SLAYER has announced a one-night-only show just added to the band’s handful of headline concerts set for this summer. Marking the band’s only U.S. East Coast performance in 2025, SLAYER will headline Hershey, Pennsylvania’s 30,000-seat Hersheypark Stadium on Saturday, September 20, 2025. Ticket pre-sales are available beginning tomorrow, Tuesday, April 8 at 10 a.m. ET, ahead of the general on-sale set for Friday, April 11 starting at 10 a.m. ET. All tickets can be purchased at www.slayer.net. Doors are at 3 p.m. ET and the show kicks off at 4 p.m. ET.
The concert will be hosted by WWE superstar Damian Priest, a well-known “metalhead” and a longtime SLAYER fan. Priest’s signature “finisher” is SLAYER‘s “South Of Heaven”, and SLAYER‘s Kerry King provided guitar for Priest‘s “Rise For The Night” theme.
This exclusive concert brings together a multi-generation, powerhouse lineup:
SLAYER
KNOCKED LOOSE
SUICIDAL TENDENCIES
POWER TRIP
CAVALERA (exclusively performing SEPULTURA’s “Chaos A.D.” album)
EXODUS (performing “Bonded By Blood” album)
SLAYER bassist/vocalist Tom Araya said: “Slayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeerrrrrr!!!!!! One night only, stacked line up, it’s going to be f*cking sick!!!! Hersheypark — be there… If not, you’re either dead, in jail or a sissy!!!!!”
About SLAYER performing at the 30,000-seat Hersheypark Stadium, guitarist Kerry King commented: “Last year, SLAYER played only two shows, and those shows affected me like playing the ‘Big Four’ shows did. When we played our first show last year in Chicago, I figured it was going to be great for the fans; maybe there would be some people who had never seen us play before, but the reaction was just completely overwhelming. The fans reacted to us like I’d expect them to react to the biggest band on the planet. It was amazing. So for the Hershey concert, we’ll play a SLAYER show, we’ll have all of our big fire effects, and just burn everything like we used to.”
Added King: “This will be the first time SLAYER has played with POWER TRIP or KNOCKED LOOSE, but I am well aware of them from word of mouth, and hearing their music on Liquid Metal. I’m looking forward to seeing them live.”
POWER TRIP said: “Honored to share the stage with one of our all time favorite bands, SLAYER. See you sick f*cks at the riff clinic.”
KNOCKED LOOSE said: “We’re excited to play with some of the best heavy bands of all time, past and present.”
SLAYER‘s 2025 concert dates are as follows:
July 3 – Blackweir Fields, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Lineup:
SLAYER with special guests AMON AMARTH , ANTHRAX, MASTODON, HATEBREED and NECKBREAKKER
July – 5 – Villa Park, Birmingham, UK
“Back To The Beginning” with BLACK SABBATH
July 6 – Finsbury Park, London
Lineup:
SLAYER with special guests AMON AMARTH , ANTHRAX, MASTODON, HATEBREED and NECKBREAKKER
July 11 – Quebec Festival d’été de, Québec City, Quebec
Direct support: MASTODON
September 18 – Louder Than Life @ Highland Festival Grounds, Louisville, KY
Lineup: SLAYER, ROB ZOMBIE, MARILYN MANSON and more
September 20 – Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
Lineup: SLAYER, KNOCKED LOOSE, SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, POWER TRIP, CAVALERA, EXODUS
