Pantera bassist/vocalist Rex Brown has shot down rumors that the band recorded a live album late last week. Comedian Craig Gass opened the band’s intimate August 15th club show at the First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN, which they performed under the ‘surprise’ name of CFH — an acronym for their 1990 opus “Cowboys From Hell“.
Prior to the band hitting the stage that night, Gass told the audience in attendance:
“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.”
Now taking to social media, Brown has revealed that the above statement from Gass was actually a joke and that the set was not recorded for a future release. As Brown put it in the below post, “What a great night! And no, we didn’t record a live album that night. That was a joke that @craiggasscomedy made!”
Pantera‘s live activities at the moment run as follows:
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
