IN THE NEWS:
Slipknot, Slayer and Anthrax will top the bill of next summer's edition of the Rock Star Energy Drink Mayhem Festival, which will visit 26 U.S. amphitheaters from coast to coast.
Spoon joins Public Enemy, Slayer and Passion Pit as a headliner at the Fun Fun Fun Fest, set for Nov. 4-6 in Austin, TX.
With their first joint U.S. appearance now in the books, heavy-metal mainstays Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax have announced plans for their second U.S. "Big 4" show.
The Big 4 -- heavy-metal heavyweights Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax -- have toured overseas together in the past, but the foursome played the U.S. for the first time on Saturday (4/23).
Rockers Slayer and Rob Zombie will team up for the first time in more than a decade to take on a co-headlining sweep of North America this summer.
Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman won't be with the band during its upcoming run aboard the Australian Soundwave Festival because he is recovering from recent emergency surgery on his right arm.
Organizers of the popular Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival have booked heavy-metal heavyweights Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax to play a spring gig at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA -- the same site that houses Coachella.
