ITS F'N SYSTEM OF A DOWN!

[tommyramone666]

I get the feeling he just gets annoyed that people steal his thunder. Like he waits all year to go "we got soad" and then everyone goes "yeh we know"!!

[Sparticus]

Well it is obvious that he does has delusions of grandeur and is right up his own backside so yes, he gets upset.

[theramm]

All good points. I think Andy Copping has a tough job & last year (on the official forums) some idiots went way too far & were posting stuff that was just hateful & abusive. Completely unnecessary & I don’t believe he should have to endure some of the sh!t that he did. However, last year as the announcements kept coming, the line-up was noticeably top heavy (STP subbing whereas 09' had arena bands playing 3rd from top) & there was no news whether we'd get more than 3 bands on the mainstage Friday AC started being an arse & the moderators on the DL forums started deleting threads/posts that were neither abusive or unwarranted. The biggest issues were the 3 act mainstage & 'Them Crooked Vultures' placing, lots of people, myself included were vocal about TCV being far too high & that once the novelty of seeing the members had worn off we'd be left with an hour of uninspiring music with no big hits that would bore the masses & kill the atmosphere, and we were bang on the money. Looking back it seems obvious that the Friday situation was all down to AC/DC & AC and co. were arguing the toss with them to get them to allow the festival to put more bands on. As soon as people noticed the lack of mention of AC/DC in the programme & on the festival T-Shirts it was apparent they'd been given carte blanche to do whatever they wanted.

As someone mentioned earlier, Andy Copping has decided to make himself a public figure. I'm sure he likes the praise & likes it when people approach him at the festival for photo's, he's even got himself a cowboy hat gimmick so he's instantly recognisable. You don't see Melvin Benn or Bob Angus doing this. Surely if you put yourself 'out there' you need to take the rough with the smooth?

[5co77ie]

Blabbermouth are saying it will be SOAD announced on Monday:

SYSTEM OF A DOWN's much-rumored comeback/reunion tour is expected to be announced on Monday, November 29, along with details of several European festival appearances in 2011, including the U.K.'s Download.

[kev1664]

All good points. I think Andy Copping has a tough job & last year (on the official forums) some idiots went way too far & were posting stuff that was just hateful & abusive. Completely unnecessary & I don’t believe he should have to endure some of the sh!t that he did. However, last year as the announcements kept coming, the line-up was noticeably top heavy (STP subbing whereas 09' had arena bands playing 3rd from top) & there was no news whether we'd get more than 3 bands on the mainstage Friday AC started being an arse & the moderators on the DL forums started deleting threads/posts that were neither abusive or unwarranted. The biggest issues were the 3 act mainstage & 'Them Crooked Vultures' placing, lots of people, myself included were vocal about TCV being far too high & that once the novelty of seeing the members had worn off we'd be left with an hour of uninspiring music with no big hits that would bore the masses & kill the atmosphere, and we were bang on the money. Looking back it seems obvious that the Friday situation was all down to AC/DC & AC and co. were arguing the toss with them to get them to allow the festival to put more bands on. As soon as people noticed the lack of mention of AC/DC in the programme & on the festival T-Shirts it was apparent they'd been given carte blanche to do whatever they wanted.

As someone mentioned earlier, Andy Copping has decided to make himself a public figure. I'm sure he likes the praise & likes it when people approach him at the festival for photo's, he's even got himself a cowboy hat gimmick so he's instantly recognisable. You don't see Melvin Benn or Bob Angus doing this. Surely if you put yourself 'out there' you need to take the rough with the smooth?

[theramm]

I think the thing with festivals is that if you fill the line up with quality and have smaller size bands at the top then you will cater for a lot more people. If you didn't like the headliners last year and you didn't want to see them you could have been put in a position where you may not justify spend the money on not only the tickets but spending money and all that goes with it.

Edited November 25, 2010 by theramm

[duggie20]

Why do they have to keep things secret for so long? why not just make the announcement early and let people decide where they want to spend their money, for me it's simple i will go whoever is playing good headliners are a bonus

[theramm]

Why do they have to keep things secret for so long? why not just make the announcement early and let people decide where they want to spend their money, for me it's simple i will go whoever is playing good headliners are a bonus

[killer2098]

Im the guy who asked if they were playing...its pretty obv with serj cancelling his solo tour and then stay tuned...he should just of announced it quicker...now every1s going to go ahhhh we know that already

[luckysalt]

Blabbermouth are saying it will be SOAD announced on Monday:

http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=149935

[luckysalt]

Even NME have caught on now

http://www.nme.com/news/system-of-a-down/54006

[lharris92]

Even NME have caught on now

http://www.nme.com/news/system-of-a-down/54006

[gibbydanzig]

SYSTEM OF A DOWN's much-rumored comeback/reunion tour is expected to be announced on Monday, November 29, along with details of several European festival appearances in 2011, including the U.K.'s Download.

When asked by a fan via Twitter if there is any truth to reports that SYSTEM OF A DOWN will play next year's Download festival, SYSTEM bassist Shavo Odadjian replied, "Stay tuned."

This was on system of a down's website

[lharris92]

SYSTEM OF A DOWN's much-rumored comeback/reunion tour is expected to be announced on Monday, November 29, along with details of several European festival appearances in 2011, including the U.K.'s Download.

When asked by a fan via Twitter if there is any truth to reports that SYSTEM OF A DOWN will play next year's Download festival, SYSTEM bassist Shavo Odadjian replied, "Stay tuned."

This was on system of a down's website

[Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]

Apparently the administrator of the Rock am Ring homepage couldn't wait. The animation for the monday announcement for Rock am Ring can already be found here http://videos.rock-am-ring.com/videos/rar_poster_animation_20101129.swf

Open it with firefox or IE.

[irons]

Not a Download goer myself. But SOAD will be announced. Just heard.

Not saying on Monday. But they are playing, lucky people yous. Might try and make it this year.

[dan666]

Cannot wait!

[luckysalt]

Apparently the administrator of the Rock am Ring homepage couldn't wait. The animation for the monday announcement for Rock am Ring can already be found here http://videos.rock-am-ring.com/videos/rar_poster_animation_20101129.swf

Open it with firefox or IE.

[Sparticus]

the extra bands were soad, gaslight anthem and hurts. I couldn't view it either in a browser b ut i could in winamp. Damn gotta get saving, looks like there's going to be some shit hot lineups next year!

[luckysalt]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=airlvjhRdaQ&feature=player_embedded

[tommyramone666]

System of a Down will also be announced for Sweden`s Metaltown festival tomorrow (Monday, November 29) via the festival's web site at 13.00 CET.

http://www.metaltown.se/default.asp

Edited November 28, 2010 by tommyramone666

[luckysalt]

Already posted this in the 9am announcement thread, midday our time

So far tomorrow they're getting announced for

Download

Rock AM Ring

Rock IM Park

Nova Rock

Metaltown

Edited November 28, 2010 by luckysalt

[Yellow_Fellow]

I'm hearing R/L, not Headlining obviously but I'm hearing some R/L stuff from a source. I can't say who, and they have been wrong before, so I'd say it was a ® more than (SR). Take it as you will.

[o.b.gene]

confirmed on their official site...

SOAD.com

[fred_flintstone]

AC just tweeted the following - 'Four words - System of a Down'