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 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 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.

The 2025 edition of Las Vegas’ Sick New World festival, which was to feature headlining sets from Metallica and the reunited Linkin Park, has been canceled.

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.