With Leg Three: Europe of SLAYER's »Final World Tour« having wrapped up this past Saturday, dates in Australia, Japan, the South Pacific and the final European dates announced in the past weeks, today SLAYER announces Leg Five: North America of its »Final World Tour«.
Maintaining the band's ethos of "play as many places as possible to make it easier for everyone to see the band one last time," Leg Five will kick off May 2nd, 2019 at the Ak-Chin Amphitheatre in Phoenix, AZ and see the band performing 16 shows across the Southern states and then up the East coast culminating at the Xfinity Center Amphitheatre in Mansfield, MA on May 25th. LAMB OF GOD, AMON AMARTH and CANNIBAL CORPSE will support SLAYER on all Leg Five dates. Special SLAYER VIP Packages will be available for all dates those details are accessible here: http://bit.ly/slayervip
Also Episode 3 of the »Slayer Looks Back On 37 Years« video interview series is released. Tom Araya and Kerry King talk about getting their first record deal and the release of »Show No Mercy«. Tom, Kerry and Paul Bostaph remember Paul's first meeting with the band and his subsequent audition to be SLAYER's drummer. Check out the clip HERE!
Episode 1: https://youtu.be/UJe1A5M4t3o
Episode 2: https://youtu.be/MsliP7optgE
With still more dates coming - it's a big world and it takes time to transverse it - confirmed 2019 dates for SLAYER's »Final World Tour« are as follows:
SLAYER live:
07.03. AUS Brisbane - Riverstage (w/ ANTHRAX, BEHEMOTH)
09.03. AUS Sydney - Download Festival
11.03. AUS Melbourne - Download Festival
13.03. AUS Adelaide - Entertainment Centre (w/ ANTHRAX, BEHEMOTH)
15.03. NZ Auckland - Eventfinda Stadium (w/ ANTHRAX)
17.03. NZ Christchurch - Horncastle Arena (w/ ANTHRAX)
21.03. J Chiba - Download Festival
23.03. RP Quezon City - Pulp Summer Slam
w/ LAMB OF GOD, AMON AMARTH, CANNIBAL CORPSE
02.05. USA Phoenix, AZ - Ak-Chin Amphitheatre
03.05. USA Albuquerque, NM - Isleta Amphitheater
05.05. USA El Paso, TX - UTEP/Don Haskins Center
07.05. USA Edinburg, TX - Bert Ogden Arena
08.05. USA Dallas, TX - The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
10.05. USA Tampa, FL - MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
11.05. USA West Palm Beach, FL - Coral Sky Amphitheatre
13.05. USA Huntington, WV - Big Sandy Superstore Arena
14.05. USA Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion
16.05. USA Noblesville, IN - Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
17.05. USA Bonner Springs, KS - Providence Medical Center Amphitheater
19.05. USA Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre
20.05. USA Youngstown, OH - Covelli Centre
22.05. CDN Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre
24.05. USA Camden, NJ - BB&T Pavilion
25.05. USA Mansfield, MA - Xfinity Center
04.06. PL Gliwice - Arena
06.06. S Sölvesborg - Sweden Rock
08.06. D Nürburg - Rock am Ring
09.06. D Nürnberg - Rock im Park
11.06. H Budapest - Papp László Sportaréna
13.06. D Leipzig - Arena
14.06. A Nickelsdorf - Nova Rock
15./16.06. UK Donington - Download Festival
19.06. CH Genf - Arena
21.06. B Dessel - Graspop Metal Meeting
23.06. F Clisson - Hellfest
25.06. CZ Prag - Tipsport Arena
28.06. N Ekeberg - Tons of Rock
29.06. FIN Helsinki - Tuska Open Air
03. - 06.07. E Viveiro - Resurrection Fest
05.07. P Lissabon - VOA Heavy Rock Festival
07.07. I Verona - Rock The Castle
10.07. RO Bukarest - Metalhead Meeting
11.07. BG Sofia - Airport Park
27./28.07. CDN Montréal, QC - Heavy Montréal
03.08. D Balingen - Messegelände
04.10. BR Rio de Janeiro - Rock in Rio (w/ ANTHRAX a.o.)
Order SLAYER's latest album »Repentless«, in various formats (6,66" vinyl box set and more): www.nuclearblast.de/suche/slay
