Last night (Thursday April 25), Slipknot officially kicked off their epic 25th anniversary celebrations with an incredibly intimate gig at the 300-capacity, open-air Pappy & Harriet's Place in Pioneertown, California. Donning classic red boiler suits that paid homage to The Nine's early days and with many of the band sporting brand new masks (most noticeably Corey Taylor, whose newest visage includes a return to his iconic dreadlocked look), the Iowan metal machine played a storming, 15-song set that spanned most of their career.
In footage since uploaded to social media, Slipknot can be seen slamming through classic cuts like Disasterpiece and Eyeless, with the band's brand new drummer - hotly rumoured to be ex-Sepultura man Eloy Casagrande - battering away behind the kit wearing a ghoulish white mask not totally unlike the one worn by Joey Jordison during his time with the band. Interestingly, it was Slipknot's most recent album, 2022's divisive The End, So Far that was ignored for setlist picks.
