It finally happened. Pantera played a gig on American soil.
After months of anticipation, the reunited groove metal titans played their first stateside show last night (May 6th) at the Thunder Beach Motorcycle Rally in Panama City, Florida. The band’s current lineup features core members Phil Anselmo and Rex Brown, as well as Ozzy Osbourne / Black Label Society axeman Zakk Wylde and Anthrax drummer Charlie Benante.
Although their comeback run has already hit Mexico, South America, and Japan, Pantera’s Thunder Beach set marked the band’s first concert in the United States in 22 years. Until last night, their last stateside show was when they wrapped up their Extreme Steel Tour at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington.
Anselmo, Brown, Wylde and Benante fully embraced the landmark event, going deep into the vaults to play the notorious “Suicide Note Pt. II” from The Great Southern Trendkill for the first time. It is worth mentioning that the band did not play “War Nerve,” although Charlie Benante has recently shown footage of the band practicing the track during rehearsal.
Check out the 11-song setlist (courtesy of setlist.fm) and fan-filmed footage below!
Pantera setlist, 5/6/23:
Mouth for War
A New Level
Strength Beyond Strength
Becoming (with “Throes of Rejection” outro)
I’m Broken (with “By Demons Be Driven” outro)
This Love
Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit
Suicide Note Pt. II
Walk
Domination/Hollow
Cowboys From Hell
2023 North American Tour Dates:
May 20 – Daytona, FL – Welcome To Rockville
Jul. 13 – Cadott, WI – Rockfest
Jul. 15 – Mansfield, OH – Inkcarceration
Jul. 28 – Burgettstown, PA – The Pavilion At Star Lake
Jul. 29 – Noblesville, IN – Ruoff Music Center
Jul. 31 – Milwaukee, WI – American Family Insurance Amphitheater
Aug. 02 – Camden, NJ – Freedom Mortgage Pavilion
Aug. 04 – East Rutherford, NJ – MetLife Stadium
Aug. 05 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium
Aug. 06 – Scranton, PA – The Pavilion At Montage Mountain
Aug. 08 – Syracuse, NY – St. Joseph’s Health Amphitheater At Lakeview
Aug. 09 – Darien Center, NY – Darien Lake Amphitheater
Aug. 11 – Montreal, QC – Olympique Stadium
Aug. 12 – Toronto, ON – Budweiser Stage
Aug. 15 – Rogers, AR – Walmart AMP
Aug. 17 – Woodlands, TX – The Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
Aug. 18 – Arlington, TX – AT&T Stadium
Aug. 20 – Austin, TX – Germania Insurance Amphitheater
Aug. 23 – Denver, CO – Ball Arena
Aug. 25 – Inglewood, CA – SoFi Stadium
Aug. 26 – Chula Vista, CA – North Island Credit Union Amphitheatre
Aug. 29 – Salt Lake City, UT – USANA Amphitheatre
Aug. 31 – Albuquerque, NM – Isleta Amphitheater
Sep. 01 – Glendale, AZ – State Farm Stadium
Sep. 03 – Pryor, OK – Rocklahoma
Sep. 07 – Bangor, ME – Maine Savings Amphitheater
Sep. 08 – Gilford, NH – Bank Of New Hampshire Pavilion
Sep. 10 – Alton, VA – Blue Ridge Rock Festival
Sep. 12 – Alpharetta, GA – Ameris Bank Amphitheatre
Sep. 14 – Virginia Beach, VA – Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater At Virginia Beach
Sep. 15 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live
Sep. 23 – Louisville, KY – Louder Than Life
Oct. 07 – Sacramento, CA – Aftershock
Nov. 03 – St. Louis, MO – The Dome At America’s Center
Nov. 10 – Detroit, MI – Ford Field
2024 North American Tour Dates
Aug. 02 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium
Aug. 09 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field
Aug. 16 – Minneapolis, MN – U.S. Bank Stadium
Aug. 23 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium
Aug. 30 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field
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