Slayer will play several shows in 2026, headlining the Rocklahoma

Slayer will play several shows in 2026, headlining the Rocklahoma festival in September and Sick New World Texas in Fort Worth the following month. Additional shows will occur in Minnesota along with two shows at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles (where the band played their final show before disbanding seven years earlier), followed by a Latin American tour in December with Power Trip and Kreator . Those dates will see them celebrating the 40th anniversary of their third album Reign in Blood . In an interview with Ultimate Guitar in April 2026, Holt stated that, while there are no plans to record new music or tour extensively, the band may play more shows in 2027: “We’ll see. We have two this year, and maybe next year there’ll be two more. Maybe there won’t be, I don’t know. It’s one of those things that is like, each year comes by and then wait and see.”