Slayer’s Kerry King Lets Slip He’s Touring Australia This Year
King’s visit just so happens to coincide with the dates for this year’s Good Things Festival.
![](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6522859ed74b6e6f6d350faf/c6999ee3-14e5-416a-8fd0-56c5b6f10e43/kerry-king.png)
Image via @KerryKingOfficial (Facebook)
Slayer guitarist and driving force Kerry King has revealed during an interview with Metal Injection that he’s heading to Australia in December for a string of shows.
“In November we have two Mexico shows, and then in December we have like a week-and-a-half in Australia,” he explains. “And I think early next year we headline the US and then, ideally, we headline Europe.”
The news is sure to excite Slayer fans, with King’s appearance likely to see him perform at Good Things Festival. Although the lineup has yet to be announced, we do know the festival is running during the early weeks of December, with dates locked in for December 5 in Melbourne, December 7 in Sydney and December 6 in Brisbane. King would be a perfect fit for the punk and heavy metal music fest.
Elsewhere in the interview, King talked about playing Slayer songs alongside his own solo work. “People want to see me play Slayer songs, and I’m going to. For now, I play stuff that I either wrote or co-wrote.” You can watch the full conversation with Metal Injection below.
King rose to fame as co-founder of Slayer in the 80s, with the band releasing several classic albums, including Reign in Blood, South of Heaven and Seasons in the Abyss. Along with Metallica, Anthrax and Megadeth, they became known as The Big Four and dominated the thrash metal scene for decades.
Slayer abruptly parted ways in 2019, with King going out on his own and releasing his first solo album, From Hell I Rise, earlier this year. King enlisted Josh Wilbur (Lamb of God, Korn, Trivium) to produce the album and recruited Mark Osegueda of Death Angel on vocals, former Vio-lence and Machine Head guitarist Phil Demmel, Hellyeah bassist Kyle Sanders and Slayer and former Testament, Forbidden and Exodus drummer Paul Bostaph as his bandmates.
The album was a critical and commercial success, hitting the top of the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart and reaching #2 on the Billboard US Heatseekers Albums Chart. Classic Rock called From Hell I Rise “the best Slayer album Slayer never made.”
In news that surprised everyone, Slayer announced they were getting back together earlier this year to perform at Riot Fest, Lounder Than Life and Aftershock festivals in America.
READ MORE: Good Things Festival 2024 Lineup Predictions
The festival features a diverse lineup of international, national and local talent, including Genesis Owusu, Elsy Wameyo, Nooriyah, and JamesJamesJames.
The Leeds quartet won the award for their debut album, This Could Be Texas.
The Adelaide legends are also hitting the road next month supporting Cold Chisel.
The band has also shared new single ‘The Emptiness Machine’, announced their eighth album FROM ZERO and locked in a six-date world tour.
Fatman Scoop passes away, Gut Health share new single, Culture Wars announced as Amy Shark’s support and more in the Weekly Wrap.
The tour announcement comes as Day prepares for the release of her debut album next month.
Liam Finn, Teen Jesus And The Jean Teasers and Cosmic Psychos will join Peral Jam and Pixies on their Australian tour.
The tune was recorded during sessions for the Scottish outfit’s most recent album, Glasgow Eyes.
The American singer-songwriter is touring in support of his recently released sophomore album, Kansas Anymore.
The Roots will be joined by Talib Kweli and Nia Palm on their three-date tour.
The group behind mega 80s hit ‘Crash’ are performing five shows across the country in Febraury.
“The band were really looking forward to these shows and sincerely apologise to everyone for any inconvenience and disappointment.”
The five-piece are touring in support of new single, ‘Conversations That Hurt’.
The track arrives ahead of Sultan’s much-anticipated performance with the Adelaide Symphony Orchestra this December.
The indie party-starters are performing at Handpicked Festival in Langhorne Creek this November.
South Australia’s post-punk collective has four shows locked in, including a showcase at SXSW Sydney.
The expanded edition of the duo’s 2024 album includes three new tracks.
Catch aleksiah live in Adelaide at Lion Arts Factory this December.
Catch L.A.B. live in Adelaide at Hindley Street Music Hall in March 2025.
The 16-year-old singer-songwriter cites beabadoobee and Clairo as her inspirations.
The rock legends will perform in Adelaide next March.
The Grammy-nominated singer returns to our shores a year after wowing audiences across the nation.
There are 33 different categories to choose from with winners announced in November.
The tour comes in support of the country artist’s upcoming album, High.
‘Star’ is the former Roxy Music frontman’s collaboration with singer Amelia Barratt.
A new report shows that although the SA music industry is generating more money now than it did almost a decade ago, the impact of COVID-19 still lingers.
Petition to save Bluesfest, new Elton John doco, Oasis ticket prices and more in the Weekly Wrap.
The ‘Summer of ‘69’ singer will be joined on tour by English singer-songwriter James Arthur.
The psychedelic groovers will headline Monday night of the four day festival.
The announcement comes after The Breeders member released her first solo single in a decade, ‘Coast’, a few months back.