SLAYER Announces First Canadian Show Since 2019

Slayer played two reunion shows in 2024 at Aftershock and Riot Fest, and it seems they’re not slowing down in 2025! Slayer has just announced their first Canadian show since their farewell trek in 2019 for July 11 at the Festival d’été de Québec in Quebec City, QC. That particular day of the festival features the following lineup:

• Slayer
• Bob Sinclair
• Mastodon
• Sickick
• Mzerg
• Cheat Codes
• Sandveiss
• Veggi
• Bibi Club
• Original Gros Bonnett
• Linka Moja
• Bradeazy
• thaïs
• Suray Sertin
• Social Club

Slayer was also recently announced for the Black Sabbath farewell show for this July in Birmingham, England and Louder Than Life in Louisville, KY this September. We’ll see if there’s any more coming, but so far Slayer is up to three this year.

And if you’re wondering about Slayer and their potential future plans, there’s not a ton in the works. Slayer‘s reunion appearances are obviously continuing into this year, but King doesn’t see their return getting any bigger than that. In a recent interview with Metal Roos, King made it clear that Slayer will never tour and never put out another record again.

“We’re never gonna tour again. We’re never gonna make a record again. Mark my word: we’re never gonna make a record again, we’re never gonna tour again. Because that was the last thing. We said [back in 2018], ‘This is our final tour.’ It took five years for us to come and say, ‘Hey, here’s a couple of shows, five-year anniversary.'”

On the few Slayer shows that happened in 2024, King added: “I think it’s really cool. A lot of fans are into it. There’s gonna be haters who say, ‘Oh, they retired.’ Yeah. Whatever. This is all about celebration. Say a kid was 10 years old when we retired. Now he’s 15, 16. [It’s his] first opportunity to see us. I think that’s important.”