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The five-date trek kicks off in Grantville, PA, on September 15.

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Having announced a show in Caesars Windsor in Ontario, Canada , earlier this week, Megadeth has now confirmed a string of new US tour dates leading up to their sets at the Aftershock and Louder Than Life festivals. They’ll be joined by the reunited classic lineup of Biohazard for the East Coast shows, which take place in September. You can check out the two bands’ itineraries below.

The shows include an Atlantic City, NJ date on September 17 at Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena. Tickets to that and all dates go on sale Friday, July 14 at 10 AM EDT, with various presales happening now. Visit Megadeth’s official website for further information.

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The original lineup of Biohazard — bassist-vocalist Evan Seinfeld, guitarist-vocalist Billy Graziadei, guitarist Bobby Hambel and drummer Danny Schuler — played their first show together in over a decade in June, coming together onstage at the Jamey Jasta-resurrected Milwaukee Metal Fest.

Last September, Megadeth released the highly anticipated The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! to both fan and critical acclaim. The album debuted at the top of the charts during its first week of sales, taking the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 as well as number ones on Top Album Sales, Top Current Albums Sales, Top Rock & Alternative Album, Top Rock Albums, and Top Hard Rock Albums.

Megadeth is about to kick off a series of summer festival shows in Europe in Katowice, Poland, on July 23. On August 13, Dave Mustaine and company play at Bloodstock Open Air Festival at Catton Park, Walton on Trent in the UK.

Megadeth and Biohazard play the following North American dates:

Sep 15, 2023 Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course Grantville, PA Sep 16, 2023 Premier Theater at Foxwoods Resorts Casino Ledyard, CT Sep 17, 2023 Hard Rock Live at Etess Arena Atlantic City, NJ Sep 21, 2023 The Colosseum at Caesars Windsor Windsor, ON Sep 23, 2023 Plymouth Motor Speedway Plymouth, IN

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Megadeth add five 'Crush The World' US tour dates

Megadeth has added five new shows to its touring slate this fall. The band recently announced the additional dates as a part of the Crush The World tour. VIP meet and greet packages with Dave Mustaine are also available as well. 

The band shared:

"We've added 5 more shows to our upcoming CRUSH THE WORLD TOUR in the US! VIP and Dave Mustaine Meet & Greet Packages available. Cyber Army presales begin Wednesday, August 16th. Public onsale is Friday, August 18th."

09/27 Bloomington, IL @ Grossinger Motors Arena  09/29 Fargo, ND @ Scheels Arena  09/30 Prior Lake, MN @ Mystic Lake Casino  10/03 Pocatello, ID @ Portneuf Health Trust Amphitheatre  10/05 Reno, NV @ Grand Theatre at The Grand Sierra Resort

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Megadeth Reveal Spring 2023 North American Tour Dates

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March 7, 2023

Megadeth will be hitting the road in the United States and Canada this Spring as part of their Crush The World Tour . The band took to Instagram to share the exciting news with fans, and to detail ticket sales.

"CANADA... 2023! Get ready for the CRUSH THE WORLD TOUR this spring with special guests Bullet For My Valentine and ONI! Tickets & VIP Packages go on sale this Thursday, March 9 at 10am local at megadeth.com/canada ."

Megadeth will be touring almost entirely in Canada this Spring, performing only one show in America. The one American tour date in question will take place in Everett, Washington on April 26th. Immediately after hitting the stage in Washington State, the "Tornado of Souls" stand-outs will travel to Canada to perform in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Kelowna, British Columbia, Edmonton, Alberta, Calgary, Alberta, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Hamilton, Ontario, Ottawa, Ontario, Quebec City, Quebec, Laval, Quebec, Moncton, New Brunswick, and last but not least, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

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In addition to announcing a tour, Megadeth recently hosted an exclusive global livestream event titled, " They Only Come Out At Night ," offering fans around the world the opportunity to witness a show live from the comfort of their own homes.

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Megadeth (formed in the mid-1980s) is a pioneering group of the American thrash metal music genre, hailing from Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Formerly the lead guitarist of highly revered metal band Metallica, Dave Mustaine formed Megadeth alongside bassist David Ellefson in 1983. Alongside Anthrax, Metallica and Slayer, Megadeth is credited as being one of the driving forces of thrash metal music over the ‘80s and ‘90s, dropping the progressive rock influences common and instead emphasizing the skills of its instrumentalists.

In the early years, Megadeth’s line-up changed regularly. In 1984, it replaced Lee Rausch with jazz fusion drummer Gar Samuelson and guitarist Chris Poland. The band’s debut album, Killing Is My Business… and Business is Good!, released through Combat Records in 1985, attracted major label interest and became popular in both underground and mainstream metal circles.

After signing with Capitol Records, Megadeth released its major-label debut Peace Sells…But Who’s Buying? in 1986, which eventually went platinum, followed by So Far, So Good… So What! in 1988.

Around that time, Mustaine’s behavior became erratic, leading him to enter rehab and the band to partially break up. After hiring guitarist Marty Friedman and drummer Nick Menza. Megadeth’s fourth studio album Rust in Peace, signaled the group’s return.

In the hope of appealing to the same mainstream audience Metallica did, Megadeth stripped back their sound on Countdown to Extinction in 1992, but lost none of the technical proficiency fans had come to expect. The album was certified double platinum and resulted in Megadeth becoming one of the biggest bands in the world.

