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System of a Down Announces Tour, Issues Call to Action on Centennial

System of a Down announced its April 2015 “Wake Up the Souls” tour, in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide centennial.
System of a Down announced its April 2015 “Wake Up the Souls” tour, in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide centennial.

Band to perform in Yerevan on April 23

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (A.W.)—World-renowned rock band System of a Down announced its April 2015 “Wake Up the Souls” tour, in commemoration of the Armenian Genocide centennial.

The tour begins on April 10 in England, and—after concerts in Germany, France, Belgium, The Netherlands, and Russia—concludes on Republic Square in Yerevan on April 23.

“For years we have commemorated [the Armenian Genocide] by doing a ‘Souls’ show, so we decided to call this tour the Wake up the Souls tour,” said SOAD’s Serj Tankian. “We’re playing in Armenia for the first time on April 23rd, the day before the commemoration of the 100th anniversary,” he added.

Tankian talked about the importance of justice for the Genocide. He said, “If someone killed my family and burned my house down, and I’m running after them for a hundred years for them to turn around and say, ‘sorry.’ What does that mean?”

Call to Action

System of a Down issued a call to action on its website, asking their fans worldwide to “join us and the good people of conscience in Turkey to take a stand for truth and justice, and ask their President and Parliament to accept the Republic of Turkey’s moral and material responsibility for the Armenian Genocide.”

“With your help, such a historic step taken by the people of Turkey in the spirit of human solidarity, heartfelt compassion and justice will not only heal the wounds of one genocide, but will more broadly represent a truly transformative step toward a new age—an era without genocide,” read the statement.

For more details, go to http://www.systemofadown.com.

Watch the video announcing the #WakeUpTheSouls tour below.

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7 Comments To "System of a Down Announces Tour, Issues Call to Action on Centennial"

#1 Comment By ARAX ATAMIAN On November 24, 2014 @ 3:29 pm

BRAVO! SO PROUD OF SYSTEM AND ADMIRE YOUR ARMENIAN HEART & SOUL! ANY CONCERTS IN THE US?

#2 Comment By lindaM On November 24, 2014 @ 4:06 pm

Thank You SOTD! If it takes 100 years to do the right thing…. it takes 100 years. I will never lose hope that one day the people of Turkey will do the right thing.

#3 Comment By Hairenakitz On November 24, 2014 @ 4:27 pm

Thanks S.O.A.D

Let’s “WAKE UP THE SOULS”

#4 Comment By SHAHE On November 24, 2014 @ 5:24 pm

great IDEA .. MORE POWER TO YOU GUYS.. god BLESS YOUR PATH.. YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER DOWING ONE IN WASHINGTON , DC CALLING FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRE NATION TO RECOGNIZE ..ALSO ONE IN NE WYORK INFRON OF THE UN BUILDING ASKING THE NATIONS OF THE FREE WORLD TO PRESSURE TURKEY FOR RECOGNITION AND PAY BACK FOR THE BLOOD OF ALL OF 1.5 MILLION .

#5 Comment By RAFFI VARJABEDIAN On November 24, 2014 @ 9:58 pm

Great Idea. When are the tickets of Yerevan available to purchase?

#6 Comment By Loretta Apkarian-Hendricks On November 25, 2014 @ 10:26 am

These HYES are so profound. I love them and wish there was a way to be in Armenian to see them.
Too bad no one ever told my grandmother they were sorry for making her an orphan in 1915.
May she rest in peace !

#7 Comment By Manuk On November 26, 2014 @ 6:08 am

Should play in Bolis to make the cause more effective. It’s Turkey we are asking to recognize, not Armenia.