Guardian Music — Justin Hawkins returns after five-year break with original members to play 'rockest' of festivalsThe Darkness have reunited after a five-year gap to play the Download festival at Donington Park on 10 June.Lowestoft's most famous rock export, whose hi... more info

Metal Injection — We already sort of knew that System of A Down will be hitting the road in the US, when dates leaked two weeks ago. But today is a good day for System fans, as we have confirmation that shows are going down. The schedule is slightly different than we ... more info

Metalsucks — As first reported on MetalSucks two weeks ago — despite various other websites not giving us credit – System Of A Down have announced the North American tour dates everyone expected they eventually would. The exact locations of some of the tenta... more info

Yahoo! Music UK — XFM - They will be joining System of a Down and Linkin Park at the top of the bill... more info

ContactMusic — DEF LEPPARD, the reformed SYSTEM OF A DOWN and LINKIN PARK will headline this summer's (Jun11) Download Festival in the U.K.Def Leppard will close the weekend event's opening night on 10 June (11), SOAD will headline on the Saturday and Linkin Park w... more info

Metal Injection — We already know that System Of A Down is reuniting this year, and have already scheduled some dates in Europe. We here in the States were clamoring for some dates of our own. Well, our brothers from another mother, MetalSucks got some insider intel w... more info

Metalsucks — A highly reliable anonymous tipster has informed MetalSucks that System of a Down are indeed planning a U.S. tour this year — as we all speculated they would — and has provided us with a list of tentative dates. In other words, the tour is defini... more info

411 Mania — Some bands are responsible for some great music videos. System of a Down are one of those bands. In this edition of The Savage Animal, Mikey MiGo takes a look back at the eleven official music videos of System of a Down. So wake up, put on a little m... more info

411 Mania — Band joins Linkin Park, SOAD, Alice Cooper and more for big show... more info

Guardian Music — Stars team up for Prayer Cycle 2: Path to Zero, a benefit record that also features a cameo from late Doors singer Jim MorrisonSting, Sinéad O'Connor, Robert Downey Jr and, er, Korn's Jonathan Davis are among the contributors to a new album of "wor... more info