Faith No More Announces 2027 Tour with System of a Down

The influential alternative metal band Faith No More has announced its return to touring after more than a decade, scheduling a series of stadium concerts in Australia and New Zealand with System of a Down for early 2027. The tour will mark the band's first live performances since 2016.

The four-date run will begin at Accor Stadium in Sydney on January 22, 2027, followed by shows at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne on January 27, Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on February 1, and HNRY Stadium in Wellington, New Zealand, on February 7. The band announced the dates on social media with the message, "It's been a minute. Let's do this Australia and NZ." Ticket presales begin on July 28, with general sales starting on July 31.

This tour concludes a lengthy hiatus for Faith No More, whose last shows took place in 2016. Those performances featured original vocalist Chuck Mosley, who died in 2017, celebrating a reissue of the band's 1985 debut album, We Care a Lot. The group's last tour with longtime frontman Mike Patton was in 2015 in support of their album Sol Invictus, their first studio release since 1997.

Multiple attempts to reunite for touring since then were ultimately canceled. A planned...