IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson joined PANTERA on stage earlier tonight (Saturday, February 15) at Adidas Area in Paris, France to carry out the Philip Anselmo-fronted band’s traditional music “Stroll”. Video of Bruce‘s look will be seen under.
Dickinson lives in Paris together with his third spouse, French health teacher Leana Dolci.
PANTERA kicked off its 2025 European headlining tour on January 21 at Helsingin Jäähalli (Ice Corridor) in Helsinki, Finland. Becoming a member of the reformed band, consisting of classic-lineup members Philip Anselmo (vocals) and Rex Brown (bass),together with Zakk Wylde (guitar) and Charlie Benante (drums),on the trek are help acts CHILD BITE and POWER TRIP.
Drummer Vinnie Paul Abbott and guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott co-founded PANTERA. On December 8, 2004, whereas performing with DAMAGEPLAN on the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, Dimebag was shot and killed onstage by a troubled schizophrenic who believed that the members of PANTERA had been stealing his ideas.
Up till his passing in June 2018, Vinnie remained on non-speaking phrases with Anselmo, whom the drummer not directly blamed for Dimebag‘s loss of life.
Vinnie, who was Dimebag‘s brother, and Anselmo had not spoken since PANTERA cut up in 2003. However the relationship acquired much more acrimonious when Vinnie instructed that some remarks the vocalist had made about Dimebag in print simply weeks earlier might need incited Dimebag‘s killer.
The brand new PANTERA performed its first present in December 2022 because the headliner of Mexico’s Hell & Heaven Metallic Fest.
Wylde was an in depth buddy of Dimebag and was broadly thought of to be the most suitable choice for the guitarist function within the reformed PANTERA. Along with having jammed with PANTERA dwell when the traditional lineup was nonetheless touring, he was an everyday visitor onstage with Dimebag and Vinnie Paul‘s post-PANTERA venture DAMAGEPLAN. Zakk additionally offered a guitar solo on the DAMAGEPLAN monitor “Reborn”, from the latter band’s 2004 debut, “New Discovered Energy”.
