Come 2 Vegas

After a heartbreaking 2025 cancellation, Sick New World roars back bigger and bolder for 2026, cementing its spot as Sin City’s go-to for nu-metal revivalists and goth-rock diehards. Slated for April 25, 2026, at the sprawling Las Vegas Festival Grounds, this one-day sonic siege promises a lineup that’s equal parts throwback fury and fresh edge—headlined by System of a Down and Korn, with a stacked undercard that’ll have you headbanging from noon till midnight. It’s not just a festival; it’s a time capsule exploding with the raw energy of the late ‘90s and early 2000s, echoing the indie boom you can trace back in our 2000s music history deep-dive. Whether you’re a longtime fan chasing that  Toxicity  high or a newbie dipping into industrial riffs, SNW delivers the chaos Vegas does best: unfiltered, unforgettable, and under the relentless desert sun. The bill reads like a dream (or nightmare) for heavy music lovers: System of a Down unleashes their Armenian-metal anthems alongs...

Electric Daisy Carnival returns to electrify the desert for its 30th anniversary in 2026, transforming the Las Vegas Motor Speedway into a three-night utopia of beats, lights, and liberation from May 15-17. As the crown jewel of Insomniac’s empire, EDC isn’t merely a festival—it’s a full-sensory escape where house, techno, and bass collide under kinetic art installations and firework symphonies. Building on the 2010s EDM explosion chronicled in our history timeline, this year’s edition amps up the immersion with rumored headliners like Tiësto and deadmau5, plus rising trance wizards and dubstep destroyers. If your soundtrack craves that post-pandemic virtual frontier vibe, EDC delivers: 200+ acts across seven stages, 170,000 ravers nightly, and a carnival midway that’s pure neon dream fuel. Lineup whispers are heating up, but expect a genre-spanning saga—mainstage monarchs dropping anthemic builds, circuitGROUNDS pulsing with underground house sets, and bassPOD thumping low-end legends...

Mark your calendars for mid-October 2026 (exact dates TBA, likely Oct 17-18), when When We Were Young turns the Las Vegas Festival Grounds into an emo time warp, resurrecting the raw ache of the 2000s with zero stage overlaps. This two-day pilgrimage—headlined by Blink-182 and a full Panic! at the Disco reunion—has become Vegas’ emotional epicenter, drawing 50,000+ cathartic souls for sing-alongs that heal old wounds. Tying straight into our 2000s indie boom coverage, WWYY isn’t just nostalgia; it’s a living archive of scene-kid glory, from Warped Tour vets to Tumblr-era icons, all under crisp fall skies that make mosh pits feel like therapy. The rumored slate screams heartbreak heaven: Blink-182 blasting  Enema of the State  in full, Panic! reviving  A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out  with Brendon Urie’s flair, plus Weezer’s geek-rock gems, Avril Lavigne’s pop-punk snarls, The Offspring’s skate-core classics, and All Time Low’s anthemic confessions. Expect deeper dives li...

Gwen Stefani and No Doubt storm Sphere for a 14-shows-in-14-years reunion residency from May 6 through May 30, 2026 (dates: May 6,8-9,13,15-16,21,23-24,27,29-30), dusting off  Tragic Kingdom  gems amid the venue’s mind-bending visuals. This ska-punk powerhouse—Tony Kanal, Tom Dumont, Adrian Young, and Stefani channeling ‘90s Orange County rebellion—marks their first Vegas stint, blasting “Just a Girl” and “Don’t Speak” across the exosphere in a nostalgic blaze. Linking to our 1990s megahit explosion, it’s pop icons reborn for the immersive age, blending horn-driven hooks with Sphere’s LED storms for a feel-good frenzy. Sets pulse with era-spanning fire: Opening rips through  Rock Steady ‘s dancehall edges, mid-show dives into  Tragic Kingdom ‘s heartbreak anthems (expect “Spiderwebs” ensnaring the dome in web projections), and closers like “Hella Good” erupt in confetti tsunamis. Stefani’s vogueing syncs to haptic beats you  feel , while the band’s tight grooves...

The Eagles soar into their swan song at Sphere with an extended 2026 residency, capping a 56-show record-breaker that’s redefined Vegas spectacles from January 23 through March 28. Kicking off with doubleheaders on Jan 23-24 and 30-31, then Feb 20-21 and 27-28, plus fresh March 20-21 and 27-28 closers, this is the Long Goodbye tour’s technicolor farewell—Don Henley, Joe Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Vince Gill, and Deacon Frey painting desert highways across the dome’s 160,000 LED panels. Echoing the 1970s residency boom in our timeline (Elvis who?), it’s intimate legends meets futuristic flair, a poignant bow for Rock Hall icons who’ve soundtracked generations. Each night unfolds like a vivid fever dream: “Hotel California” unfurls with mirrored hotel facades crumbling into flames, “Life in the Fast Lane” revs through neon-lit freeways, and “Peaceful Easy Feeling” bathes 18,000 fans in starry cascades—haptics rumbling bass through seats for that chest-thump immersion. Walsh’s guitar solos...