Down have announced two "pop-up" shows this week in the stoner-metal supergroup's home state of Louisiana. The band — featuring Pantera's Philip Anselmo, Corrosion of Conformity's Pepper Keenan, Crowbar's Kirk Windstein and Eyehategod's Jimmy Bower, plus bassist Pat Bruders — had been scheduled to perform at Inn of The Mountain Gods Resort and Casino in Mescalero, New Mexico, but were forced to postpone that concert due to the wildfires consuming the area.
The newly announced shows — which will be Down's first since 2022 — are set for tomorrow, June 20th, at Southport Hall in New Orleans, and Friday, June 21st, at Varsity Theatre in Baton Rouge. Five dollars per ticket will go to Mescalero Apache Nation - South Fork Fire relief fund.
"We're in a strange predicament right now and we were adapting by the minute as we talk here," Keenan commented in a video statement. "But our show at the Inn of The Mountain Gods clearly has been canceled because there's a horrific wildfire that is raging through the entire Apache reservation, the South Fork fire.
"So we have had to adapt and jump ship and try and figure another way to not only to not — postpone the show, but now we're trying to also help out as what we can. And being from Louisiana, we know how evil Mother Nature can be sometimes."
As previously announced, Windstein is sidelined from the supergroup right now due to his commitments with his other band Crowbar. Former Down guitarist Bobby Landgraf will play in his place.