Megadeth’s sixth full-length album Youthanasia in 1994 followed the same mainstream trend as its predecessor, and was succeeded by a rare collection of unheard recordings titled Hidden Treasures. The band subsequently released Cryptic Writings in 1997, Risk in 1998 with former Suicidal Tendencies drummer Jimmy DeGrasso, and The World Needs a Hero in 2001.

In 2002 Mustaine relapsed on his drug addiction after receiving pain medication following the removal of a kidney stone. He subsequently suffered nerve damage to his left arm, which left the guitarist unable to use his left arm. After temporarily disbanding Megadeth, Mustaine underwent a great deal of physical and mental therapy before releasing the compilation album Still Alive… and Well?.

The band reformed in 2004, and has since released The System Has Failed (2004), United Abominations (2007), Endgame (2009), Thirteen (2011) and Super Collider (2013). Megadeth has sold over 50 million records worldwide, earned platinum certification for six of their fourteen studio albums. The band has been nominated for 12 Grammy awards, and won its first Grammy for the song “Dystopia” in 2017 for Best Metal Performance.

Due to COVID-19, Megadeth’s tour, The Metal Tour of the Year with Lamb of God, Trivium, and In Flames, was postponed from the summer of 2020 to 2021, with Hatebreed replacing In Flames due to visa complications.

In early 2021, Megadeth announced the upcoming release of its next studio album during a Masterclass Zoom video. Leading up to the album’s release, the song “The Dogs of Chernobyl” dropped and drummed up a lot of fan anticipation. However, before The Sick, the Dying...and the Dead! was officially released, sexually explicit videos of Ellefson surfaced online. He was subsequently dismissed from the band and formally replaced by James LoMenzo.

To create buzz around the replacement, the band released a photo showing the neck of the bass guitar and the new band member without revealing his identity.

Over the course of its 39-year career, Megadeth has had numerous guitarists, drummers, and bassists. Mustaine has the distinction of being the only original band member still in the group. Following the dismissal of Ellefson, the band’s current lineup includes Mustaine, drummer Dirk Verbeuren, guitarist Kiko Loureiro, and bassist James LoMenzo.

To promote the album, the band is currently on tour again. The current tour, The Killing Road, stretches across the globe, hitting several major cities. It will continue through late 2023, so keep an eye on the band’s official website for timely updates on Megadeth tour dates, tickets, and cool fan perks.

The band boasts a dedicated fanbase. In return, Megadeth offers some fantastic fan merchandise and benefits. For the current tour, there are VIP packages available for the die-hard fans out there.

The Exclusive Viewing Area Experience includes a premium reserved ticket or a general admission pit ticket — plus, VIP early access to the venue, a photo with the band, a commemorative VIP laminate, and more. The Q&A Experience includes a premium reserved ticket or a general admission pit ticket — plus, a special Q&A session with the band, exclusive VIP merchandise, and a collectible Megadeth poster. These VIP packages have limited availability, so be sure to purchase early.

Membership is open for true Megadeth fans to join the Cyber Army Fan Club. There are multiple levels of membership, including a free tier. The top membership tier, the premium level, comes with loads of perks and exclusive access to members-only contests, giveaways, and prizes.

Megadeth creates tons of fan merchandise. For beer lovers, the band even has its own beer line, which includes two tasty selections: Unibroue Megadeth A Tout Le Monde and Unibroue Megadeth Saison 13. Purchase the gift set, which also comes with a Megadeth-branded pint glass, to try them both.

The band has its own mascot named Vic Rattlehead. The mascot regularly appears on stage with the group during performances and on tours. He is also featured on album cover artwork and promotional materials.

Megadeth hosted its own music festival, dubbed Gigantour, in July 2005 and numerous times since then. The group also had a MegaCruise in October 2019.

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Dave Mustaine is consistently one of the most intriguing rock stars in metal. Whether you agree with him 100% of the time or not... it's indisputable that his presence is a marvel to behold. One thing's for certain, from the moment the intro tape stops to the closing notes of "Holy Wars" - a Megadeth show is going to batter you with a high energy, virtuosic, anthem laden roller coster.

Of the many times I've been lucky enough to see Megadeth, I've never seen them deliver a show as impactful as their 2007 Download Festival appearance. Mustaine & co excel when they have a point to prove, they absolutely wanted to make sure they were the band of the weekend... and breezed through to achieve this.

It's been a long held desire of mine to see Megadeth in Buenos Aires, Argentina... Dave Mustaine's favourite place to play. Hearing the South American football crowd like atmosphere on their 'That One Night' DVD is infectious and perfectly demonstrates the magnetic connection a Megadeth devotee can have to their rich catalogue. From their pioneering thrash metal, through to their intelligent hard rock music, Megadeth have the ability to pace a show perfectly and you're in for a treat when you make the very wise decision to buy a ticket.

