The rumors surrounding Joey Belladonna’s rejoining of Anthrax have been confirmed as true. He will make his first appearance with the band this summer when the band joins Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth as they co-headline a series of Sonisphere Festivals in 10 European cities.

“I am super excited about this,” said Scott Ian. “Joey and the rest of the band came to see me play at a club in New York, I hadn’t seen Joey for years, since the end of the reunion tour. Joey taps me on the shoulder, instant big hug, it felt like no time had gone by. The band dynamic is an interesting one – in Anthrax, Joey and I spent so many years of our lives together, we grew up together, we know each other so well, so it was like no time was lost.”

Anthrax’s tour dates are the following:

6/16 – Warsaw, Poland – Sonisphere Festival
6/18 – Wil, Switzerland – Sonisphere Festival
6/19 – Prague, Czech Republic – Sonisphere Festival
6/20 – Vienna, Austria – Arena Wien
6/22 – Sofia, Bulgaria – Sonisphere Festival
6/24 – Athens, Greece – Sonisphere Festival
6/26 – Bucharest, Romania – Sonisphere Festival
6/27 – Istanbul, Turkey – Sonisphere Festival
7/31 – Knebworth, UK – Sonisphere Festival
8/1 – Lokerse, Belgium – Lokerse Feesten Festival
8/3 – Hengelo, Netherlands – Metropol
8/5 – Moscow, Russia – B1
8/7 – Stockholm, Sweden – Sonisphere Festival
8/8 – Pori, Finland – Sonisphere Festival