Slayer Frontman Kerry King Says Band Will Never Tour Again: 'Ain't Gonna Happen'

Slayer frontman Kerry King has revealed some big news about the band.

The 60-year-old is now insisting that the band will never tour or record new music again. After years of offers, he revealed that novelty anniversary shows might be all that fans can expect throughout the rest of their careers.

"We're never gonna tour again - it ain't gonna happen. We're never gonna record again; that's not gonna happen either," he told Blabbermouth. "But to do commemorative shows, I think that's kind of fun. I don't have to be married to it for a long time. Kids don't have to worry about it coming around on tour because we said we wouldn't. There's not a whole lot of weird diabolical shit going on here. I think people have just gotta say, 'Hey, it's anniversary celebration shows.' That's gonna be the end of it."

The band has a series of reunion shows coming up that commemorate five years since their farewell tour has concluded.

"I'll put it in the perspective everybody can understand. We've been turning down offers since beginning of 2020, pandemic and all. And then it started getting near the five-year anniversary of us stopping playing, so I'm, like, 'You know what? This is a three-show package. I think it would be fun to do.' It's kind of a five-year anniversary of our last tour."

While King seems to be shutting down any possibility of future Slayer content, the new shows do coincide with the release of his new solo album. His recently-released record, From Hell I Rise, was released in May, a few months before they're slated to play some festival gigs in Kentucky, Chicago, and California.

"I see it both ways. We've [SLAYER] been turning down [reunion] offers for the last four years. Unfortunately, when the right offer came around, this one, it was right as my project was releasing. So there's certainly people, like my management and booking agents, who say, 'Oh, that's great. It's gonna boost your solo thing.' And I'm, like, 'Well, I don't know the business side of it, but it is what it is.'"

When the Slayer shows were announced, he continued to say that he had to assure his solo band that their reunion was just a "blip in the radar" and that he will continue to focus on his solo work.

"Every time I talk about it to journalists and magazines and stuff, I say, 'Listen, SLAYER is not gonna make another record. SLAYER is never gonna tour again.' May SLAYER do a one-off here or there? Maybe. I told my [solo] band when [the SLAYER reunion shows] came up, I'm, like, 'Listen, this is a blip on the radar to me. This isn't a solo project that's gonna recycle musicians every record cycle. You guys are with me till you don't wanna be.'"

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