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For me, Havok was the highlight of the night, but do not think that means that the night was any kind of disappointment. Rather, I just think that the half-hour set from Havok was that killer. Havok for me is the Megadeth of the modern era with improvements. Lyrically, they bring a much more thought-provoking game to the table that Megadeth has ever done, and musically Havok is definitively more "thrash." I am not much of a fan of Children of Bodom, and Suicidal Tendencies dropped Houston among other cities from their end of the tour. That meant that, for me, Megadeth was the only one that had the power to really step it up, if anyone. Truthfully, it seemed like they spent too much effort to include songs for which they made videos. I would have been happier with more songs from the newest CD mixed with fewer oldies-but-goodies. I will close by just noting, however, that the newest lineup of members is really good though. Dave's voice was a little weak at times, but the instrument play even through some of the most intense solo parts was nearly flawless whether it was Dave or Kiko. Overall thoughts: Great concert! Havok 5/5; Children of Bodom NR; Suicidal Tendencies NR; Megadeth 4/5.

After driving 90 miles from my home, I arrived at the Sands arena . Vehicles were traveling the wrong way at the entrance. We were rerouted to Casino parking. Cars and suv's were bumper to bumper, honking horns. I almost got t-boned 4 times, rear ended twice and narrowly avoided a head-on collision several times. We went around the 5-level parking garage for over an hour and a half inhaling carbon monoxide. The only thing I got was a headache. No where to park. I got disgusted and drove another 90 miles home. I did not get to see the show. I am hurt, angry and disappointed. I am only grateful for the times I saw Megadeth years ago. The venues suck any more and fans are treated like garbage. My ticket for Megadeth was bought as my birthday present from my significant other from Ticket Master. He also ordered me a Megadeth t-shirt and the Dystopia CD. The shirt and CD NEVER ARRIVED. Tickets to a show we never got to see. A TOTAL WASTE OF TIME AND MONEY. NEVER AGAIN. Thanks for nothing.

Megadeth, the American thrash metal band have been recording and touring consistently since their formation in 1983 minus a brief hiatus in the mid 00's. Dave Mustaine and co are known for having one of the most energetic and technical live shows on the circuit and whether you like the frontman or not, you cannot deny his talents as a showman.

Constant interaction with his crowd keeps the show feeling like a unitary experience as everyone is encouraged to sing, clap and mosh along with the rockers onstage. Having only achieved a handful of hits in the UK, Dave's skill is making the audience cheer as loudly for every track picked for the setlist.

Megadeth are an impressive live band as every member endeavours to get the best possible sound out of their instrument and they demonstrate this on extended versions of cult hits such as 'System Of Destruction'. Their dedication to the metal sound is a clue that Megadeth are likely to still be touring thirty years for now should they all be able.

So sick! Havok killed it. Children of Bodom killed it. Suicidal Tendencies killed it. Megadeth killed it. Spent pretty much the entire show getting rocked in the pit, despite breaking my finger at the beginning of the second act. It was pretty awesome to be about 10 feet away from a shredding Dave Mustaine. I'm really glad I attended this show, I definitely would have regretted it if I hadn't.

My last experience at the Warfield was terrible, but it was dub step and our seats were on the balcony. Two things that I can't stand, dub step and not being able to enjoy the pit.

General admission floor tickets for Megadeth definitely changed my mind about the Warfield. I think I just might come back in the near future.

I had a awesome time at the Megadeth concert at Casino Rama! What an amazing show! Dave Mustaine was so interactive with the crowd, pointing out someone in the front row floors sleeping. Maybe on something he would have wanted in the eighties. The sound is amazing in there too! My ears were ringing for hours afterwords. The band has great stage presents even in between songs watching the video screen with the clips and jokes MEGADETH is Awesome! At the very end of the night a guy even jumped on stage Dave shook his hand took a bow with him in front of the crowd. Also threw out every pic, drum stick, wrist bands & song list to the sleeping girl!

AMAZING!!! I had the best time, I just wish I had the money to meet the band. I did get to meet the Drummer from the first band. He was bad ass! Really nice, I just can read their name.

This was the 3rd time seeing Megadeth, second time at the Revention Center. Awsome venue and just the right size. Thankful I was able to get to the front and your security was awesome. They bring you fresh water!

Amazing night!!

Arrived around 7,parking was non existent . Got inside and saw all of Children of Bodom. Excellent musically but vocals were a bit harsh. Suicidal tendencies were solid. Megadeth were excellent yet had issues with the vocals getting washed out by high volume of the instruments. I would have put up with lower volume in order to hear the vocals clearly. Otherwise a great show.

What can I say...I was at a sold out 1,600 person venue with Megadeth literally feet away from me. It was more than awesome. The guitar playing was amazing (from lead, rhythm and bass) and drummer did a solid job. Ellefson was really into it (considering he grew up near here) and Mustaine sounded great and seemed to enjoy it. Highly recommend for anyone with remote interest.

An awesome show that reminded me of the reasons why I love Megadeth. My son was so happy that I took him along too, he said it was the best experience ever and that he now understood what it was like to at 80’s metal music gig. We both can’t wait to see them again. Hope they do their own tour soon.

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The legendary American Thrash Metal band Megadeth will continue to tour in 2023 promoting their most recent album “The Sick, the Dying… and the Dead!” Besides playing in Japan, Australia and North America, the group just announced they will return to Europe next July and August.

The band’s line-up is currently formed by Dave Mustaine (Guitar and vocals), Kiko Loureiro (Guitar), James LoMenzo (Bass) and Dirk Verbeuren (Drums).

