Slayer announce huge Cardiff and London summer 2025 shows

After teasing new tour dates last week, Slayer have just announced two massive headline shows in Wales and England – the band’s first in six years.

The returning thrash metallers will be playing the 35,000-capacity Blackweir Fields in Cardiff and London’s 45,000-capacity Finsbury Park on July 3 and 6 respectively, of course with their planned appearance at Ozzy Osbourne’s star-studded final show with Black Sabbath sandwiched in-between on July 5.

Slayer – completed by vocalist/bassist Tom Araya, guitarist Kerry King, drummer Paul Bostaph and guitarist Gary Holt – will also be bringing along some very special guests for these two events: Amon Amarth, Anthrax, Mastodon, Hatebreed and NECKBREAKKER.

Catch them back over here at the following:

Slayer 2025 UK tour dates

July

3 Cardiff Blackweir Fields
5 Birmingham Villa Park (Black Sabbath’s Back To The Beginning show)
6 London Finsbury Park

Tickets go on general sale from 10am this Friday, March 7.

Speaking about their involvement with the Back To The Beginning gig, Tom said: “I am a Sabbath fan, and doing this show is an honour. I was hanging out with my brother and his friends during my junior year in high school, and we would play Sabbath all the time, so I am a big fan. Black Sabbath were the originators, people call them ‘the godfathers of metal music’. I think it’s going to be an amazing experience, from the beginning to the end. I’m really, really honoured to be a part of this, it’s going to be great.”

“I remember when we played with Black Sabbath at Ozzfest in 2004,” continued Kerry. “It was when Rob Halford came back to Judas Priest and we were third on the bill. You couldn’t give me a better bill, I’ll never forget that. As it stands now, Slayer plays a handful of gigs a year. But that’s how important this Sabbath date is, and it’s great we will get to play a longer set for our fans in Cardiff and London on this visit, too. Being on the Sabbath bill means the world to me, because these are my uber-heroes. And to know that their camp thinks enough of us to offer us a spot is flattering and humbling.”

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