Kerry King reveals new European and UK headline shows

Kerry King has just announced a bunch of European headline dates for next summer – including two in the UK.

The Slayer legend and his solo band – Mark Osegueda, Phil Demmel, Kyle Sanders and Paul Bostaph – will be crossing the pond for several festival appearances, not to mention a new support slot with Gojira in Krakow, and a double-whammy in Manchester and Bristol on August 12 and 13 respectively.

Catch Kerry King at the following:

July 2025

29 Zoom Saal – Frankfurt, DE 𐕣
30 Simm City – Wien, AU 𐕣

August 2025

1 Rockstadt Extreme – Transylvania, RO 𐕣
4 Komplex 457 – Zürich, CH 𐕣
6 – 9 Brutal Assault Festival – Jaromer, CZ
7 FZW – Dortmund, DE 𐕣
8 – 10 Alcatraz Festival – Kortrijk, BE
12 Academy 2 - Manchester, UK 𐕣
13 SWX – Bristol, UK 𐕣
14 Motocultor Festival – Carhaix, FR
17 Dynamo Festival – Eindhoven, NL
19 Tauron Arena – Krakow, PL *𐕣

𐕣 Newly announced shows
* Supporting Gojira

In other Kerry news, after Hurricane Helene disrupted Slayer’s planned appearance at 2024’s Louder Than Life, the thrash legends will be back to play in 2025. But that seems to be all so far…

Read this: Kerry King: “I’m going to keep going until it physically doesn’t make sense anymore… I hope that’s still a long way away”