All Megadeth 2023 tour dates

• 27 – Tokyo, JP – Budokan
• 28 – Osaka, JP – Osaka Grand Cube
• 24 – Knotfest Australia – Melbourne, AU – Flemington Racecourse
• 25 – Knotfest Australia – Sydney, AU – Centennial Park
• 26 – Knotfest Australia-  Brisbane, AU – Showgrounds
• 31 – Arizona Bike Week – Scottsdale, Arizona – WestWorld
• 16 – Inkcarceration Festival – Mansfield, Ohio – Ohio State Reformatory
• 23 – Katowice, PL – Spodek
• 26 – Tallinn, EE – Sea Arena – Tallinn Song Festival Grounds
• 31 – Stockholm, SE – Annexet
• 2 – Skanderborg, DK – Smukfest 2023
• 4 – Wacken, DE – Wacken Open Air
• 10 – Alicante, ES – Leyendas del Rock Festival
• 13 – Walton on Trent, GB – Bloodstock Open Air
• 16 – Dinkelsbühl, DE – Summer Breeze 2023
• 17 – Pardubice, CZ – Enteria Arena
• 19 – Eindhoven, NL – Dynamo Open Air
• 22 – Paris, FR – Olympia
• 25 – Aarburg, CH – Riverside Festival

“The Sick, The Dying and The Dead” tracklist

• The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!
• Life In Hell
• Night Stalkers (Featuring ICE-T)
• Dogs Of Chernobyl
• Psychopathy
• Killing Time
• Soldier On!
• Célebutante
• Mission To Mars
• We’ll Be Back

The album also has two bonus covers: “Police Truck”, 0riginally recorded by The Dead Kennedys and “This Planet’s On Fire (Burn In Hell),” originally recorded by Sammy Hagar, who re-recorded the song with Megadeth for the album.

The track “We’ll Be Back” was nominated for the 2022 Grammy Awards on the category of “Best Metal Peformance”.

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Megadeth To Bring Crush The World Tour To Latin America In 2024

Fresh off the heels of a wildly successful 2023 international tour across Europe, Canada and the United States, iconic thrash metal pioneer Megadeth has announced new dates on the Crush The World Tour set for 2024. The band will make their triumphant return to Latin America for 10 shows, with the first stop in Lima, Peru on Saturday, April 6. In addition to Peru, upcoming stops include Chile, Uruguay, Argentina, Brazil and México. Tickets for select dates will be available for fan-club members beginning Saturday, November 11 at 10AM local time at www.megadeth.com/tour . Public on-sale for select dates will be at 10AM local venue time on November 13. Megadeth VIP Package Upgrades, including a VIP Q&A and Meet & Greets with band members, will be available through Megadeth.com. “April of 2024 Megadeth returns to South America to support our latest record, The Sick, The Dying, And The Dead!, and I always get excited because there is something truly different about South America. I don't know what it is... but whatever IT is, they come by it naturally,” shared frontman Dave Mustaine. “We are also planning a really big surprise for where "Aguante Megadeth" all started in Buenos Aires, too! So... if you can, DO NOT MISS THAT SHOW!”

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Sat April 6                     Lima, Peru                                 Arena 1                       

Tu April 9                      Santiago, Chile                          Movistar Arena

Thu April 11                  Montevideo, Uruguay                 Arena Antel      

Sat April 13                   Buenos Aires, Argentina             Movistar Arena

Tue April 16                  Asuncion, Paraguay                   Jockey Club

Thu April 18                  São Paulo, Brazil                      Espaco Unimed

Sun April 21                  Bogota, Colombia                       Movistar Arena 

Tue April 23                  San Salvador, El Salvador          Complejo Cuscatlan

Thu April 25                  Ciudad de México, México          Arena Ciudad de México

Sat April 27                   Monterrey, México                      Arena Monterrey

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Misfits Announce Three 2023 Shows, Megadeth + AFI Among Opening Acts

Horror punk legends the Misfits have just announced three 2023 shows, featuring different special guests at each stop with Megadeth and AFI being among those tabbed to open.

The number of gigs now on the books equals the total amount of shows the band played across 2021 and 2022, meaning it's another rare chance for fans to catch one of punk's biggest acts of all time.

Since coming back in 2016 as the Original Misfits  (featuring original singer and songwriter Glenn Danzig and original bassist Jerry Only , as well as guitarists Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein and Acey Slade in addition to drummer Dave Lombardo ), the group has only performed 16 times, the first being at Riot Fest in Denver, Colorado.

The new dates are set for June 24 (Megadeth and Fear as support), July 8 ( The Gaslight Anthem and Fear as support) and July 15 (AFI and Fear as support) and you can view more details further down the page.

Members of the Misfits Fiend Club will have the first opportunity to grab tickets through an exclusive pre-sale that runs from March 22 at 10AM ET through March 23 at 10PM ET. The band indicates fans can use the password FIEND   to score early tickets at the corresponding ticket links to each show as listed below.

Look for the general on-sale to being on March 24 at 10AM local time at Live Nation .

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June 24 — Tampa, Fla. @ MIDFLORIDA Credit Union Amphitheatre (Megadeth, Fear supporting — tickets here ) July 08 — Newark, N.J. @ Prudential Center (The Gaslight Anthem, Fear supporting — tickets here ) July 15 — Phoenix, Ariz. @ Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre (AFI, Fear supporting — tickets here )

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Megadeth Announce Crush The World Tour with Bullet For My Valentine

The Canadian leg kicks off on April 26

Megadeth have announced their Crush The World Tour. Dave Mustaine and company will embark on a Canadian run starting on April 26 at Angel of the Winds Arena. Very special guests Bullet For My Valentine will be accompanying the thrash legends along with Oni.

