The festival that keeps on giving. Sick New World just wrapped their second edition to the mega alternative-metal fest featuring headliners: System of a Down, Slipknot, Bring Me The Horizon And Danny Elfman. 72 acts performed over a 12 hour period on back-to-back stages creating the ultimate viewing experience.
Instant nostalgia doesn’t come close to what this festival represents for many hardcore music fans. Vegas locals are very familiar with Vans’ Warped Tour and Xtreme Thing, RIP. This one day festival reminisces on stereotypical emotive subculture while highlighting genres of music that don’t always get mainstream love. The Las Vegas Festival Grounds became a community hub for celebrating life in it’s true glory.
Festival Installations, Four Stages And Vegas Heat
10 feet tall devils and nightmare scene characters welcomed guests underneath the signature photo-arch. Devil doll-like blow up art installations were located amongst the black top for photo-opts. A foodie’s paradise offered everything from pizza, burgers, rice bowls and beer in what the fest called Kulture City.
The hardest decision a festival goer has to make is deciding which artists to watch and on what stages. Diablo, Siren, Spiral, Gold and Red were the five options with a sick line-up of performances on each. Red and Gold were focused on the well-known acts where Siren and Spiral hosted medium to bigger name bands and Diablo which generally focused on growing baby bands.
Vegas is funny when it comes to weather. The end of April and start of May becomes hot and the morning to mid afternoon were nothing short of the Vegas heat. As the night rose, the weather cooled but we have no complaints. No wind, no rain and who’s to say a little sun burnt never hurt.
Sick New World 2024 Performances To Watch
Live Nation and C3 Presents highlighted metalcore roots for an unforgettable festival experience. Below we chose three artists/bands’ performances that are still transcending time. Enjoy!
Bad Omens
Mid-afternoon was nothing short of exciting with Bad Omens. The leader of the pack, Noah Sebastian, hit the stage at 4:10 p.m. on the Gold Stage with “ARTIFICAL SUICIDE.” Bad Omens kept everyone on their toes as surprise singer, Poppy came out during “V.A.N.” She moved melodically to the beat giving fans what they came for… A great show! Noah sang with grit and passion in his eyes during “Limits” (2019), “Dethrone” (2019), “Just Pretend” (2022).
(Photo by Chelsa Christensen) Avalos via Sick New World 2024) Bad Omens takeover the Gold stage at Sick New World. Surprise guest Poppy comes out to perform “V.A.N.” with them.
Danny Elfman
Danny Elfman is a genius and almost creature-like when LIVE on stage. His body posture bends to the music with harsh turns and wide arm flares. The facial expressions match with wide open eyes on loud moments to inward chest on softer moments. He entered the Red stage at 7:10 p.m. where he performed in front of a band, orchestra and choir. His catalog of songs performed consisted of Oingo Boingo’s “Dead Man Party” (1985), “BeetleJuice” (1988), The Batman theme song (1989), The Simpsons theme song (1989) and of course, Nightmare Before Christmas’ “This Is Halloween” and “Jack’s Lament” (1993). One of our favorite songs that he performed was one of his new releases, “Happy.” (2020)
Danny Elfman performed a melody of hits at Sick New World. Fans got to relive The SImpsons, Beetlejuice, Nightmare Before Christmas and Onigo Boingo.
