Euro Doctor Recommends Slayer Dates Cancelled

Band Photo: Slayer (?)

Under doctor's recommendation, SLAYER has had to cancel four dates on its U.S. Jagermeister Music Tour. The cancelled dates are the tour's kick-off, Friday, October 29 in Springfield, MO, Saturday, October 30 in Des Moines, IA, Tuesday, November 9 in Belle Vernon (Pittsburgh), PA, and Friday, November 26 in Tampa, FL.

Having just completed co-headlining the 20-date, sold-out "Unholy Alliance" European tour with Slipknot, Slayer's vocalist/bassist Tom Araya was taken to the hospital last Wednesday in Holland immediately following the band's performance. The doctors there diagnosed Araya with vocal fatigue, and directed that he completely rest his voice - no singing, no talking - for at least a week. In addition, the doctors cautioned Araya to not sing more than four consecutive nights, or he could risk doing irreparable damage to his vocal cords. Hence, the cancellation of the Belle Vernon and Tampa dates.

Araya and his Slayer bandmates - Kerry King and Jeff Hanneman/guitars and drummer Dave Lombardo - are confident that staying true to the schedule of no more than four consecutive shows will eliminate the possibility of any other dates being cancelled on the Jagermeister tour.

The Slayer-headlined Jagermeister Music Tour will now kick off on Halloween, Sunday, October 31 in St. Louis at The Pageant (Mastadon and Killswitch Engage support). The updated Slayer/Jagermeister tour is as follows:

OCTOBER
31 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO

NOVEMBER
2 Quest Club, Minneapolis, MN
3 Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
5 Aragon Ballroom, Chicago, IL
6 Harpo¹s Detroit, MI
7 Egyptian Room @ Murat Centre, Indianapolis, IN
10 The Staircase, Pittston, PA
11 Roseland Ballroom, New York, NY
12 Starland Ballroom, Sayreville, NJ
13 The Palladium, Worcester, MA
15 Lupo¹s @ The Strand, Providence, RI
16 State Theatre, Portland, ME
18 Electric Factory, Philadelphia, PA
19 Agora Ballroom, Cleveland, OH
20 Dome Theatre, Niagara Falls, NY
21 Bogart¹s, Cincinnati, OH
23 Nation, Washington, D.C.
24 Norva Theatre, Norfolk, VA
25 Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
27 Revolution, Ft. Lauderdale, FL
28 Hard Rock Live, Orlando, FL
30 House of Blues, New Orleans, LA

DECEMBER
2 Verizon Wireless Theatre, Houston, TX
3 Sunset Station, San Antonio, TX
4 Concrete Street Amphitheatre, Corpus Christi, TX
5 Gypsy Ballroom, Dallas, TX
7 Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
8 Shrine Auditorium, Billings, MT
10 The Premier, Seattle, WA
11 The Big Easy, Spokane, WA
12 Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR
14 The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
15 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
16 Soma, San Diego, CA
17 Universal Amphitheatre, Los Angeles, CA