Slayer played the Kia Forum in Los Angeles last night for their Reign In Blood anniversary tour. The performance included some live rarities and a talk to the crowd from vocalist Tom Araya. He wasn’t joking.
They played God hates us all cut “God Send Death,” for the first time since 2016, and “Bloodline,” for the first time since 2017. They also played “The Antichrist” from Show no mercy for the first time live since 2017. Araya’s rant took place as they were about to perform “Seasons In The Abyss” but was delayed due to security concerns. Araya said the fire marshal told them to take a break until things calmed down.
“I don’t know how many times I had this conversation when we first started playing huge places. I kept telling everyone, man, you gotta keep up. You can’t start destroying shit because they’re going to shut that shit down,” he said. Then he mocks the crowd who start booing in response to his reasonable request.
“Look, if you want to have fun, you need to come here, in front of us, in the middle, where there’s nothing to destroy except each other. If you start doing shit outside of this line, they’ll shut the place down. They don’t want anyone to get hurt.” It continues to be respectful to those around you, especially people sitting in chairs.
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