Pantera came together this weekend and performed at this year’s edition of Download Festival – marking their first show in the UK in over 20 years.
The iconic heavy metal band took over the Opus Stage at the Donington Park festival and played a jam-packed set including tracks such as ‘I’m Broken’, ‘5 Minutes Alone’, ‘This Love’ and more.
Their set marked their first live performance on UK shores in two decades, after the band reunited for shows in the US last year. Check out footage of their performance at Download and their full setlist below.
Pantera’s Download Festival 2024 setlist was:
‘A New Level’
‘Mouth For War’
‘Strength Beyond Strength’
‘Becoming’
‘I’m Broken’
‘5 Minutes Alone’
‘This Love’
‘Floods’
‘Walk’
‘Domination / Hollow’
‘Cowboys From Hell’
‘Fucking Hostile’
Pantera’s headlining set at the festival comes ahead of their recently announced first UK and Ireland tour in 20 years. They are set to head across the pond in early 2025.
The band previously announced their plans to reunite with a revamped line-up back in July 2022 – this saw Zakk Wylde (Black Label Society, Ozzy Osbourne) on guitar and Charlie Benante (Anthrax) on drums joining original members, frontman Phil Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown.
The news broke following the band signing a deal with Artist Group International for a series of US tour dates.
While the reformed line-up have taken to the stage multiple times across the US since reforming – including acting as support for Metallica on their ‘72 Seasons’ tour – their dates in the UK and Ireland have been limited.
Tickets for Pantera’s 2025 UK and Ireland tour are set to go on sale June 21, with various pre-sale and VIP options available. Visit here for tickets and check out a full list of new tour dates below.
Pantera’s 2025 UK and Ireland tour dates are:
FEBRUARY
18 – Glasgow @ OVO Hydro
19 – Leeds @ First Direct Arena
21 – Dublin @ 3Arena
23 – Birmingham @ BP Pulse Live
25 – London @ OVO Arena Wembley
In a four-star review of Download 2024, NME shared: “At first glance, Download 2024 seemed to be marred by a range of factors that could have signalled its downfall – even festival boss Andy Copping admitted that it was the “hardest year” to secure a line-up and the team approached over “21 bands” to find headliners.
“Pair that with the threat of boycott in retaliation against the Barclays sponsorship and news that this year could be the wettest in a century, and the hopes of it coming out smoothly began to waver. Yet, against the odds the festival delivers one of its most promising editions in recent memory, and proves that it is one of the main events leading the way when it comes to creating opportunities for the next generation of headliners.”
Elsewhere, last year, two major German festivals removed Pantera from the line-up over an outcry relating to past allegations of racism, which was followed by a cancelled appearance in Vienna.
They were due to perform at 2023’s Rock Am Ring and Rock Im Park, however, it was confirmed that they had been removed from the line-ups following a public outcry.
“In the last few weeks, we have had many intensive conversations with artists, our partners and you, the festival fans, we have continued to deal with the criticism together and decided to remove the band from the programme,” read a statement from the festival at the time.
