Taking part in Dimebag Darrell‘s guitar components is tough sufficient. Doing it with a damaged hand is one thing else. Pantera guitarist Zakk Wylde received to expertise that precise unlucky scenario lately, as he defined to Kerrang! – and it began when he broke his hand within the dumbest manner potential.
“I broke my hand after we have been doing the Pantera celebration, doing the roulette wheel for the meet and greets,” stated Wylde. “I spin the wheel, and in the event that they win… properly, everybody’s a winner on a regular basis. Anyway, the ball bounced out, I went to go seize it, and I smashed my hand on the desk and broke it.
“I performed with three fingers for the remainder of the tour – a month and a half! I feel that was Dime [legendary late guitarist Dimebag Darrell] having enjoyable at my expense. It is already laborious sufficient to play his stuff, and he should have been like, ‘I will simply add this to the combination for the comedy…'”
Pantera will hit the street (with Wylde and an unbroken hand) this July for a 2025 US Summer time amphitheater tour that includes openers Amon Amarth. The tour kicks off in all its stoming heaviness on July 15 in Burgettstown, PA at The Pavilion at Star Lake and wraps up on September 13 in West Palm Seashore, FL on the iTHINK Monetary Amphitheatre. There’s additionally an extra visitor opener to be introduced at a later date. Tickets are available here.
7/15 The Pavilion at Star Lake Burgettstown, PA
7/17 Pine Knob Music Theatre Clarkston, MI
7/19 Credit score Union 1 Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL
7/20 Blossom Music Heart Cuyahoga Falls, OH
7/22 Riverbend Music Heart Cincinnati, OH
7/25 Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, PA
7/26 Northwell Well being at Jones Seashore Theater Wantagh, NY
7/28 Broadview Stage at SPAC Saratoga Springs, NY
7/29 BankNH Pavilion Gilford, NH
7/31 PNC Financial institution Arts Heart Holmdel, NJ
8/2 Xfinity Heart Mansfield, MA
8/3 Xfinity Theatre Hartford, CT
8/6 American Household Insurance coverage Amphitheater Milwaukee, WI
8/7 Goal Heart Minneapolis, MN
8/20 Utah First Credit score Union Amphitheatre Salt Lake Metropolis, UT
8/22 White River Amphitheatre Auburn, WA
8/23 Cascades Amphitheater Ridgefield, WA
8/26 Speaking Stick Resort Amphitheatre Phoenix, AZ
8/27 Kia Discussion board Inglewood, CA
8/29 T-Cell Area Las Vegas, NV
8/31 Isleta Amphitheater Albuquerque, NM
9/2 Germania Insurance coverage Amphitheater Austin, TX
9/3 Dos Equis Pavillion Dallas, TX
9/5 Ruoff Music Heart Noblesville, IN
9/6 Hollywood On line casino Amphitheatre St. Louis, MO
9/8 Coca-Cola Amphitheater Birmingham, AL
9/10 Veterans United Dwelling Loans Amphitheater Virginia Seashore, VA
9/11 Coastal Credit score Union Park at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC
9/13 iTHINK Monetary Amphitheatre West Palm Seashore, FL
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