Tickets and VIP Packages go on sale this Thursday, March 9 at 10am local time at megadeth.com/canada .

“We cannot wait to bring Megadeth’s ‘Crush the World’ tour to the Great White North,” frontman Dave Mustaine said in a statement. “I’m still riding high from our sold-out Budokan show with Marty Friedman last week, but there is no letting up and it’s your turn, Canada. Get ready!”

Megadeth’s latest album The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!  arrived last September via Tradecraft/UMG. It debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, and No. 1 across Billboards Top Rock, Hard Rock, and Alternative Albums charts. The record’s lead single “We’ll Be Back” was nominated for a GRAMMY® Award for Best Metal Performance.

April 26 – Everett, WA – Angel of the Winds Arena April 28 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Centre April April 29 – Kelowna, BC – Prospera Place May 1 – Edmonton, AB – Edmonton Events Centre May 2 – Calgary, AB – Grey Eagle Event Centre May 4 – Saskatoon, SK – SaskTel Centre May 5 – Winnipeg, MB – Canada Life Centre May 8 – Hamilton, ON – First Ontario Centre May 9 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre May 10 – Quebec City, QC – Centre Videotron May 11 – Laval, QC – Place Bell May 13 – Moncton, NB – Avenir Centre May 15 – Halifax, NS – ScotiaBank Centre

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Thrash metal titans Megadeth announce their 2023 Canadian tour with special guests Bullet For My Valentine and Oni. The spring 13-city tour starts in Everett, WA on April 26, with the Canadian leg kicking off April 28 in Abbotsford, BC and wraps up on May 15 in Halifax, NS. See the full itinerary below.

“We cannot wait to bring Megadeth’s Crush The World tour to the Great White North - I’m still riding high from our Sold Out Budokan show with Marty Friedman last week, but there is no letting up and it’s your turn, Canada. Get ready!” - Dave Mustaine 

Cyber Army Fan Club and VIP packages go on sale beginning Tuesday, March 7 at 10 am local time at Megadeth.com. American Express members will have access to purchase presale tickets beginning Tuesday March 7 at 12 pm local time until Wednesday, March 8 at 10 pm local time at Ticketmaster.ca/americanexpress. Live Nation and venue presales will run on Wednesday, March 8 from 10 am until 10 pm local time at LiveNation.com. Tickets will be available for the general public starting on Thursday, March 9 at 10 am local time at LiveNation.com.

April 26 - Everett, WA - Angel Of The Winds Arena  28 - Abbotsford , BC - Abbotsford Centre  29 – Kelowna, BC - Prospera Place 

May  1 – Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Convention Centre  2 – Calgary, AB - Grey Eagle Event Centre  4 – Saskatoon, SK - SaskTel Centre  5 – Winnipeg, MB - Canada Life Centre  8 – Hamilton, ON - First Ontario Centre 9 – Ottawa, ON - Canadian Tire Centre  10 - Quebec City, QC – Centre Videotron 11 – Laval, QC - Place Bell  13 – Moncton, NB - Avenir Centre  15 – Halifax, NS - ScotiaBank Centre 

Last week, Megadeth performed for the first time to a sold-out crowd at the world-famous Budokan Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Billed as “They Only Come Out At Night”, the concert was also a global livestream event, that included a special appearance of Marty Friedman. For those unable to be in Japan for this historic moment in rock history, the global livestream of the full performance was available for two days.

Last year, Megadeth released their highly anticipated sixteenth studio album The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! to both fan and critical acclaim. The album debuted at the top of the charts during its first week of sales, taking the No. 1 slot on Top Album Sales, Top Current Albums Sales, Top Rock & Alternative Album, Top Rock Albums, and Top Hard Rock Albums, and No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200. The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! is the highest charting Megadeth album of all time around the world, also notching No. 1 in Finland, No. 2 in Australia, Poland, Switzerland, and Scotland, No. 3 in the UK, and more. Megadeth received their 13th Grammy nomination for Best Metal Performance for the song “We’ll Be Back” from The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! (The band won a Grammy in 2016).

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Megadeth announce European summer tour

Thrash icons Megadeth will tour Europe in summer 2023

Megadeth have announced a run of European tour dates for this coming summer.

The thrash icons will play a number of headline shows around scheduled festival appearances, including a headline slot at Bloodstock Open Air in August.

That same month, they also appear at Wacken Open Air and Summer Breeze Fesstival in Germany, Leyendas del Rock Festival in Spain, Dynamo Open Air in the Netherlands and the Riverside Festival in Switzerland.

Before the shows in Europe, Megadeth play two shows in Japan this month and are on the bill for three Knotfest events in Australia. They also currently have two US dates scheduled in the run-up to their European jaunt.

Dave Mustaine and co released their 16th album,  The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! last year.

Metal Hammer said the album "showcases a depth and a compositional brilliance that’s rooted in this line-up’s uncanny ability to reimagine Megadeth’s iconic sound in a fresh and compelling way. All the elements that people love about the band – the scorching riffs, the striking technicality and the brawling, speed metal tempos – are here in spades."

