New Tattoo Schedule / Headliner

SLAYER will reportedly carry on with their planned appearance at the revised dates on the upcoming European Tattoo The Planet tour, following PANTERA and STATIC-X’s decision to pull out of the trek.

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According to reports, SLAYER will head to Europe early next week to belatedly kick off the tour on Tuesday, September 18th in Leuven, Belgium. "I understand PANTERA's decision, but I think we'd be letting our European fans down if we cancelled the tour," said SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya. "We all have families, and are concerned about the potential dangers. But many kids in Europe have experienced attacks and assaults and terrorism throughout their lives, so I think SLAYER should make the effort to go over there and play for them. As a band, we simply refuse to play into the hands of these terrorists, we won't allow them to disrupt our lives any further." BIOHAZARD, who are currently in Los Angeles, California trying to get a flight out to Europe to play the rest of the dates on the tour with SLAYER, are hoping to make it to the European continent by Tuesday. Joining the two bands on the revised bill will be VISION OF DISORDER, who are currently overseas headlining several club gigs in the place of BIOHAZARD.

The rescheduled Tattoo The Planet European tour dates are as follows:

Sept. 18 – Brabanthal - Leuven, BEL
Sept. 20 - Palavobis - Milan, ITA
Sept. 22 - Sporthalle - Stuttgart, GER
Sept. 23 - Philipshalle - Dusseldorf, GER
Sept. 25 - Spodek Sporthall - Katowice, POL
Sept. 26 - Zenith - Munich, GER
Sept. 28 - Omnisports de Bercy - Paris, FRA
Sept. 29 – Statenhal - Den Haag, NETH
Sept. 30 – Sporthalle - Hamburg, GER
Oct. 01 – Vega - Copenhagen, Denmark (SLAYER only)
Oct. 02 – Horvet - Stockholm, Sweden
Oct. 04 – Ishallen - Helsinki, Finland
Oct. 06 – Arena - Berlin, Germany
Oct. 08 – Vokhaus - Zurich, Switzerland
Oct. 09 – The Point - Dublin, Ireland
Oct. 11 – SECC - Glasgow, Scotland
Oct. 13 – Wembley Arena - London, England
Oct. 14 – NEC Arena - Birmingham, England

Meanwhile, STATIC-X have issued their own statement explaining their reasons for canceling their involvement with the festival. It reads as follows:

“STATIC-X would like to offer extreme condolences and express our heart-felt support for all those affected by the disasters in New York City and Washington DC on Tuesday. We were all horrified and appalled at these events and our lives were turned upside-down.“We had a great time on our recent tour of Europe, May-June, with SLIPKNOT. We were all looking forward to seeing our friends and fans there, and were excited about the prospect of touring with PANTERA, SLAYER, and CRADLE OF FILTH. But we made the decision to cancel our participation in the ‘Tattoo The Planet’ tour, scheduled to begin on Sept. 14.

“The past four days have been spent making arrangements and accommodations to try to do this tour. We were all waiting to fly to Europe. Due to safety, financial and scheduling reasons culminating today, we made the decision to pull out of the tour. We look forward to coming back to Europe in the near future in support of Machine!

“Wayne Static — Ken Jay — Tony Campos — Tripp Eisen”

Source: Blabbermouth