On June 6, 2006 (6/6/06) Slayer will be hitting the road. They will launch a two-month U.S. tour in San Diego with Mastodon, Lamb of God, Children of Bodom and Thine Eyes Bleed.

Slayer was shooting to have the new record done by June 6, 2006, which is also the 20th anniversary of Reign in Blood. But they ran into snags with the record, so instead they decided to have an Unholy Alliance tour.

According to Kerry King, the Unholy Alliance tour is meant to be an alternative to Ozzfest. All indoor shows, featuring lots of great bands.

Here are the tourdates:

• 6/6 - San Diego, CA @ The Sports Arena
• 6/7 - Las Vegas, NV @ The Orleans Hotel and Casino
• 6/12 - St. Louis, MO @ Pop’s Blue Moon
• 6/13 - Chicago, IL @ Aragon Ballroom
• 6/15 - Camden, NJ @ Tweeter Center at the Waterfront
• 6/16 - East Rutherford, NJ @ Continental Airlines Arena
• 6/17 - Lowell, MA @ Paul E. Tsongas Arena
• 6/23 - San Antonio, TX @ Freeman Coliseum
• 6/25 - Houston, TX @ Reliant Arena
• 6/29 - Cleveland, OH @ Tower City Amphitheater
• 7/6 - Detroit, MI @ Cobo Arena
• 7/7 - Milwaukee, WI @ Eagles Auditorium
• 7/14 - Seattle, WA @ Qwest Field Event Center
• 7/16 - Salem, OR @ Salem Armory
• 7/19 - San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion
• 7/21 - Mesa, AZ @ Mesa Amphitheatre
• 7/22 - Long Beach, CA @ Long Beach Arena

The saddest thing about those tourdates, is there is no Minneapolis show. Come on, how can you skip Minneapolis?

Anyway, if you’re lucky to be in one of the above cities, go check out the Unholy Alliance tour. It looks like it will be awesome.

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