Wake Up The Souls Tour

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Wake Up the Souls Tour
Tour by System of a Down
Start dateApril 6, 2015
End dateOctober 6, 2015
Legs4
No. of shows19
System of a Down concert chronology

The Wake Up the Souls Tour was a concert tour by Armenian American rock band System of a Down, which commenced in April 2015. The tour was to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide and raise awareness of the events which saw roughly 1.5 million Armenians killed by the Ottoman Empire government in 1915. [1] [2]

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Background

Having announced that they would headline the 2014 KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas concert, [3] they then announced that they would headline the Rock In Rio festival in Brazil the following September. [4] Rumours then began to spread about a possible full world tour & maybe a new album, particularly because of drummer John Dolmayan's strange but choreographed tweets gradually counting down to the announcement on November 24, 2014. He tweeted the day before "T-Y-W-K" which led many to believe he meant "tomorrow you will know". [5]

The tour started with one stop in North America. [6] [7] System revealed in November 2014 the 'Wake Up The Souls Tour,' scheduled to begin on April 10 at the Wembley Arena in London and finish on April 23 for the band's first ever show in their ethnic homeland of Armenia. [2] Their performance in the capital city of Yerevan at the Republic Square was a free show.

The main objective of the tour was to create awareness and recognition of the genocide to the entire world, particularly in Turkey, whose government does not fully recognise the genocide the preceding Ottoman Empire conducted. [6] The band's announcement on their website called for the Turkish people who stand with the band on the issue of the Armenian Genocide to speak out and raise awareness of it. [8]

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
North America
April 6, 2015 Inglewood United States The Forum
Europe
April 10, 2015 London England Wembley Arena
April 13, 2015 Cologne Germany Lanxess Arena
April 14, 2015 Lyon France Halle Tony Garnier
April 16, 2015 Brussels Belgium Forest National
April 17, 2015 Amsterdam Netherlands Ziggo Dome
April 20, 2015 Moscow Russia SK Olympiyskiy
April 23, 2015 Yerevan Armenia Republic Square
North America
June 17, 2015 Detroit United States DTE Energy Music Theatre
June 19, 2015 Toronto Canada Molson Canadian Amphitheatre
June 20, 2015 Montebello Amnesia Rockfest
August 29, 2015 Denver United States Riot Fest
September 12, 2015 Chicago Riot Fest
Latin America
September 24, 2015 Rio de Janeiro Brazil Rock in Rio
September 25, 2015 São Paulo Arena Anhembi
September 28, 2015 Santiago Chile Santiago Gets Louder
September 30, 2015 Buenos Aires Argentina Estadio G.E.B.A.
October 3, 2015 Bogota Colombia Parque Deportivo
October 6, 2015 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de Deportes

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References

  1. https://www.facebook.com/systemofadown/posts/10152588613294032
  2. 1 2 "System of a Down Announce 'Wake Up the Souls' 2015 Tour". November 14, 2014.
  3. https://www.facebook.com/systemofadown/posts/10152562002149032
  4. https://www.facebook.com/systemofadown/posts/10152576426364032
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  6. 1 2 "System of a Down Rage, Educate at Wake Up the Souls Tour Kickoff". April 7, 2015.
  7. "System of a Down tries to raise awareness of Armenian genocide with its Wake Up the Souls tour". April 6, 2015.
  8. http://www.systemofadown.com/