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Megadeth tour dates 2023

27 Feb: Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 28 Feb: Osaka Grand Cube, Osaka, Japan 24 Mar: Flemington Racecourse, Knotfest Melbourne, Australia 25 Mar: Centennial Park, Knotfest Sydney, Australia 25 Feb: Showgrounds, Knotfest Brisbane, Australia 31 Mar: WestWorld, Arizona Bike Week, Scottsdale, AZ 16 Jul: Ohio State Reformatory, Inkcarceration Festival, Mansfield, OH 23 Jul: Spodek, Katowice, Poland 26 Jul: Tallinn Song Festival Grounds Sea Arena, Tallinn, Estonia 31 Jul: Annexet, Stockholm, Sweden 02 Aug: Smukfest 2023, Skanderborg Dyrehave, Denmark 04 Aug: Wacken Open Air, Wacken, Germany 10 Aug: Leyendas del Rock Festival, Alicante, Spain 13 Aug: Bloodstock Open Air, Catton Park, Walton on Trent, UK 16 Aug: Summer Breeze 2023, Dinkelsbuehl Airfield, Germany 17 Aug: Enteria Arena, Pardubice, Czech Republic 19 Aug: Dynamo Open Air, Eindhoven, Netherlands 22 Aug: Olympica, Paris, France 25 Aug: Riverside Festival, Aarburg, Switzerland

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悲願の日本武道館で23年ぶりとなるマーティ・フリードマンとの共演も実現した最新のMEGADETH来日。その現場を２公演丸ごと極上体験できるオリジナル録音が登場です。 そんな本作に吹き込まれているのは「2023年２月27日：日本武道館」公演と翌「２月28日：グランキューブ大阪」公演。その双方を完全収録した極上オーディエンス録音セットです。今回の来日は、６年ぶりの新作『『THE SICK, THE DYING… AND THE DEAD!』に伴うツアーの第一報も兼ねています。まずは、その活動概要も俯瞰しておきましょう。

●2022年 ・４月９日ー５月19日：北米#1（26公演）←※U.S. TOUR 2022 ・５月28日ー７月２日：欧州#1（23公演）←※HELLFEST 2022他 ・８月19日ー９月２日：北米#2a（10公演） 《９月２日『THE SICK, THE DYING… AND THE DEAD!』発売》 ・９月４日ー10月15日：北米#2b（26公演） ・12月４日：トルーカ公演 ●2023年 ・２月24日ー28日：日本（３公演）←★ココ★ ・３月21日ー26日：豪州（５公演） ・３月31日／７月16日：北米#3（２公演） ・７月23日ー８月25日：欧州#2（12公演） ・９月１日：アラスカ公演

これが現在までに公表されている2022年／2023年のMEGADETH。「北米#2」からが新作ツアーなのですが、昨年秋には一段落。年の改まった2023年は日本から再スタートとなりました。本作に収められているのは、その２公演目／３公演目にあたるコンサートです。 そんな２公演を真空パックした本作は極上級のオーディエンス録音。何しろ、両公演を手掛けたのは“西日本最強テーパー”氏。本稿に目を留められた方なら何らかのタイトルで“最強”氏の作品に触れられたと思いますが、本作はその最新弾。今回の日本武道館は配信もあったために軽々に「まるでサウンドボード！」と喧伝するわけにもいきませんが、ゴリゴリと骨太な芯が目の前に迫るド迫力はオーディエンス離れしているのも確か。特に大阪録音（DISC 3-4）は会場のサイズもあって格段にダイレクト。音色的にサウンドボードと間違えたりはしませんが、オンで距離感のない密度や詳細なディテール、見事なセパレート感はあえて間違えてあげたくなる素晴らしさです。 そんな達人サウンドで画かれるのは、奇跡が起きた日本武道館を含むメモリアルな２夜。ここで曲数も異なっていた両公演のセットをまとめて整理しておきましょう。

●クラシックス（11曲） ・ラスト・イン・ピース：Hangar 18／Tornado Of Souls（★）／Holy Wars… The Punishment Due ・破滅へのカウントダウン：Sweating Bullets／Countdown To Extinction（★＊）／Symphony Of Destruction（★） ・その他：Peace Sells／Angry Again／A Tout Le Monde（＊）／Trust／Dread And The Fugitive Mind ●キコ・ルーレイロ加入後（５曲） ・ディストピア：The Threat Is Real／Conquer Or Die!／Dystopia ・ザ・シック、ザ・ダイイング：Soldier On!（＊）／We’ll Be Back ※注：「＊」印はは日本武道館（DISC 1-2）のみ。「★」印は日本武道館でマーティ・フリードマンと共演した曲（DISC 2）。

