Thrash metal legends SLAYER will play their first Canadian concert in six years at the 2025 edition of the Festival D’été De Québec on July 11 at the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City.”FEQ is more than just a festival; it’s a shared treasure that we have been building for 57 years and will continue to grow,” Nicolas Racine, president and CEO of festival producers BLEUFEU, shared in a release. “This cultural gem, shaped by generations of passionate people, should never be taken for granted. It embodies boldness and creativity. As a true Québécois flagship event, it is our collective responsibility to preserve and elevate it.”Passes are on sale now for $165 (taxes included, delivery fees extra) via FEQ’s web site. There, you can also find information on VIP “Bleufeu” passes and individual stage passes.One of Canada’s biggest and longest-running music events, FEQ 2025 runs July 3-13.In a recent interview with Australia’s Metal Roos, Kerry King spoke about SLAYER’s future plans, following the band’s two festival appearances in September and October after a five-year hiatus. He said: “We’re never gonna tour again. We’re never gonna make a record again. Mark my word: we’re never gonna make a record again, we’re never gonna tour again. Because that was the last thing. We said [back in 2018], ‘This is our final tour.’ It took five years for us to come and say, ‘Hey, here’s a couple of shows, five-year anniversary.'”Elaborating on the significance of SLAYER’s comeback live performances more than four decades after the band’s formation, Kerry said: “I think it’s really cool. A lot of fans are into it. There’s gonna be haters who say, ‘Oh, they retired.’ Yeah. Whatever. This is all about celebration. Say a kid was 10 years old when we retired. Now he’s 15, 16. [It’s his] first opportunity to see us. I think that’s important.”King also touched upon the fact that SLAYER’s reunion shows were announced just a couple of weeks after he went public with the details of his new solo band and debut solo album. He said: “The [SLAYER] announcement timing was not my favorite, but my band was doing its thing. The festivals SLAYER agreed to play, they wanted to release [the information about us playing there], they wanted to announce [it]. So, the timing wasn’t in my favor, but everything went [as it did], and here we are in Australia [with my new band] kicking ass.”Kerry reflected on SLAYER’s two reunion performances last fall — on September 22, 2024 at the Riot Fest in Chicago, Illinois and on October 10, 2024 at the Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California — during a recent interview with Brian Slagel, CEO of Metal Blade Records, for the recently launched “100 Songs That Define Heavy Metal” podcast. Regarding how he felt going into the Riot Fest gig, King said: “It’s kind of like when we did the first ‘Big Four’ show, I said, ‘This is gonna be really cool for the fans, and it’ll be good to see the guys.’ And that’s about all I gave it. But then we actually played the show and a handful more shows, and I said, ‘You know what? This is really cool for me.’ And I didn’t expect that. And I didn’t expect that when we did the Chicago show [SLAYER at Riot Fest]. I went with the exact same idea. I’m, like, ‘This is gonna be really cool for the fans, especially fans that were too young to see us.’ And I hit the stage and I got goosebumps. I’m, like, ‘This is way bigger than I ever gave it credit for.’ … [And] we’ve got a lot of history in Chicago too, so for the reunion show to be there, it was pretty epic. And the response was over the top. It was way overwhelming.”At Riot Fest and Aftershock, SLAYER ran through a 20-song set that included opener “South Of Heaven”, “Seasons In The Abyss”, “Angel Of Death”, “Hell Awaits”, “Raining Blood” and the title track of SLAYER’s final album, “Repentless”.SLAYER was also scheduled to play at the Louder Than Life festival in Louisville, Kentucky on September 27, 2024, but that performance was canceled due to severe weather.The lineup for SLAYER’s comeback was the same as the one which last toured in 2019: King and drummer Paul Bostaph, along with bassist/vocalist Tom Araya and guitarist Gary Holt.King’s debut solo album, “From Hell I Rise”, came out in May 2024 via Reigning Phoenix Music.SLAYER returns to Canada for their first Canadian show since the final tour in 2019 with a performance at the @festivaleteqc on July 11, 2025 in Quebec City.Passes on sale now at feq.ca#feqPosted by Slayer on Wednesday, February 26, 2025