The annual Sick New World Festival just announced they will return to the Las Vegas Festival Grounds for another heavy go-round on Saturday, April 12, 2025. Major names atop this year’s lineup include Metallica, Linkin Park, Three Days Grace, Acid Bath (in their first show since 1997!) and Queens of the Stone Age.

Las Vegas' Sick New World will return on April 12th, 2025 with an extensive lineup led by Metallica, Linkin Park, & Queens of the Stone Age.

Metallica will be one of the headliners for Sick New World 2025 music festival in April in Las Vegas. Shown are Lars Ulrich, left, and James Hetfield of Metallica performing at Soldier Field on Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Chicago, Illinois. Rob Grabowski/Invision/AP Metallica and Linkin Park will headline the 2025 Sick New World music festival.

The 2025 edition of Sick New Word is coming very soon. This festival in Las Vegas will mark some collaboration, comeback, and reunion between the bands.

We knew Metallica was headlining. Now we know the rest of Sick New World’s 2025 lineup. And it’s a doozy. Among the bands who will be performing at the heavy music fest’s return on April 12 at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds: Linkin Park with their new singer Emily Armstrong,