Sick New World has made the decision to cancel its 2025 rock and metal festival only two months after it announced the lineup.

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

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 highly anticipated 2025 edition of Las Vegas festival Sick New World has been canceled. Organizers announced the cancellation in a statement, writing: "It is with great disappointment that we announce that Sick New World will no longer take place in Las Vegas on April 12, 2025.

Unfortunate news for heavy metal and rock fans. Sick New World 2025 has been canceled. According to their website, the event has encountered "unforeseen circumstances." Find out more here.

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.

Sick New World won’t be coming back for a third year after all. The massive heavy music festival, which was set to take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds April 12 with headliners Metallica, Linkin Park and dozens more,

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.

Las Vegas' heavy metal festival “Sick New World” has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances, festival organizers announced.

A Las Vegas festival which was set to be headlined by heavy metal legends Metallica and rock icons Linkin Park in 2025 was cancelled, the promoters announced Friday.