Slayer’s worldwide farewell tour will officially run into summer 2019.
The band announced the dates for Leg Five of its final world tour on Monday. Leg Five will bring the band back to North America for a series of dates through May, starting May 2 and running through May 25. Lamb of God, Amon Amarth and Cannibal Corpse will serve as support for the tour.
The band’s new dates are noted below. The announcement follows the recent announcement of the sixth leg of the tour, which will take Slayer across Europe during June and July. Those dates — and those of Leg Four — are included with the dates for Leg Five.
MARCH
Leg Four: Australia Japan South Pacific
(Anthrax and Behemoth will support on headline dates)
7 Brisbane Riverstage Brisbane Australia
9 Download Festival Sydney Australia
11 Download Festival Melbourne Australia
15 Eventfinda Stadium Auckland New Zealand
17 Horncastle Arena Christchurch New Zealand
21 Download Festival Chiba Prefecture Japan
23 Pulp Summer Slam Manila Philippines
MAY
Leg Five: North America
(Lamb of God, Amon Amarth and Cannibal Corpse will support on all dates)
2 Ak-Chin Amphitheatre Phoenix AZ
3 Isleta Amphitheatre Albuquerque NM
5 UTEP/Don Haskins Center El Paso TX
7 Bert Ogden Arena Edinburg TX
8 The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory Dallas TX
10 MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre Tampa FL
11 Coral Sky Amphitheatre West Palm Beach Florida
13 Big Sandy Superstore Arena Huntington WVa
14 Merriweasther Post Pavilion Columbia MD
16 Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center Noblesville IN
17 Providence Medical Center Amphitheatre Bonner Springs KS
19 DTE Energy Mush Center Clarkston MI
20 Covel Centre Youngstown OH
22 Canadian Tire Centre Ottawa ON CANADA
24 BB&T Pavilion Camden NJ
25 Xfinity Center Mansfield MA
JUNE
Leg Six: Europe(Support acts for headline dates TBA)
4 Arena Gilwice Gilwice Poland
6 Sweden Rock Solvesborg Sweden
8 Rock Am Ring Nurburgring Germany
9 Rock Im Park Nurnberg Germany
11 Sports Arena Budapest Hungary
13 Leipzig Arena Leipzig Germany
14 Nova Rock Nickelsdorf Austria
Weekend of June 14-16
Download Donington Park UK
19 Arena Geneva Switzerland
21 Graspop Metal Meeting Dessel Belgium
23 Hellfest Clisson France25 Tipsport Arena Prague Czechoslovakia
28 Tons of Rock Oslo Norway
29 Tuska Open Air Helsinki Finland
JULY
July 3-6
Resurrection Festival Viviero Spain
5 VOA Heavy Rock Festival Lisbon Portugal
7 Rock The Castle Verona Italy
10 Metalheadmeeting Bucharest Romania
11 Airport Park Sofia Bulgaria
13 Rockwave Festival Athens Greece
Weekend of July 27-28*
Heavy Montreal Parc Jean-Drapeau Montreal QC
AUGUST
3 Messegelande Balingen Germany
More information on Slayer’s final world tour is available online now along with all of the band’s latest news and more at:
Website: http://www.slayer.net
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/slayer
Twitter: http://twitter.com/Slayer
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