……と、このようになっています。日本武道館（DISC 1-2）の方が４曲も多く、「Countdown to Extinction」「Tornado of Souls」「Symphony of Destruction」では（事前告知の通り）マーティ・フリードマンも登場。マーティのラスト・ショウは2000年１月14日シアトル公演でしたので、23年44日ぶりとなる共演が実現したのです。もうご存知の方も多いと思いますが、「Countdown to Extinction」のドラマティックなイントロに合わせ、デイヴ・ムステインがつぶやくように「Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome my dear friend, Marty Friedman!」とコールする。その噛みしめるような声の深みと言ったら……。現場では目眩でしてよく覚えていませんでしたが、改めて本作で触れても鳥肌が収まりません。そもそも「Countdown To Extinction」自体がマーティのためにセレクトされたのでしょう。この日が10年ぶりの復活でした。 曲数も共演も美味しい日本武道館の影に隠れそうですが、実はライヴアルバム的には大阪公演（DISC 3-4）の方が優れている。サウンドのダイレクト感も上回っていますが、それ以上に大きいのはムステインの歌声。明らかに武道館よりも調子が良く、短めのセットをビシッと決めてくれる。もちろん、久々の復活で話題になった「Dread And The Fugitive Mind」もサウンドボード裸足の極上サウンドで楽しめます。 1993年に告知されつつ、来日中止で幻となった日本武道館公演。あれから30年、遂に幻が現実のものとなりました。しかも、そこにはマーティ・フリードマンもいた。そんなメモリアルすぎる日本武道館公演と、サウンドとムステインの好調でベストショウとも言われる大阪公演。本作は、その双方を達人サウンドで極上体験できる超・お得セットです。まさに「数十年に１本」の最重要作。どうぞ、存分にお楽しみください。

★「2023年２月27日日本武道館／２月28日グランキューブ大阪」の極上オーディエンス録音セット。“西日本最強テーパー”氏によるオリジナル録音で、ゴリゴリと骨太な芯が目の前に迫るド迫力サウンド。特に大阪録音（DISC 3-4）は会場のサイズもあって格段にダイレクト。23年ぶりにマーティ・フリードマンとの共演が実現した武道館、サウンドとムステインの好調でベストショウとも言われる大阪公演。その双方を達人サウンドで極上体験できる超・お得セットです。

Budokan, Tokyo, Japan 27th February 2023

Disc:1 (46:23) 1. Intro 2. Prince of Darkness 3. Hangar 18 4. Dread and the Fugitive Mind 5. The Threat Is Real 6. Angry Again 7. Soldier On! 8. Sweating Bullets 9. Trust 10. Conquer or Die! 11. Dystopia

Disc:2 (47:42) 1. A tout le monde 2. Countdown to Extinction (with Marty Friedman) 3. Tornado of Souls (with Marty Friedman) 4. Symphony of Destruction (with Marty Friedman) 5. We’ll Be Back 6. Peace Sells 7. Holy Wars… The Punishment Due 8. Outro (Silent Scorn)

Grand Cube, Osaka, Japan 28th February 2023

Disc 3 (50:30) 1. Intro 2. Prince of Darkness 3. Hangar 18 4. Dread and the Fugitive Mind 5. The Threat Is Real 6. Angry Again 7. Sweating Bullets 8. Trust 9. Conquer or Die! 10. Dystopia 11. Tornado of Souls

Disc 4 (31:54) 1. Symphony of Destruction 2. We’ll Be Back 3. Peace Sells 4. Holy Wars… The Punishment Due 5. Outro (Silent Scorn)

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Watch 4K Video Of MEGADETH's Concert In Santiago During Spring 2024 South American Tour

MEGADETH played the second concert of its 2024 South American tour on Tuesday, April 9 at at Movistar Arena in Santiago, Chile.

The setlist for the show was as follows:

01. The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead! 02. Skin O' My Teeth (first time since 2018) 03. Dystopia 04. Hangar 18 05. Sweating Bullets 06. This Was My Life 07. Angry Again 08. She-Wolf 09. Trust 10. À Tout Le Monde 11. Tornado Of Souls 12. Symphony Of Destruction 13. We'll Be Back

14. Peace Sells 15. Mechanix

16. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due

4K fan-filmed video of the Santiago concert can be seen below.

Finnish guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari joined MEGADETH last September after the band's longtime axeman Kiko Loureiro , announced earlier that month that he would sit out the next leg of MEGADETH 's "Crush The World" tour in order to stay home with his children back in Finland. It was later revealed that Mäntysaari would continue to play guitar for MEGADETH for the foreseeable future, with Loureiro seemingly having no plans to return.

The 37-year-old Mäntysaari was born in Tampere, Finland and began playing guitar at the age of 12. In 2004, he joined the band WINTERSUN . He has also been a member of SMACKBOUND since 2015.

MEGADETH played its first concert with Mäntysaari on September 6, 2023 at Revel in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Loureiro officially joined MEGADETH in April 2015, about five months after Chris Broderick 's exit from the group.

MEGADETH 's sold-out shows at Movistar Arena in Buenos Aires on Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14, 2024 will be broadcast live on Veeps . Fans will also have the exclusive opportunity to snag MEGADETH merch, including a poster and a limited-edition tee, that will only be available for purchase on Veeps during the livestream. Veeps All Access subscribers can access the shows for free as part of their subscription. Otherwise tickets are on sale for $14.99 for each show or $24.99 for both shows on veeps.com/megadeth .

Since its inception in 1983, MEGADETH has ascended from its raw thrash metal roots to become an unstoppable force in the heavy metal world. With founder Dave Mustaine at the helm, MEGADETH 's journey has been marked by a penchant for pushing the boundaries of speed, technicality, and complexity in their music. Their groundbreaking album "Rust In Peace" , released in 1990, is frequently cited as a seminal work in the thrash metal genre. Along with the critically acclaimed "Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?" , it cemented MEGADETH 's place in the annals of metal history.

