Pantera ready to launch summer tour

(InfoBeat) - After a year of sold-out tour dates, Pantera is ready to take to the open road yet again. On their latest outing, dubbed the Extreme Steel tour, the band will be joined by Slayer, Static-X, Skrape and seasoned Pantera tourmate Morbid Angel. Morbid Angel had a stint on the Pantera tour bill earlier this year. Here are tour dates for Pantera's outing, subject to change:

- 6/20 New Haven, Conn., New Haven Coliseum.
- 6/21 Uniondale, N.Y., Nassau Coliseum.
- 6/22 Philadelphia, First Union Center.
- 6/23 Worcester, Mass., Centrum.
- 6/25 Hamilton, Ontario, Copps Coliseum.
- 6/27 Huntington, W.Va., Civic Arena.
- 6/29 Grand Rapids, Mich., Van Andel Arena.
- 6/30 Detroit, Cobo Arena.
- 7/1 Cleveland, CSU Center.
- 7/3 Chicago, Allstate Arena.
- 7/5 St. Paul, Minn., Xcel Energy Center.
- 7/6 Fargo, N.D., FargoDome.
- 7/9 Kansas City, Mo., Municipal Auditorium.
- 7/11 Denver, Denver Coliseum.
- 7/14 Dallas, Smirnoff Music Center.
- 7/17 Phoenix, America West Arena.
- 7/18 Las Vegas, Thomas and Mack Center.
- 7/19 Long Beach, Calif., Long Beach Arena.
- 7/21 San Diego, Cox Arena.
- 7/22 Bakersfield, Calif., Centennial Gardens.
- 7/23 San Jose, Calif., Compaq Arena.
- 7/25 Tacoma, Wash., Tacoma Dome.
- 7/26 Vancouver, British Columbia, Pacific Coliseum.
- 7/29 Calgary, Alberta, Calgary Stampede Corral.
- 7/30 Edmonton, Alberta, Northlands Agricom Arena.
- 8/1 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Winnipeg Arena.