They also played selected shows in Europe in the spring and summer of 2026, again with Metallica.
Pantera toured Europe again through January and February 2025, followed by their first tour of the UK and Ireland in more than two decades.
The band continued to tour throughout the spring, summer and fall of 2025, during which they played US dates with Metallica and Suicidal Tendencies , performed as one of the supporting acts for Black Sabbath ‘s final show in the UK, and toured the US with Amon Amarth .
Pantera then embarked on their first full-scale tour of Europe since 2000 in May and June 2023,
The band’s concerts at the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals in Germany and in Vienna, Austria in 2023 were canceled following an outcry over Anselmo’s previous racist remarks and his showing of the Hitler salute at an earlier event.
and supported Metallica on selected North American dates of their 2023–2024 M72 World Tour .
The updated lineup of Pantera played their first shows in 21 years in Latin America in December 2022, co-headlining Mexico’s Monterrey Metal Fest with Judas Priest ; the band also appeared at Hell & Heaven Metal Fest in Mexico and Knotfest in Chile, Brazil and Colombia.
Three shows into the band’s December 2022 Latin America run, it was revealed Brown had contracted COVID-19 and was replaced by bassist Derek Engemann (who plays with Anselmo in Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals and Scour ) for the remaining shows.
When asked in November 2022 by Bravewords.com if Pantera was planning to record new material, Benante said, “Oh man, who knows? Creatively, if we are just flowing and getting going, and things are starting to be really good, musically speaking, you never know what could happen. I’ve got tons of…
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On July 13, 2022, Billboard reported that Brown and Anselmo were reuniting in 2023 for Pantera’s first major tour in 22 years, and it was announced that they had signed with Artist Group International to book a North American tour. Zakk Wylde and Charlie Benante were later announced as the…
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