System Of A Down used their concert at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London to revive their long-running feud with Oasis, turning it into a crowd-participation moment during the song ‘Needles’. Guitarist Daron Malakian joked that the song’s “tapeworm” should be called “Oasis” and then led the audience in a chant directed at the Britpop band. The incident matters chiefly because it brought an old band rivalry back into view at a major UK stadium show, giving it a high-profile live setting rather than leaving it as a passing backstage remark.

The article links the clash back to the early 2000s, when Noel Gallagher reportedly described System Of A Down in highly dismissive terms around the release of their 2001 album ‘Toxicity’. It also notes that Malakian made a similar anti-Oasis gesture in Chicago in September 2025, posting an altered venue sign reading “Fuck Oasis” while Oasis were touring the US. The Tottenham show took place on 13 July 2026 with Queens Of The Stone Age also on the bill, and NME framed the chant as part of a wider stadium performance that drew strong audience reaction.