System Of A Down Kicks Off 2026 European Stadium Tour With Massive 29-Song Set in Stockholm

System Of A Down launched their 2026 UK and European stadium tour with a powerful 29-song performance at Stockholm’s Strawberry Arena on Monday, June 29. The show marked the band’s first headline European dates since 2017 and their first in London in over a decade.

The evening began with a punchy sequence featuring ‘B.Y.O.B.’, ‘Suite-Pee’, ‘Prison Song’ and ‘Aerials’ back-to-back. Fan favorites like ‘Needles’, ‘Deer Dance’, ‘Radio/Video’, ‘Chop Suey!’ and ‘Lost In Hollywood’ kept the crowd energized throughout the set.

The band delivered rarities including ‘Forest’, ‘Streamline’ and the 1999 demo ‘DAM’ as they played straight through without an encore. The night concluded with blistering performances of ‘War?’, ‘Toxicity’ and ‘Sugar’.

Fans praised the show on social media, with many highlighting the engaged audience. “Nobody holding up cell phones or taking selfies. Just tens of thousands of people enjoying the moment with their arms in the air,” one attendee noted.

Complete Setlist:

‘Soldier Side – Intro’
‘B.Y.O.B.’
‘Suite-Pee’
‘Chic ‘N’ Stu’
‘Prison Song’
‘Aerials’
‘I-E-A-I-A-I-O’
‘Innervision’
‘Darts’
‘Genocidal Humanoidz’
‘Needles’
‘Deer Dance’
‘Radio/Video’
‘Dreaming’ (Middle section only)
‘Hypnotize’
‘ATWA’
‘Bounce’
‘Suggestions’
‘Psycho’
‘Chop Suey!’>
‘Lonely Day’
‘Lost in Hollywood’
‘Streamline’
‘Spiders’
‘Forest’
‘DAM’
‘War?’
‘Toxicity’
‘Sugar’

Fantastic performance by System of a Down at Strawberry Arena in Stockholm! #soad #systemofadown pic.twitter.com/94a8MFcYlV

— Michael (@feder98) June 29, 2026

System of a Down in Stockholm. What a show. I love these guys! pic.twitter.com/vh2pLfRlub

— Eddie Durkan (@EDDIEDURKAN) June 29, 2026

System of a Down pic.twitter.com/4FBlKpKz7D

— Peter Vesterbacka (@pvesterbacka) June 29, 2026

Double barrel

System of a down

Support Queens of the stone age

SOAD hasn’t released an album in 21 years, sells out in 24h pic.twitter.com/gCyoZ66xNk

— Erik.A (@tjugo8) June 29, 2026

System of a Down in Sweden was amazing. The crowd was fantastic. Nobody holding up cell phones or taking selfies. Just tens of thousands of people enjoying the moment with their arms in the air.

— Will (@WillScroggs) June 29, 2026

Stockholm. System of a Down. Epic. pic.twitter.com/G3etpxb1Uv

— Atle Bersvendsen (@atlebersvendsen) June 29, 2026

The tour celebrates the 25th anniversary of ‘Toxicity’ with exclusive merchandise and limited edition vinyl pressings. Following successful North and South American dates, the band confirmed they’re “having the best time of [their] lives as a band.”

The tour continues in Paris on July 2 and arrives at London’s Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for two nights. Queens Of The Stone Age and Acid Bath provide support, with the latter marking their return after a 17-year hiatus.

Queens Of The Stone Age used their support slot to debut deep cuts ‘Run, Pig, Run’ and ‘The Fun Machine Took A Shit And Died’ during their 12-song set.

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