Pantera‘s current incarnation, which finds guitarist Zakk Wylde and drummer Charlie Benante in place of the Texan groove metal band’s beloved late brotherly duo of “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott and Vinnie Paul Abbott respectively, appear to have recorded their first live album.
The group took to the stage at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN this past Thursday, August 15th, performing a ‘surprise’ set under the name of CFH – a nod to the title of their 1990 breakthrough album “Cowboys From Hell“. Prior to the band’s show that night, comedian Craig Gass delivered a stand-up set to the audience, during which he broke the news of the recording plans, offering:
“Announcement number one. The band you are seeing tonight is not called Cowboys From Hell. You are about to watch an exclusive show from the band Pantera. The rumors got out quickly, you guys bought up all the tickets. And you may have heard this rumor. And this is also true. We are recording our first-ever live album right here at the First Avenue. So, there’s a couple things you need to know about it. First of all, you will all, for eternity, be heard on a live Pantera album. That’s the good news. The bad news, you’re not gonna get paid for this. Welcome to the music business.”
After stating that, he instructed the crowd to assist the staff running sound for the show in checking levels with crowd audience noise. The setlist for the aforementioned club show featured a pair of special guests, with both Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist/vocalist Robert Trujillo stepping in on vocals for Pantera‘s signature track, “Walk“. Fan-filmed footage of that going down can be seen in this story from yesterday.
The setlist for the concert in question ran as follows:
“A New Level”
“Mouth For War”
“Strength Beyond Strength”
“Becoming”
“I’m Broken”
“Suicide Note Pt. II”
“This Love”
“Fucking Hostile”
“Walk” (feat. Kirk Hammett & Robert Trujillo of Metallica)
“Domination“/”Hollow”
“Cowboys From Hell”
“Yesterday Don’t Mean Shit”
Pantera‘s future live plans include:
08/23 Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
08/30 Seattle, WA – Lumen Field (feat. Metallica & Mammoth WVH)
10/10 Sacramento, CA – Aftershock Festival
01/21 Helsinki, FIN – Ice Hall
01/23 Stockholm, SWE – Hovet
01/24 Oslo, NOR – Spektrum
01/26 Copenhagen, DEN – Royal Arena
01/28 Amsterdam, NET – AFAS Live
01/31 Ljubljana, SLO – Arena Stozice
02/01 Ostrava, CZE – Ostravar Arena
02/03 Budapest, HUN – Budapest Arena
02/04 Krakow, POL – Tauron Arena
02/06 Hamburg, GER – Sporthalle
02/09 Dusseldorf, GER – Mitsubishi Electric Halle
02/10 Brussels, BEL – Forest National
02/13 Bologna, ITA – Unipol Arena
02/13 Zurich, SWI – Hallenstadion
02/15 Paris, FRA – Adidas Arena
02/18 Glasgow, UK – OVO Hydro
02/19 Leeds, UK – First Direct Arena
02/21 Dublin, IRE – 3Arena
02/23 Birmingham, UK – Resorts World Arena
02/25 London, UK – OVO Arena Wembley
