the tour gets going. The break might be a good chance for them to catch their breath, so to speak, and relax for a while.

 

18 hours ago, RogueSoul said:

The first cancelled date of the From Zero and Emily/Colin era! Perhaps not a great milestone, but it's one we're at nonetheless. Certainly better circumstances than last time we had cancelled dates.

That's a bit of an understatement, I'd say!

Edited November 30, 2024 by Justin

[Trumtram]

10 hours ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said:

500 wasn't insane that's what you get paid for one-week of work at McDonald's 

 

tons of band it was worth it.

 

Are you seriously this disconnected from reality? Just wow.

 

As far as I can tell it was supposed to be a ONE day festival? One day for 500$ is absolute insanity. There is no festival in the whole of Europe that even comes close to this level of pricing for MULTIPLE DAYS (as far as I know). Glad they fell flat on their face with this.

Edited November 30, 2024 by Trumtram

[Yucker]

35 minutes ago, Trumtram said:

Are you seriously this disconnected from reality? Just wow.

 

As far as I can tell it was supposed to be a ONE day festival? One day for 500$ is absolute insanity. There is no festival in the whole of Europe that even comes close to this level of pricing for MULTIPLE DAYS (as far as I know). Glad they fell flat on their face with this.

I paid around $200 for a 4-day-festival here in Spain, ROck Am Ring/Rock Im park is around $250-300 (w/ camping) for 3 days of shows. 500 for only ONE day is... I don't know what to say.

[Soeffingnaive92]

I saw  Nothing but thieves, Blink 182, Sum 41 and LP for like 80 € back in 2017, lol. 500$ for a ticket is crazy 

[Paigeinpark]

how you have Metallica and Linkin Park - the two biggest metal bands ever and still have bad organization? $500 ticket for a day only festival isnt worth it even if you could watch all the bands live lol

[bloodbath]

5 hours ago, Yucker said:

I paid around $200 for a 4-day-festival here in Spain, ROck Am Ring/Rock Im park is around $250-300 (w/ camping) for 3 days of shows. 500 for only ONE day is... I don't know what to say.

Is a waste of money. Glad people proved that nobody is going to pay that amount just because of the names

[rd1994]

I would be liying if there weren't some REALLY AWESOME bands (other than LP) on that Lineup but yeah...it was pretty much too much at once.

[LPLStaff]

$5 million guarantees to both Metallica and Linkin Park (each) is just insane.

[NimaLP]

How much do big festivals usually pay the headliners?

[Yucker]

4 hours ago, NimaLP said:

How much do big festivals usually pay the headliners?

Back in 2017 I was told that headliners in Europe were around 1-2 million, but it depends very much of the band. Big tops like Metallica can easily go up to 3-4M.

[LPLStaff]

Yeah a million or two, but they can definitely be double that. $5m for LP with half the OG band seems pretty wild. Like, of course, LP is great, but holy cow if they are getting that for something then they have genius agents and business people on their team. Wouldn't put LP and Metallica remotely in the same boat for booking costs like Live Nation appears to have done in Las Vegas.

[KeysToTheLinkinPark]

I mean they definitely get paid more than in 2017. Not just because LP is back and their comeback is huge as hell but just based on the higher cost bands have for staff etc. We see that in those ticket prices for their headlining tour as well. Their revenue for shows are dumb high as well compared to other shows where we have exact information of. For their first 5 shows they had an average box office revenue of 1.8 million $. 

[Yucker]

Everything is more expensive than then. Bands I've paid around $30 in 2015-2018, now are around 50-60. LP booked for 5M is crazy, but these days there's a bubble around this and is reasonable... In a certain point. 

[Quintas]

Since this show is cancelled, is there a possibility for them to go to different countries they didn't include in their tour? Like Portugal, Spain, Australia, etc.