Of the fans excited at the shows of the artists’ interactions, we listed some moments that marked this historic passage of the band in the country
After nine shows held at South Americafive of them in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba and São Paulo), system of a Down officially ended the historic passage through the continent on the night of last Wednesday, 14, with live presentation in the Interlagos Autodromein the state capital.
In the country, the group of Nu Metal Armenian American, formed by SERJ TANKIAN, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayanalso performed in the Couto Pereira Stadium (Curitiba), Nilton Santos Stadium (Rio de Janeiro) and Allianz Parque (São Paulo).
In addition to all the mystique of live shows, the members also enjoyed the country a lot, interacted with fans in person and even watched a soccer match. Below, see the four largest highlights of the passage of the system of a Downin Brazil, in 2025:
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Setlist that changed among the shows
Whether in Rio de Janeiro, Curitiba or Sao Paulo, the fans and audiences witnessed different setlists in each city – and some songs that were repeated were played at different times. For example, among the 32 songs performed in Curitiba, nine were present only there (“Attack“,”Violent Pornography“,”Mr. Jack“,”Genocidal humanoidz“,”ADD (American Dream Denial)“,”Bubbles“,”Streamline“,”Forest“and”War?“while Rio had other” exclusive “(“X“,”36“,”Pictures“,”Highway Song“,”Peephole“,”KILL ROCK ‘N’ ROLL“,”Mind“and”Spider“.
The shows in Curitiba and the second in São Paulo (May 11) had the same order of songs, but system of a Down included “mini covers” of “EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE“and”Careless Whisper“in the state capital, besides dedicating”Gig“and”Roulette“For all mothers.
Already in the closing show, in Interlagos Autodromethe band gave a presentation of 38 tracks! On other dates, the quartet had 32 songs in the repertoire.
Daron Malakian
The guitarist (sometimes singer, sometimes vocal backing, sometimes dancer) of system of a Down It appeared to have fun every night in Brazil. Seeing the stage, it was very fun to follow the very expressive reactions of Daron Malakian.
In addition, he walked all the time from side to side. Not just a great guitarist, he is also a great live singer – highlighting the covers of “EVERY BREATH YOU TAKE“and”Careless Whisper“which he did on May 11, in Allianz Parque.
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Audience of the shows: honors, flags, punk wheels and more!
Not just SERJ TANKIAN, Daron Malakian, Shavo Odadjian and John Dolmayanbut another great protagonist of the band’s shows were the fans and audience present in the stadiums and Interlagos Autodrome.
Despite the ban on entry with flags by the organization of events, the public managed to enter all the dates (without exception) with the objects to hold large parties, not to mention the visual show. “If you notice, we don’t have pyrotechnics on stage … But our fans bring the Fire PO ***,” said the guitarist.
Early on the shows, fans prepared beautiful – and politicized – system of a Down. During the event, the audience lit red, blue and yellow lanterns in order to reproduce the Armenian flag. In addition to honoring the origin of musicians, the initiative aimed to support the efforts of the four members in the struggle for recognition of Armenian genocide, which occurred at the beginning of the last century.
And not here: there were people with the most diverse fantasies, Jesus Christ the banana and, amazing, Dora, the adventurer! Of course, there was no shortage of traditional punk wheels in virtually every song of the setlist.
What a blessed image Jesus and Dora over the track on the System show pic.twitter.com/vmiiwf7viz
– Thais (@garfieldigital) May 11, 2025
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The relationship of System of a Down with fans and Brazil
Whether with fans or citizens who should not necessarily know the system of a Downthe band members had interesting interactions with Brazilians. For example, Daron Malakian He found a child working on the street and decided to buy all the products to help her. In video published in Tiktokthe boy sold dish cloths, and the guitarist paid $ 100 – about $ 560 in the current price – to “exhaust” the stock. In this way, the boy was able to end his “office hours” and go home to rest theoretically.
@mari.novak#daronmalakian#daron#soad#Systemofofawn#wakeup#wakeupour#soadbr ♬ lonely day – system of a down
Already in the show of Curitiba, John Dolmayan He passed the PCD area before the show to take pictures with the fans present. In addition, he took pictures with some fans in front of the hotel where the group was staying. After the two presentations in the Allianz Parque, Malakian took the opportunity to watch a football game, Santos Futebol Clube.
Dear! John Dolmayan, drummer at System of a Down, gave a passed PCD area of the show in Rio de Janeiro before the show.
– I’m going to be grid (@voudegrade) May 8, 2025
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Source: Rollingstone
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