Legendary US thrashers SLAYER kicked off their European tour last night (Wednesday, May 26th) at the O2 Academy in Leeds, UK. The band's setlist was as follows:

'World Painted Blood'

'Hate Worldwide'

'Cult'

'Disciple'

'Expendable Youth'

'War Ensemble'

'Jihad'

'Payback'

'Beauty Through Order'

'Seasons In The Abyss'

'Hell Awaits'

'Mandatory Suicide'

'Chemical Warfare'

'Raining Blood'

'Aggressive Perfector'

'South Of Heaven'

'Silent Scream'

'Angel Of Death'

SLAYER frontman Tom Araya recently spoke with Robert Gray at Ultimate-Guitar.com. An excerpt from the interview is available below.

Q: You'll be fifty in 2011. Given the fact that you as well as Slayer's other members are approaching that milestone, what do you feel the future holds for you and Slayer?

Araya: "(Laughs) I don't know. Fifty's a number. I don't think about my age - let's put it that way. I don't really think about how old I am; it's only when somebody brings it up that I have to sit there and think "How old am I?". It's not really on my mind, but I know that there has to come a time, and I'll know when - I'll know when it's time for me to... Last night, I watched this documentary with (Mike) Tyson; he did that one fight where he lost, and they asked him 'What happened?'. He just said that he wasn't into it anymore. He just didn't wanna do it anymore, and said that on national television. I sat there watching that, and thought 'Wow.' I'll know; I'll know when I wanna say 'Hey, I don't wanna do this anymore,' but right now I'm getting ready to do a tour (laughs).

Q: (Laughs) Could you see Slayer being like Lemmy (MOTÖRHEAD) or THE ROLLING STONES?

Araya: I can't answer that. I don't know. Right now, I can say 'No - I don't see that,' but I don't know. Right now, like I said, I'm more concerned about doing this tour. That's about it (laughs)."

Q: So Slayer are just taking one day at a time then?

Araya: "Yeah. That's about it."

Q: Although Slayer are taking things one day at a time, can you see at least another album being recorded?

Araya: "I don't know. I don't even know what we would do if we did one. I don't know how it would be handled, or how it'd go, who'd lead the process. Like I said, Kerry mentioned that he would probably be writing stuff during this time we had off. I won't know that until he says 'Hey, I wrote a bunch of songs,' and the same with Jeff."

Go to this location for the complete interview.

Slayer was the musical guest on ABC-TV's Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Thursday, May 20th. The thrash legends performed 'World Painted Blood', the title track from their latest album, as well as 'Hate Worldwide'. Check out footage below:

This marks the band's first live appearance since vocalist/bassist Tom Araya had back surgery earlier this year, and the second time the band has performed on Kimmel, having made their network television debut on the show in January 2007.

In addition, the band played three more songs on the show's outdoor stage in front of an SRO crowd.

The Kimmel appearance precedes the band's busy summer touring schedule that will kick off on May 26th with extensive touring throughout the UK and Europe, and will include several Sonisphere Festival appearances where Slayer will be part of the Big Four - METALLICA, Slayer, MEGADETH, and ANTHAX.

The band will return to North America in late July to co-headline (with Megadeth) the east coast Canadian Carnage tour, and then, starting August 11th, the American Carnage tour.

Slayer's entire summer tour schedule can be accessed at this location.