Slayer Cancel UK Tour

2009-11-13 by Dave de Sylvia EMERITUS | 28 Comments
Thrash metal legends Slayer have postponed their planned UK tour due to vocalist Tom Araya's ongoing back complaints.

The seven-show stint was due to begin on November 18 in Nottingham, but will now kick off in Manchester's Academy on March 7. All tickets for the original shows are still valid.

Araya has been laid up for the past couple of weeks with blood clots in his back, and the decision has been made to call off all forthcoming dates. "Right now," said Slayer's manager, Rick Sales, "our main concern must be the full and permanent recovery of Tom, so we have decided to clear the calendar and give him the extra time he needs to concentrate solely on good health."

Slayer have already pushed back to an unspecified date the Canadian Carnage tour with Megadeth that was due to begin on November 8.

Re-scheduled Tour Itinerary:

March 7 Manchester Academy
March 8 London HMV Forum
March 9 London HMV Forum
April 2 Nottingham Rock City
April 3 Glasgow Barrowland
April 4 Leeds Academy
April 5 Birmingham Academy

Tagged: Slayer

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Duderino
November 13th 2009
830 Comments


what a pussy. play in a wheelchair

krazaln
November 13th 2009
35 Comments


what an irrelevant band.

Consigliere
November 13th 2009
278 Comments


Perform without vocals. WAAAAAAY better in Slayer's case.

JesusV4
November 13th 2009
391 Comments


Lame. Slayer's one of two of the best bands I've seen live (tied is Mars Volta).

This means an even longer wait til North American tour dates.

KieranVandRakim
November 13th 2009
332 Comments


blood clots hurt so bad

LepreCon
November 13th 2009
5482 Comments


what an irrelevant band

Fuck relevance

tinathefatlard
November 14th 2009
2112 Comments


World painted blood...raining blood...Tour cancelled: Blood clots.

Coincidence?

TerminalC
November 14th 2009
258 Comments


worst live band i've ever seen. and i've seen eisly play live, so put that in perspective.

Ire
November 14th 2009
41944 Comments


lol chiodos

HipsterHolocaust
November 14th 2009
774 Comments


Garbage live, extremely sluggish when I saw them.

Asiatic667
November 14th 2009
4651 Comments


Slayer=past it

Klekticist
November 14th 2009
1464 Comments


"back complaints"

METAL

Enotron
November 14th 2009
7695 Comments


whenever I think of slayer these days, i think of metal nostalgia and i get a vomit taste in my mouth.

not to take away how brilliant reign in blood is.

Wizard
November 14th 2009
20638 Comments


I believe I said this in one of the reviews for World Painted Blood:

"They should fucking retire instead of dragging their legacy through the mud"

Jamdbz
November 14th 2009
1609 Comments


^this

MaskAtTheMasquerade
November 14th 2009
2924 Comments


thank god!

south_of_heaven 11
November 14th 2009
5619 Comments


man you guys are so edgy and cool.

Slayer is still one of the best live acts around, this blows.

thediamondcanopy
November 14th 2009
521 Comments


Brutal.

HipsterHolocaust
November 14th 2009
774 Comments


Slayer is still one of the best live acts around


thrash bands past their prime aren't good live when they're playing extremely sluggish.

here's to hopin' sodom is good if i see them next year.

Meatplow
November 15th 2009
5523 Comments


no band is good live when they are playing extremely sluggish

HipsterHolocaust
November 16th 2009
774 Comments


true.

Big1974Jay
December 3rd 2010
1 Comments


ANYBODY who thinks Slayer is terrible live or irrelevent doesn't know what they are taking about. Slayer can DEVESTATE like nobody else live. So Tom has a few health Problems, SO WHAT!! After 25 years of playing in Slayer you'd be a little worn down too. Let the man recover I think he has earned it

SCREAM!
December 3rd 2010
15755 Comments


woa a south_of_heaven alt

FilthyBorgir
December 3rd 2010
1334 Comments


Back complaints, his back complains?

MO
December 5th 2010
24267 Comments


they probably forgot how to play their solos

KILL
December 5th 2010
81611 Comments


fuck

south_of_heaven 11
December 5th 2010
5619 Comments


woa a south_of_heaven alt


hilarious.

KILL
December 6th 2010
81611 Comments


lol



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