Last night was like 9/11 for folding chairs! Moment of silence for those who had to stand for the remainder of the show 🫡

To me Metal is about having fun and being wild. But also to be kind and and watching out for each other. 

First moshpit I was in I fell pretty much immediately. I got picked up and handed my cap before I even realised what happened. It's why I fell in love with this community.

If you don't understand why the FIRE MARSHAL stopped the show: I wasn't watching the crowd the whole time. Where you? They surely did. 

So I'm going to assume they did it for fcking safety reasons. Because mass crowds can be really fcking dangerous if they get out of control. And it can happen very fast. These rules are strict, because they where written in blood!

I prefer this rather than the headline "12 dead, 56 injured at slayer show".

Having said that: The pricing for the pit was part of the issue. 

And it sucks for everyone it got stopped.

And Tom could have probably handled his frustration better.

Yes. But:

If you destroy shit and hurt people, you're still an asshole. Same goes for the violent dancer menaces kicking peoples faces in.

You aren't cool, smart or kind. And I don't want to see you around.

My sympathies to everyone else who wasn't part of the problem. I hope you where able to enjoy the rest of the show \m/

Alter of sacrifice into Jesus saves. FUCKING SLAYER!!!

I was there in the seated floor section last night (not in the section where the problem was, I actually didn’t know anything weird was going on until the show got paused). The reactions I’m seeing seem to fall in two extremes: “Tom is a legend for lecturing everyone and would have been in his rights to just walk off the stage” and “Tom is a pussy who sided with the cops over the fans.”

Can I just suggest the truth is actually somewhere in the middle here? Obviously Tom had to do something to stop people from getting hurt and having the fire marshal stop the show (which might have led some people to riot, making the situation even worse). I respect the shitty situation he was put in, and that he put safety first. But also…there were better ways to handle that? In my decades of going to shows I’ve seen bands have to calm crowds down many times, and I’ve never seen anyone go full middle-school principal and just stand there screaming at the entire crowd about how they need “get their heads on straight” and “who do you think pays for this?”

The funny thing was that except for the couple idiots causing the problem, this was easily the chillest crowd I’ve ever seen at a Slayer show. Everyone I encountered was super polite, I didn’t see a single fight, I didn’t even see anyone cutting in line for the bathrooms. So standing up there putting the entire 10,000-person crowd on blast was pretty awkward. At least where I was sitting, no one was booing or cheering Tom’s speech, people were mostly laughing nervously. It was a weird scene. And Tom clearly knew that, which is why he tried to smooth things over a couple songs later.

The poster surprised me in person, it’s a fuzzy felt poster

I was really surprised to see last night’s show open with four GHUA songs (5 including Darkness of Christ at the start). I wonder if there’s any plans to celebrate this album in any official capacity. I don’t think they’ve played that many songs from the album since 2002.

Was it just me or after the lecture the whole vibe of the show she crowd was dead.

Here it goes.....FUCKIN' SLAYERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All 3 were $60, 1 cheesy offical shirt $50

I made one for anyone who may be interested. I've seen them live more times then I can count / remember but I would still go if / when they come back to nyc....

Last night was one for the books. The pic of Gary and I is from 2014, the last time I saw Slayer prior to this

Looking for Reign in blood blood vinyl the eBay sellers are criminally insane no pun but if anyone has an extra copy for sale please let me know thanks !🤘🤘

Obviously they are looking out for peoples safety, and so the concert could continue, but the way that he reprimanded the audience was so demeaning lol.

He easily could’ve gotten the message across in half the time and done so without being as condescending.

Are metal shows about having fun and going crazy? Yeah.

Does that mean the fans are allowed to do whatever the hell they want?
Nope. It’s also about looking out for each other.

They stoped the show before anyone got hurt (thankfully) and the venue didn’t suffer any real damage other than the folding chairs being strewn about (thankfully, because presumably people still want the band to be able to play here, right?).

They had control of the situation, the fire marshal had stepped in, and the band stopped playing. So where is the need to berate the audience like a bunch of misbehaving children?

Like, yes, you aren’t supposed to flip chairs and mosh in the seated sections, obviously. So just tell everyone they have to clam down or else you won’t play and then be done with it!

The fans (as much as they are misbehaving) are the reason Slayer sold out two nights at a stadium, that doesn’t mean they get to just go insane, but Slayer of all bands should except excess rowdiness more than anyone.

The way Tom was talking you would think the whole stadium was rioting, and these savage fans just couldn’t be controlled. He just went on and on, and it’s like okay come on we get it.

That’s where I think people are most mad with him, he was just being overdramatic. Not every Slayer fan thinks the place should be torn to shreds by a raging mob lol

Picked these glasses up in the pit. If this is yours I forgot to put it in lost and found due to me completely forgetting because of my elbow getting messed up in the pit. If yours please dm

Anyone get a picture of tonight's setlist 11/14?

Great set (they opened with SOH), new background artwork (albeit most was AI), and I love the Forum.

Flew out from New England for it, and it was totally worth it.

Stuck in traffic and can’t make it. I’ll let them go for cheap.. lower bowl..