‘The Big Four’ To Tour? Kerry King Says It Could Happen!

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Kerry King tells us that he has heard Lars Ulrich is plotting the metal tour to end all metal tours! 

Could the tour of a lifetime be about to happen? Kerry King seems to think so!

In what could be one of the most exciting pieces of news of the year, Kerry King yesterday revealed to Metal Hammer that he has heard through the grapevine that Lars Ulrich is plotting a tour that would include Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax.

Should this tour materialise, this would be the first time that the big four have toured together as part of the same bill. Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax were joined by opening act Alice In Chains for the US Clash Of The Titans tour in 1991, while Metallica and Megadeth last shared a UK stage at Milton Keynes Bowl in 1993.

We asked Kerry if there had been a temptation to bring the co-headline tour that Slayer are about to embark on with Megadeth in Australia and Canada to our shores.

“I think it would be cool but I knew we had this planned before all of this Megadeth stuff started happening,” said King. “They're going to Australia with us, they're going to Canada again with us. I think it would be cool for the European fans to bring that over here because shit, we didn't even consider playing with those guys since 1990.”

So could it be possible that we could get a tour that includes the big four?

“I've heard people referencing Lars,” says King. “I don't know Lars that well and I haven't heard it from Lars but apparently he's talking to somebody about it. Maybe us, Metallica, Megadeth (and), I think he even threw in Anthrax and I said in this day and age, I know we had that time together but how do you leave out Machine Head? There's better options than Anthrax and that's nothing against Anthrax, but they've just been in pieces for quite some time and that doesn't make as much sense to me.” Read Scott Ian's response here!

Slayer will release their new album, ‘World Painted Blood', on November 3rd. Metal Hammer hosted a special playback for over 200 fans at London's Centro yesterday evening. Stay tuned to Metal Hammer for reports and pics from the event!