Pantera announce 2023 European tour dates

Pantera have introduced dates in Europe for 2023 – see full dates under and discover tickets here.

The steel band, who fashioned in 1981 and disbanded in 2003, introduced their return earlier this summer time. Singer Philip Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown signed a cope with Artist Group Worldwide for a collection of US tour dates subsequent 12 months, the band’s first in 20 years.

Zakk Wylde, who fronts the steel band Black Label Society, was introduced as Pantera’s new guitarist again in July. He serves because the alternative for authentic bandmate Dimebag Darrell, who was killed onstage in 2004. Following the next loss of life of drummer Vinnie Paul in 2018, Pantera went on a four-year hiatus. Anthrax’s Charlie Benante will carry out for the band on drums.

The band will head to Europe in Might and June subsequent 12 months, kicking off their tour in Sofia, Bulgaria on Might 26, with additional dates in Hungary, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic and Germany.

Tickets can be out there at 8am native time on Friday, November 25 and could be discovered here.

The primary 4 dates of Pantera’s reunion tour had been introduced in August, with the band to play plenty of festivals.

The primary of these festivals can be Heaven & Hell in Mexico, the place alongside Scorpions, Pantera will co-headline the primary night time on December 2. They’ll carry out there alongside the likes of Meshuggah, Arch Enemy, Epica and Cradle Of Filth, whereas different headliners billed for the competition embody Slipknot and Judas Priest on December 3, and KISS on December 4.

From there, Pantera will head to South America for a trio of Knotfest occasions within the area. The primary will go down in Colombia on December 9, the place the group are billed alongside Judas Priest and Convey Me The Horizon. They’re down because the sub-headliners for Knotfest Chile on Sunday 11, the place Slipknot – who personal and curate the competition – will take the highest spot.

Lastly, Pantera will carry out on the Carnival Stage at Knotfest Brasil on December 18. Discover ticketing particulars for that present here, with Columbia’s out there here and Chile’s here. Moreover, tickets for Heaven & Hell could be discovered here.

Earlier this month, Zakk Wylde revealed that in preparation for the upcoming tour, he had been utilizing on-line tutorials to be taught the band’s guitar elements.

Showing in an episode of Ola Englund’s webseries Sunday With Ola, Wylde stated that every time he’s “stumped” on a selected riff, he “would simply [search], ‘Learn how to play’, and I’d go on to YouTube and simply see all these different wonderful gamers taking part in the stuff.”

Wylde additionally revealed that Anselmo despatched him the tour’s setlist earlier this 12 months, noting that he’s been getting ready for the songs on it utilizing guitars gifted to him by Dimebag.