Tom Araya's back is fucked.

Such sad news I bring today... after releasing the amazing World Painted Blood two days ago, Slayer  were all set to promote and tour the album, but now it looks like things will have to wait.  Tom Araya has got some performance related back problems going on.  So far, their immediate tour dates in Canada were postponed, but the UK and Europe dates from Nov. 18th onward are still scheduled to go.  Let's hope Tom is better in time for that since it's going to be an amazing tour co-headlined by Megadeth .  Those lucky bastards across the pond.
And Dave Mustaine actually had kind words to say about having to delay the tour, proving he is not always a whiney bitch!  See I knew I loved him:

 I want to inform you that it is indeed true, we are postponing our Canadian Carnage tour due to our tour mates in Slayer needing some time off for frontman Tom Araya to address some personal matters with his health. We send our best wishes to Tom and look forward to his speedy recovery. Meanwhile, we will be rescheduling these dates in the near future, although that date is currently unknown, and contingent upon Slayer's notifying us of Tom's progress. The most important thing is Tom's rehabilitation, and we will no doubt have good news for you all soon.

Awww, what angel he is!   Anway, I wanted to follow this post up with the video clip of Slayer on Jimmy Kimmel (they were set to play on the day of their albums release), but of course that had to be canceled.  So instead, here is the single from Megadave's Endgame: