Slayer will make its only East Coast appearance in 2025 on Sept. 20, headlining Hershey, Pennsylvania’s 30,000-seat Hersheypark Stadium with support from Knocked Loose, Suicidal Tendencies, Power Trip, Cavalera (performing “Chaos A.D.”) and Exodus (performing “Bonded by Blood”).
Ticket pre-sales are available starting at 10 a.m. ET Tuesday, April 8 , ahead of the general on-sale set for 10 a.m. ET Friday, April 11. All tickets can be purchased at www.slayer.net. Doors will open at 3 p.m. ET, and the show will start at 4.
WWE’ Superstar’s Damian Priest, a well-known metalhead and longtime Slayer fan, will host the concert. 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.
“Slayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyeeeeerrrrrr!!!!!! One night only, stacked line up, it’s going to be f*cking sick!!!!” Slayer’s Tom Araya said. “Hersheypark—be there … if not, you’re either dead, in jail or a sissy!!!!!”
Kerry King said: “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.”
“This will be the first time Slayer has played with Power Trip or Knocked Loose,” King added, “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.“
“We’re excited to play with some of the best heavy bands of all time, past and present,” Knocked Loose said.
2025 Slayer tour dates:
JULY
3 Blackweir Fields, Cardiff, Wales, UK
Lineup: Slaye, with Amon Amarth
, Anthrax, Mastodon, Hatebreed and Neckbreakker
5 Villa Park, Birmingham, UK • Black Sabbath • Back to the Beginning
6 Finsbury Park, London
Lineup: Slayer with Amon Amarth
, Anthrax, Mastodon, Anthrax and Neckbreakker
11 Quebec Festival d’été de Québec City, Quebec
Direct support: Mastodon
SEPTEMBER
18 Louder Than Life @ Highland Festival Grounds, Louisville, KY
20 Hersheypark Stadium, Hershey, PA
