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ZAKK WYLDE And CHARLIE BENANTE Officially Announced To Be Joining PANTERA’s Surviving Members For Tour

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It has now been officially confirmed that ANTHRAX drummer Charlie Benante and OZZY OSBOURNE/BLACK LABEL SOCIETY guitarist Zakk Wylde will be joining PANTERA‘s surviving members for next year’s reunion tour.

Wylde and Benante, along with singer Philip Anselmo and bassist Rex Brown, will hit the road in 2023 as PANTERA and are set to headline a number of major festivals across North America and Europe as well as doing some of their own headline gigs.

According to Billboard, the lineup has been given a green light by the estates of the band’s founders, drummer Vincent “Vinnie Paul” Abbott and guitarist “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott.

Both Benante and Wylde have both been very vocal about their love and respect for PANTERA‘s musical legacy. Back in June 2018 Benante told SiriusXM about the first time he met Vinnie Paul, saying: “The very first time, it was the first time we ever were in Texas. And those guys [PANTERA] were there. We played at this club, and I believe PANTERA were the opening band. A mutual friend of ours, who everybody knows now — Rita [Haney, longtime girlfriend of Dimebag] — she kind of was the conduit to grouping us together to become friendly. We’ve known those guys since 1985, and just the two of them, Darrell and Vinnie, after you met those two, it was like you had a friend in Texas, both of them, and they just made the experience so much better, and you immediately bonded. So throughout the years, we just remained friends.”

Up until his death, Vinnie Paul remained on non-speaking terms with Anselmo, and was always adamant that a PANTERA reunion couldn’t happen without his late brother, “Dimebag” Darrell Abbott.