{"id":2028808,"date":"2026-07-06T08:24:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:24:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2028808"},"modified":"2026-07-06T08:24:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T05:24:19","slug":"watch-viral-footage-of-system-of-a-downs-wild-crowds-in-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2028808","title":{"rendered":"Watch viral footage of System Of A Down\u2019s wild crowds in France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/live-stem-of-a-down.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Watch viral footage of System Of A Down\u2019s wild crowds in France<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The endless sea of circle pits &#8220;shook the walls&#8221; of the Stade De France<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Poppy Burton<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-07-06T09:24:19+01:00\">6th July 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/live-stem-of-a-down-696x442.jpg\" alt=\"System Of A Down\" title=\"System Of A Down\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Serj Tankian (L) and John Dolmayan of System of a Down, 2022. CREDIT: Daniel Knighton\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Clips of raucous crowds at System Of A Down\u2018s recent France dates have gone viral \u2013 check out clips below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0System Of A Down\u2019s Serj Tankian: \u201cWe are not living in a just world\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first show of the band\u2019s European leg took place in Sweden late last month, ahead of Thursday\u2019s (July 2) date at the Stade De France in Paris. Following the gig, the venue itself took to social media to say the endless sea of circle pits \u201cshook the walls\u201d while they played.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several clips from the gig see the band performing to a sea of fans as countless circle pits form. They were similar scenes to last year\u2019s concert at the Aut\u00f3dromo de Interlagos in S\u00e3o Paulo, which were so thunderous, Daron Malakian wrote on social media: \u201cThis is not a war zone, this is not a riot, this is a System Of A Down style Rock &amp; Roll concert in Brazil!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local outlet <em>Sortira Paris<\/em> wrote that as well as moshing, some fans at the French gig took to waving Armenian flags in a nod to frontman Serj Tankian, who is of Armenian descent.<\/p>\n<p>Tankian and the band have regularly shed light on the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1916, and even\u00a0thanked former President Joe Biden for officially recognising the genocide in 2021 \u2013 and he recently hit out at the Israeli government and accused them of \u201cusing\u201d Armenian history and their \u201cgenocide and pain\u201d to their \u201cpolitical advantage\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaZDTMlDIZ4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaYnnXXMK9K\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaYz77gMLJq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The French date comes ahead of the metal legends playing in Italy and Germany this month, as well as two nights at Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London.\u00a0These are their first headline tour dates in Europe since 2017, and when they head to the UK it will mark their first live shows in London in over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of thire show in Sweden, System Of A Down confirmed that they would be launching pop-up shops with exclusive merch\u00a0and limited edition pressings of their seminal album, \u2018Toxicity\u2019 to celebrate its 25th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Before then, frontman Tankian said he and his bandmates are currently \u201chaving the best time of [their] lives as a band\u201d\u00a0after playing across North America.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The metal icons dropped their first new music in 15 years back in 2020 \u2013 singles\u00a0\u2018Protect The Land\u2019 and \u2018Genocidal Humanoidz\u2019\u00a0\u2013 after going on hiatus from 2006 to 2010. However, they are yet to record a full-length follow-up to their 2005 albums \u2018Mezmerize\u2019 and \u2018Hypnotize\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, guitarist\u00a0Daron Malakian spoke to\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0about the chances of more new music from the group, and said that it was the \u201calbum shit that drives wedges between\u201d the members.<\/p>\n<p>Tankian has discussed the possibility of a new SOAD record too, and although\u00a0he said in 2024 that he sees it as a good way to get a \u201cfresh start\u201d,\u00a0he later revealed that he had been put off recording after\u00a0becoming \u201cvery passive\u201d while working on \u2018Mezmerize\u2019 and \u2018Hypnotize\u2019. He later doubled down on the stance,\u00a0dismissing rumours that System would be teasing a new album\u00a0with their\u00a0tour dates, saying: \u201cThere is no album that is written.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joining System Of A Down at all upcoming shows are Queens Of The Stone Age\u00a0and Acid Bath, with the latter having\u00a0reformed in 2025 after a 17 year hiatus. 