RogueSoul Posted Friday at 10:16 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:16 PM 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 $500 ticket prices for a bit-too-packed lineup for a one-day festival may have played a role. Linkin Park's first show of their U.S. leg will now be on April 26, 2025 in Austin, Texas. This gives the band a bit of an extended break, now with over two months off between the Asian Leg and U.S. Leg 1, which will be the longest break the band has pretty much all year. The band still have two more festival appearances planned for the United States (Florida's Welcome To Rockville and Ohio's Sonic Temple) that do not seem to be signaling for any cancellations. The first cancelled date of the From Zero and Emily/Colin era! Perhaps not a great milestone, but it's one we're at nonetheless. Certainly better circumstances than last time we had cancelled dates. No news on whether or not Linkin Park will plan to perform in Nevada or Las Vegas sometime in the next year, but if they do, we'll have the news for ya first. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeonardoMF93 Posted Friday at 10:26 PM Share Posted Friday at 10:26 PM Incredible how a festival that grabbed worldwide attention because of its lineup managed to get canceled just weeks after its announcement. But considering the ticket prices, it's no surprise. With the price of a ticket, you could buy a PlayStation 5. 😅 Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodbath Posted Friday at 11:54 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:54 PM No festival in the world is worth 500$. Not happy about its cancellation but I won't lose my sleep for it Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338401 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodbath Posted Friday at 11:55 PM Share Posted Friday at 11:55 PM 1 hour ago, LeonardoMF93 said: With the price of a ticket, you could buy a PlayStation 5. 😅 That would make me happier, for sure Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
linkindan Posted Saturday at 03:13 AM Share Posted Saturday at 03:13 AM 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 Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338405 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NimaLP Posted Saturday at 06:48 AM Share Posted Saturday at 06:48 AM $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? Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338406 Share on other sites More sharing options...
JZLP-Benningstrong Posted Saturday at 08:54 AM Share Posted Saturday at 08:54 AM 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. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338409 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yucker Posted Saturday at 09:24 AM Share Posted Saturday at 09:24 AM 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). Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338411 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted Saturday at 04:16 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:16 PM 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 $5 million each for the show). Sounds like they spent way too much by booking huge bands, had to raise ticket prices as a result, and then didn't sell nearly enough to make any of it financially viable. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338419 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Posted Saturday at 04:23 PM Share Posted Saturday at 04:23 PM (edited) 18 hours ago, RogueSoul said: This gives the band a bit of an extended break, now with over two months off between the Asian Leg and U.S. Leg 1, which will be the longest break the band has pretty much all year. This could be a good thing. They've been going really hard since September, and 2025 will obviously be huge and pretty much non-stop for the band once the tour gets going. The break might be a good chance for them to catch their breath, so to speak, and relax for a while. 18 hours ago, RogueSoul said: The first cancelled date of the From Zero and Emily/Colin era! Perhaps not a great milestone, but it's one we're at nonetheless. Certainly better circumstances than last time we had cancelled dates. That's a bit of an understatement, I'd say! Edited Saturday at 04:24 PM by Justin Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trumtram Posted Saturday at 07:29 PM Share Posted Saturday at 07:29 PM (edited) 10 hours ago, JZLP-Benningstrong said: 500 wasn't insane that's what you get paid for one-week of work at McDonald's tons of band it was worth it. Are you seriously this disconnected from reality? Just wow. As far as I can tell it was supposed to be a ONE day festival? One day for 500$ 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 Saturday at 07:30 PM by Trumtram Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338423 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yucker Posted Saturday at 08:08 PM Share Posted Saturday at 08:08 PM 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 $250-300 (w/ camping) for 3 days of shows. 500 for only ONE day is... I don't know what to say. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338426 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soeffingnaive92 Posted Saturday at 11:36 PM Share Posted Saturday at 11:36 PM I saw Nothing but thieves, Blink 182, Sum 41 and LP for like 80 € back in 2017, lol. 500$ for a ticket is crazy Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338431 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paigeinpark Posted Sunday at 01:20 AM Share Posted Sunday at 01:20 AM 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 Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338435 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bloodbath Posted Sunday at 01:46 AM Share Posted Sunday at 01:46 AM 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 Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338436 Share on other sites More sharing options...
rd1994 Posted Sunday at 08:21 PM Share Posted Sunday at 08:21 PM 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. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338449 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPLStaff Posted Monday at 12:10 AM Share Posted Monday at 12:10 AM $5 million guarantees to both Metallica and Linkin Park (each) is just insane. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
NimaLP Posted Monday at 07:00 AM Share Posted Monday at 07:00 AM How much do big festivals usually pay the headliners? Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338463 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yucker Posted Monday at 11:17 AM Share Posted Monday at 11:17 AM 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. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338472 Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPLStaff Posted Monday at 02:52 PM Share Posted Monday at 02:52 PM 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. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338475 Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeysToTheLinkinPark Posted Monday at 03:21 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:21 PM 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 $. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yucker Posted Monday at 03:41 PM Share Posted Monday at 03:41 PM 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. Quote Link to comment https://lplive.net/forums/topic/17978-sick-new-world-cancelled/#findComment-338480 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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