Stepping into the shoes of Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell is no small feat, but doing it with a broken hand should be impossible… but not for Zakk Wylde.
Recently, Wylde spoke with Kerrang! and recalled a tour stop that left him with a pretty gnarly injury. “I broke my hand when we were doing the Pantera celebration, doing the roulette wheel for the meet and greets,” Wylde shared. “I spin the wheel, and if they win… well, everyone’s a winner all the time. Anyway, the ball bounced out, I went to go grab it, and I smashed my hand on the table and broke it.”
“I played with three fingers for the rest of the tour – a month and a half,” he continued. “I think that was Dime [legendary late guitarist Dimebag Darrell] having fun at my expense. It’s already hard enough to play his stuff, and he must have been like, ‘I’ll just add this to the mix for the comedy…’”
Zakk Wylde and Pantera Touring in 2025
Next up, Pantera will be back opening up a string of dates for Metallica, and then in July they’ll headline a 2025 U.S. amphitheater tour featuring Norse metal gods Amon Amarth and additional opening act that will be announced at a later date.
Tickets are available here, and you can see a full list of Pantera’s headlining tour dates below:
- 7/15 The Pavilion at Star Lake Burgettstown, PA
- 7/17 Pine Knob Music Theatre Clarkston, MI
- 7/19 Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre Tinley Park, IL
- 7/20 Blossom Music Center Cuyahoga Falls, OH
- 7/22 Riverbend Music Center Cincinnati, OH
- 7/25 Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, PA
- 7/26 Northwell Health at Jones Beach Theater Wantagh, NY
- 7/28 Broadview Stage at SPAC Saratoga Springs, NY
- 7/29 BankNH Pavilion Gilford, NH
- 7/31 PNC Bank Arts Center Holmdel, NJ
- 8/2 Xfinity Center Mansfield, MA
- 8/3 Xfinity Theatre Hartford, CT
- 8/6 American Family Insurance Amphitheater Milwaukee, WI
- 8/7 Target Center Minneapolis, MN
- 8/20 Utah First Credit Union Amphitheatre Salt Lake City, UT
- 8/22 White River Amphitheatre Auburn, WA
- 8/23 Cascades Amphitheater Ridgefield, WA
- 8/26 Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre Phoenix, AZ
- 8/27 Kia Forum Inglewood, CA
- 8/29 T-Mobile Arena Las Vegas, NV
- 8/31 Isleta Amphitheater Albuquerque, NM
- 9/2 Germania Insurance Amphitheater Austin, TX
- 9/3 Dos Equis Pavillion Dallas, TX
- 9/5 Ruoff Music Center Noblesville, IN
- 9/6 Hollywood Casino Amphitheatre St. Louis, MO
- 9/8 Coca-Cola Amphitheater Birmingham, AL
- 9/10 Veterans United Home Loans Amphitheater Virginia Beach, VA
- 9/11 Coastal Credit Union Park at Walnut Creek Raleigh, NC
- 9/13 iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre West Palm Beach, FL
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