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News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Watch Biffy Clyro play \u2018Machines\u2019 with Jamie Campbell Bower at Finsbury Park<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td_module_flex td_module_flex_1 td_module_wrap td-animation-stack\">\n<div class=\"td-module-container td-category-pos-above\">\n<div class=\"td-image-container\">\n<div class=\"td-module-thumb\"><span class=\"entry-thumb td-thumb-css\" data-type=\"css_image\" data-img-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/metallica-london@2000x1270-400x254.jpg\" data-img-retina-url=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/metallica-london@2000x1270-800x508.jpg\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-module-meta-info\">\n                    Music News<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"entry-title td-module-title\">Here\u2019s what went down when Metallica kicked off the first of their two \u201cno repeats\u201d shows at London Stadium<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"td-page-meta\"><\/span>                <\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Clips of raucous crowds at System Of A Down\u2018s recent France dates have gone viral \u2013 check out clips below.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0System Of A Down\u2019s Serj Tankian: \u201cWe are not living in a just world\u201d\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The first show of the band\u2019s European leg took place in Sweden late last month, ahead of Thursday\u2019s (July 2) date at the Stade De France in Paris. Following the gig, the venue itself took to social media to say the endless sea of circle pits \u201cshook the walls\u201d while they played.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Several clips from the gig see the band performing to a sea of fans as countless circle pits form. They were similar scenes to last year\u2019s concert at the Aut\u00f3dromo de Interlagos in S\u00e3o Paulo, which were so thunderous, Daron Malakian wrote on social media: \u201cThis is not a war zone, this is not a riot, this is a System Of A Down style Rock &amp; Roll concert in Brazil!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Local outlet <em>Sortira Paris<\/em> wrote that as well as moshing, some fans at the French gig took to waving Armenian flags in a nod to frontman Serj Tankian, who is of Armenian descent.<\/p>\n<p>Tankian and the band have regularly shed light on the mass killings of Armenians under the Ottoman Empire between 1915 and 1916, and even\u00a0thanked former President Joe Biden for officially recognising the genocide in 2021 \u2013 and he recently hit out at the Israeli government and accused them of \u201cusing\u201d Armenian history and their \u201cgenocide and pain\u201d to their \u201cpolitical advantage\u201d.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaZDTMlDIZ4\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaYnnXXMK9K\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DaYz77gMLJq\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The French date comes ahead of the metal legends playing in Italy and Germany this month, as well as two nights at Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London.\u00a0These are their first headline tour dates in Europe since 2017, and when they head to the UK it will mark their first live shows in London in over a decade.<\/p>\n<p>Ahead of thire show in Sweden, System Of A Down confirmed that they would be launching pop-up shops with exclusive merch\u00a0and limited edition pressings of their seminal album, \u2018Toxicity\u2019 to celebrate its 25th anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>Before then, frontman Tankian said he and his bandmates are currently \u201chaving the best time of [their] lives as a band\u201d\u00a0after playing across North America.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The metal icons dropped their first new music in 15 years back in 2020 \u2013 singles\u00a0\u2018Protect The Land\u2019 and \u2018Genocidal Humanoidz\u2019\u00a0\u2013 after going on hiatus from 2006 to 2010. However, they are yet to record a full-length follow-up to their 2005 albums \u2018Mezmerize\u2019 and \u2018Hypnotize\u2019.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Last summer, guitarist\u00a0Daron Malakian spoke to\u00a0<em>NME<\/em>\u00a0about the chances of more new music from the group, and said that it was the \u201calbum shit that drives wedges between\u201d the members.<\/p>\n<p>Tankian has discussed the possibility of a new SOAD record too, and although\u00a0he said in 2024 that he sees it as a good way to get a \u201cfresh start\u201d,\u00a0he later revealed that he had been put off recording after\u00a0becoming \u201cvery passive\u201d while working on \u2018Mezmerize\u2019 and \u2018Hypnotize\u2019. He later doubled down on the stance,\u00a0dismissing rumours that System would be teasing a new album\u00a0with their\u00a0tour dates, saying: \u201cThere is no album that is written.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joining System Of A Down at all upcoming shows are Queens Of The Stone Age\u00a0and Acid Bath, with the latter having\u00a0reformed in 2025 after a 17 year hiatus. Visit\u00a0here\u00a0for any remaining tickets.<\/p>\n<p>At the show in Stockholm, Queens Of The Stone Age used the support slot to dust off some deep cuts from their 2007 album \u2018Era Vulgaris\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In their 12-song set,\u00a0Josh Homme\u00a0and co. began things with the first live performance of \u2018Run, Pig, Run\u2019 since 2008, and then broke out \u2018The Fun Machine Took A Shit And Died\u2019 for the first time in 12 years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[analyse_source url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-viral-footage-of-system-of-a-downs-wild-crowds-in-france-3955227&#8243;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/live-stem-of-a-down.jpg&#8221;] NewsMusic News Watch viral footage of System Of A Down\u2019s wild crowds in France The endless sea of circle pits &#8220;shook the walls&#8221; of the Stade De France By Poppy Burton 6th July 2026 Serj Tankian (L) and John Dolmayan of System of a Down, 2022. 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