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\n\tReunited thrash metal icons Slayer<\/a> announced a run of 2025 shows in the North America and Europe on Tuesday (March 4), with the gigs representing the band\u2019s first U.K. and Canadian concerts in six years. As previously announced, the group \u2014 bassist\/singer Tom Araya, guitarist Kerry King, drummer Paul Bostaph and guitarist Gary Holt \u2014 will also make an appearance at Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath\u2019s final show on July 5.<\/p>\n \n\tThe run of shows will kick off on July 3 when Slayer hit the 35,000-capacity Blackweir Fields in Cardiff, Wales, with a line-up featuring support acts Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon, Hatebreed and Neckbreakker.<\/p>\n \n\tTheir next stop will be the Back to the Beginning show with Black Sabbath at Villa Park in the Osbourne-led group\u2019s hometown of Birmingham, where Slayer will join a galaxy of stars saluting the pioneering metal band that will include: Metallica, Pantera, Gojira, Halestorm, Alice in Chains, Lamb of God, Anthrax, Mastodon and a supergroup featuring Billy Corgan (The Smashing Pumpkins), David Draiman (Disturbed), Duff McKagan & Slash (Guns \u2018n Roses), Frank Bello (Anthrax), Fred Durst (Limp Bizkit), Jake E Lee, Jonathan Davis (Korn), KK Downing, Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Mike Bordin (Faith No More), Rudy Sarzo, Sammy Hagar, Scott Ian (Anthrax), Sleep Token ii (Sleep Token), Papa V Perpetua (Ghost), Tom Morello (Rage Against The Machine), Wolfgang Van Halen and Zakk Wylde.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cI am a Sabbath fan, and doing this show is an honor,\u201d said Araya in a statement.\u00a0\u201cI was hanging out with my brother and his friends during my junior year in high school, and we would play Sabbath all the time, so I am a big fan.\u00a0Black Sabbath were the originators, people call them \u2019the godfathers of metal music.\u2019\u00a0I think it\u2019s going to be an amazing experience, from the beginning to the end.\u00a0I\u2019m really, really honored to be a part of this, it\u2019s going to be great.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tKing added, \u201cI remember when we played with Black Sabbath at Ozzfest in 2004. It was when Rob Halford came back to Judas Priest and we were third on the bill.\u00a0You couldn\u2019t give me a better bill, I\u2019ll never forget that.\u00a0As it stands now, Slayer plays a handful of gigs a year.\u00a0 But that\u2019s how important this Sabbath date is, and it\u2019s great we will get to play a longer set for our fans in Cardiff and London on this visit too. Being on the Sabbath bill means the world to me, because these are my uber-heroes.\u00a0And to know that their camp thinks enough of us to offer us a spot is flattering and humbling.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n \n\tFollowing the Sabbath celebration, Slayer will move on to the 45,000-capacity Finsbury Park in London with the same roster of support acts before moving on to the Quebec\u00a0Festival d\u2019\u00e9t\u00e9 in Qu\u00e9bec City, Quebec with Mastodon on July 11. The final announced stop will be a Sept. 18 gig at the Louder Than Life festival<\/a> in Louisville, KY, where they will share the stage with Rob Zombie, Lamb of God, Down, The Story So Far, Cannibal Corpse, Cavalera, Neck Deep, Exodus and Atreyu, among others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n