Here’s what System Of A Down played as they kicked off their 2026 UK and European stadium tour in Sweden

    Serj Tankian of System of a Down performs live

    System Of A Down have kicked off their 2026 UK and European stadium tour in Sweden with a stacked 29-song setlist. Check it out below alongside footage and fan reactions.

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    The first show of the European leg took place in Sweden last night (Monday June 29) at the Strawberry Arena in Solna, and comes ahead of the metal legends playing in France, Italy and Germany next month, as well as two nights at Tottenham Hotspur stadium in London.

    These 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.

    For the most part, the setlist stayed true to the recent North and South America tour dates, with things kicking off with back to back renditions of ‘B.Y.O.B.’, ‘Suite-Pee’, ‘Prison Song’ and ‘Aerials’.

    Fan favourites made up the majority of the set too, with ‘Needles’, ‘Deer Dance’, ‘Radio/Video’, ‘Chop Suey!’ and ‘Lost In Hollywood’ coming in thick and fast, as well as some rarities including ‘Forest’, ‘Streamline’ and 1999 demo track ‘DAM’.

    Like seen in the previous legs of the tour, Serj Tankian and co. did not include an encore at their show in Sweden – instead playing all 29-songs without any breaks and wrapping things up with blistering renditions of ‘War?’, ‘Toxicity’ and ‘Sugar’.

    “Fantastic performance by System of a Down,” wrote one fan on X, sharing footage from the opening night, and another agreed adding: “What a show. I love these guys”.

    “System of a Down in Sweden was amazing,” a third shared on X. “The crowd was fantastic. Nobody holding up cell phones or taking selfies. Just tens of thousands of people enjoying the moment with their arms in the air.”

    Find more fan reactions and footage below, as well as the complete setlist from the night.

    System Of A Down’s setlist was:

    ‘Soldier Side – Intro’
    ‘B.Y.O.B.’
    ‘Suite-Pee’
    ‘Chic ‘N’ Stu’
    ‘Prison Song’
    ‘Aerials’
    ‘I-E-A-I-A-I-O’
    ‘Innervision’
    ‘Darts’
    ‘Genocidal Humanoidz’
    ‘Needles’
    ‘Deer Dance’
    ‘Radio/Video’
    ‘Dreaming’ (Middle section only)
    ‘Hypnotize’
    ‘ATWA’
    ‘Bounce’
    ‘Suggestions’
    ‘Psycho’
    ‘Chop Suey!’
    ‘Lonely Day’
    ‘Lost in Hollywood’
    ‘Streamline’
    ‘Spiders’
    ‘Forest’
    ‘DAM’
    ‘War?’
    ‘Toxicity’
    ‘Sugar’