Pantera recently performed with Rex Brown on Sunday, December 11 at Knotfest Chile in Santiago without bassist Rex Brown. Filling in for him was Cattle Decapitation bassist Derek Engemann, who also plays with Pantera singer Philip Anselmo in both Philip H. Anselmo & The Illegals and Scour.
Pantera performs with Rex Brown
In an official statement, the Knotfest Chile organizers blamed Brown’s absence on his “health problems.” However, local radio station Futuro reported that Brown missed the Santiago gig after contracting the virus owing to the pandemic. Rex reportedly flew from Bogotá, Colombia, where Pantera performed at Knotfest Colombia on Friday (December 9), back home to the United States to quarantine, thereby missing the remainder of the Pantera shows in South America.
Pantera is next scheduled to play a headlining concert in Santiago on Monday (December 12), followed by two shows in São Paulo, Brazil — on Thursday, December with Judas Preist and on Sunday, December 18 at Knotfest Brasil.
The new Pantera lineup made its live debut on December 2 at Mexico’s Hell & Heaven Metal Fest and also performed on December 6 at Monterrey Metal Fest in Monterrey, Mexico. It was first reported in July that Anselmo and Brown would unite with Wylde and Benante for a world tour under the Pantera banner.
The band will headline a number of major festivals across North America and Europe and stage some of their own headline concerts. They will also support Metallica on a massive North American stadium tour in 2023 and 2024.
