# Slayer’s Tom Araya threatens to pull show as fans trash venue:

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/slayers-tom-araya-threatens-to-pull-show-as-fans-trash-venue/
- Published: 2026-11-15T13:03:51+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-15T13:18:21+00:00
- Original publisher: Louder
- Original article: https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/slayer-tom-araya-threatens-to-leave-if-fans-trash-venue
- Topics: Music

## Key points

- Tom Araya stopped Slayer’s LA show over crowd damage.
- The pause lasted five minutes before the band resumed.
- Araya warned the band might leave if the behaviour continued.

## Summary

Slayer frontman Tom Araya paused the band’s Los Angeles show after fans began damaging the Kia Forum, warning that the group would leave if the behaviour continued. The incident matters because it echoed a notorious episode from 1988, and Araya said damage or unsafe behaviour could lead authorities to shut the venue down.

The band was eight songs into the first of two sets celebrating 40 years of *Reign In Blood* at the 17,500-capacity venue on 14 November. Araya asked for the house lights to be raised and said the fire marshal had ordered a pause; the show resumed after about five minutes, once the crowd calmed down. Slayer reunited in 2024 and is due to play South American dates in December.

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