Slayer To Play To Historic Venues After 25 Years

Slayer have confirmed that they will perform two historic venues that they haven´t played at in 25 years.

Slayer will perform at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles (October 28) and a Madison Square Garden in New York (November 27) with Gojira and 4Arm.

Registered Slayer fan club members will receive a special email offering them “first access” to purchase tickets for the two special dates. Full ticketing info will be available via the band’s website.

Slayer’s current lineup consists of frontman Tom Araya, guitarist Kerry King, Exodus guitarist Gary Holt (filling in for the late Jeff Hanneman) and drummer Paul Bostaph.

Down pay tribute to Jeff Hanneman at Download 2013

Phil Anselmo, Down lead singer, dedicated one song to Slayer´s Jeff Hanneman who passed away at the age of 49 on May 2, 2013.

 

 

Anselmo choose Stone The Crow and before said “This one is going out to our brother Jeff Hanneman!”

Slayer guitarist, Jeff Hanneman, dies at the age of 49

Jeff Hanneman, guitarist and founding member of thrash metal band Slayer, has died at the age of 49. It was released a statement on the band´s Facebook page announcing that their fellow band member had passed away at 11AM, May 2, at his own home in Southern California.

“Slayer is devastated to inform that their bandmate and brother, Jeff Hanneman, passed away at about 11AM this morning near his Southern California home. Hanneman was in an area hospital when he suffered liver failure. He is survived by his wife Kathy, his sister Kathy and his brothers Michael and Larry, and will be sorely missed.
Our Brother Jeff Hanneman, May He Rest In Peace (1964 - 2013)”

In early 2011, Hanneman contracted necrotizing fasciitis, a flesch-eating disease that was believed to have been contracted from a spider bite while in a friend´s hot tub. Hanneman ended up passing away of liver failure in a local Los Angeles hospital near his home in Southern California.