Dimebag Darrell's Brother May Perform At Benefit

02/02/2005 6:00 PM, Yahoo! Music
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Damageplan and Pantera drummer Vinnie Paul may perform onstage at a benefit show in memory of his late brother, Damageplan and Pantera guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell Abbott, according to a posting online by Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian. Anthrax is joining Disturbed, Drowning Pool and Soil for the February 23 show at Chicago's Aragon Ballroom, and Ian wrote, "It looks like Vinnie will be playing with us. That's going to be f--king killer. Hope to see you there."

If Paul plays, it will mark his first time back onstage since the December 8 shootings at the Alrosa Villa nightclub in Columbus, Ohio, in which his brother and three others were killed by a deranged gunman.

Paul recently attended the National Association of Music Merchandisers (NAMM) show in Anaheim, California, where he, Ian, and former Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell signed posters of Dimebag Darrell.

The benefit concert will help cover bereavement costs for the family of Damageplan security guard Jeffrey "Mayhem" Thompson, who was also killed, and medical expenses for Damageplan crew members John "Kat" Brooks and Chris Paluska, who were injured during the shooting spree.

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