David Ellefson to play bass on OVERKILL Latin America tour!

[krisholmes]

Did NOT see that coming....




Overkill ANNOUNCE THEIR 'SCORCHING LATIN AMERICA 2024' TOUR
DAVID ELLEFSON TO HANDLE BASS DUTIES
For four decades, OVERKILL have been the trailblazers in producing some of the most signature moments in the world of metal. This April, the band will play 10 dates on their 'Scorching Latin America 2024' tour. The trek will kick off on April 11th in Guadalajara, Mexico, and make appearances in Costa Rica, Chile, and Peru before the final date on April 28th in Sao Paulo, Brazil. For the 'Scorching Latin America 2024' tour, DD Verni will not attend the performances as he is recovering from shoulder surgery. Instead, bass duties will be handled by none other than David Ellefson.
OVERKILL’s Bobby Blitz states, "South, Central America & Mexico, with DD on the mend, from surgery and the opportunity in front of us, where to go but back to the roots of THRASH! Please welcome Mr. David Ellefson to the OVERKILL, touring ranks this April 2024!"
"David, can you help?" The answer: "Yes, let's go!"
"We can't wait to see you guys! Horns-up!
DD Verni comments. "Bummed to not be able to thrash it up with our Latin America fans, but gotta get this wing workin!!....but who better than one of the great original thrash bass players, and old friend, David Ellefson to fill in."
David Ellefson comments, "It's an honor to fill in for my friend, the mighty DD Verni, as he takes time to heal up right now. Overkill always brings the fury and I'm looking forward to scorching Latin America with them!"

Confirmed dates for OVERKILL's "Scorching Latin America" tour are:
04/11/2024 MX - Guadalajara
04/13/2024 MX - CDMX
04/15/2024 SV - San Salvador
04/17/2024 CR - San Jose
04/19/2024 EC - Quito
04/21/2024 CH - Santiago
04/22/2024 AR - Buenos Aires
04/24/2024 BO - La Paz
04/26/2024 PE - Lima
04/28/2024 BR - Sao Paulo

Tickets for the tour are now on sale and can be purchased at https://wreckingcrew.com

[HueyRamone]

Good to see him playing with other bands. It beats staying home and playing with yourself.

[Cindy Buzzedimisa]

Oh God Blitz's screechy ear splitting voice night after night. Have fun with that. He's probably a lot nicer than Dave though. Wonder if people will go just to razz David or if tbere will be any protesters due to the age of his side piece. He'd catch shit here but maybe not there?

[LAglamrocker]

Staying home would be better choice- who wants to tour with Overkill

Saw him inline at Kiss in Palm Desert picking up his tickets at box office. Still not sure if he had pay for them- my guess would be yes. He drove from Phoenix alone for the show
I didnt shake his hand

[ParaDime77]

Dave is going to go on a load blowing rampage down there.

[Anthrax442]

Good fit for Ellefson, because I'm sure no one in Latin America gives a shit about what went down.

[EzyRider]

It's interesting, they jammed together for the Metal Allegiance gig a few months back at HOB Anaheim. He's never been even slightly close to being my favorite singer, but he sounded great for this. Seemed less 'Blotzy' somehow, it was surprisingly good.

I lined it up here for the start of the 'Rapid Fire' cover. Sound/video quality leaves something to be desired, but you get the idea though.
https://youtu.be/ZPVfZ_ZHXsU?t=725

[Zabooka]

DD Verni replaced by Pee-Wee Verni.