Second Slayer reunion show cancelled due to bad weather in Kentucky

nme.com:

Slayer‘s second reunion show at Louder Than Life Festival in Kentucky has been cancelled due to extreme weather.Slayer’s unlikely return was confirmed earlier this year when it was revealed that they’d be headlining two September festivals – Riot Fest in Chicago (22) and Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky (27).Their show at Riot Fest marked the thrash metal legends’ first live gig in nearly five years since the end of their lengthy farewell world tour.

The group played a string of favourites at the Chicago fest including ‘Raining Blood’, ‘Angel Of Death’ and ‘South Of Heaven’ throughout their 20-song headlining set.However, their second scheduled show headlining Kentucky’s Louder Than Life Festival had to be cancelled due to issues with the weather.

The entire second day of the event had to be canned for safety reasons following the after-effects of Hurricane Helene, one of the severe storms to ever hit the United States.Louder Than Life organisers said in a statement: “Louder Family, we’re heartbroken to share this, but the weather just isn’t in our favour today.

We’ve been working closely with our meteorologists and local authorities, holding on to the hope that we can open doors, but the continuous wind gusts simply make it impossible for us to proceed safely.A post shared by Louder Than Life (@louderthanlifefest)“We know how disappointing this is – it’s gut-wrenching for us too.