Over four decades, the band's discography has earned numerous certifications, including platinum and multi-platinum awards, with albums like "Countdown To Extinction" and "Youthanasia" achieving widespread critical acclaim. 2016's "Dystopia" not only marked a high point with their first Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance" after twelve nominations but also set the stage for their latest triumph, "The Sick, The Dying... And The Dead!" in 2022. MEGADETH 's status as part of the "Big Four" of thrash metal underscores their trailblazing role in the genre, laying the groundwork for countless bands and musicians who have followed in their wake.

"Megadeth: Live From Buenos Aires" will be available for free for Veeps All Access subscribers, or fans can buy an individual show ticket for $14.99 or a ticket to view both shows for $24.99 at veeps.com/megadeth . The shows will air live on Veeps on April 13 and April 14 at approximately 9 p.m. Argentina Time (ART). The shows will be available on Veeps for two years after the original air dates, with a seven-day rewatch period for individual ticket purchasers.

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Olivia Rodrigo’s Relatable Superstardom on the Guts Tour

By Amanda Petrusich

The opening moments of Olivia Rodrigo’s seventy-seven-date Guts World Tour—which began in February and arrived at Madison Square Garden for four sold-out nights in early April—feature a video of the pop star sprinting down a dumpy hallway, then rapping her knuckles on a purple door. Anyone attuned to Rodrigo’s musical disposition knows that whatever is waiting on the other side is probably not virtuous, exactly, but is almost certainly a good-ass time. Last Saturday, as her band slammed out the opening chords of the night’s first song, the punkish, frothing “Bad Idea Right?,” Rodrigo appeared onstage in a silver sequinned miniskirt with a matching bralette and black combat boots. The crowd was instantly united in a kind of lawless exuberance. The feeling in the room was: Let’s give ourselves something to regret in the morning!

Rodrigo, who recently turned twenty-one, is funnier and less fussy than the other pop stars in her echelon. She is not apolitical (she has invited abortion funds to set up information booths at Guts shows, and is donating a portion of the tour’s proceeds to a fund supporting women’s reproductive health), and she has not cultivated an image of sexlessness, piousness, or self-seriousness. She appears, instead, to revel in pleasure—even when she knows that whatever it is she’s thirsting after will probably get her into trouble.

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The Guts tour is the first time that Rodrigo has consistently played arena-size venues. (For her last major tour, in 2022, she booked theatres and concert halls, telling Billboard she didn’t want to “skip steps” in her career.) Rodrigo was a Disney Channel star in the late twenty-tens, beginning when she was thirteen. She rose to global prominence in January of 2021, with the release of “Drivers License,” a gentle but devastating ballad about a relationship gone awry: “Guess you didn’t mean what you wrote in that song about me / ’Cause you said forever, now I drive alone past your street.”

The song, which Rodrigo co-wrote with the producer Daniel Nigro, destroyed an array of streaming records. Rodrigo’s first album, “Sour,” which arrived that May, débuted at No. 1, was nominated for seven Grammys, and eventually went quadruple platinum. She released “Guts” in September of 2023. Rodrigo’s voice is substantive—on her burlier songs, there are moments when she reminds me of Adele—but it contains a tiny tremble that gives her work heart. “The better a singer’s voice, the harder it is to believe what they’re saying,” David Byrne once noted; Rodrigo gets this, and never grasps for perfection. At M.S.G., she performed “Drivers License” seated at a piano, while fog rolled across the stage. “I still fucking love you, babe,” she wailed on the bridge. If she’s over the heartbreak now, it was hard to tell. In the crowd, people held one another and swayed.

Though tours of this magnitude tend to be impeccably coördinated, down to breaks for banter, Rodrigo was appealingly low-key and natural. The Guts show has five costume changes, which felt modest compared with Beyoncé’s Renaissance tour (nine) or Taylor Swift’s Eras (sixteen). At ninety minutes, it is also far shorter than both of those. Rodrigo, a stronger singer than dancer, avoids elaborate choreography, though she is preternaturally good at galloping across a stage, knees high, waving an arm around. A scrum of talented dancers sometimes followed behind her like a swarm of bees. It feels odd to call a run this ambitious “small”—and, to be fair, at one point Rodrigo sailed above the arena on a crescent moon—but I appreciated the sanity and the precision of its scope. Rodrigo’s performances are true to the arrangements on her records—she is not Bob Dylan on his Never Ending Tour, boldly reinventing a vast and varied catalogue—but the evening still felt spontaneous, even intimate. When she performed “Favorite Crime,” a wounded acoustic song from “Sour,” about (what else?) behaving badly while in the throes of love, she sat cross-legged on the stage with her guitarist. For a few minutes, the vibe felt more coffeehouse than world-tour.

The crowd was largely female and very young—a good portion was under twelve, I’d guess, and though I wasn’t quite expecting retirees, I was still startled by the median age, particularly considering the candor of Rodrigo’s lyrics and her jocular comfort with certain expletives. Her fans sang along the entire time, loudly and persistently enough that it was often impossible to hear Rodrigo. Midway through the show, she paused to ask, “Did anyone come with their mom or their dad tonight, maybe? I love going to concerts with my mom and dad! Hey, guys! Hey, sweet families!”

The kids were exquisitely dressed. A time comes in every grown person’s life in which the fashion of her adolescence becomes cool again. For anyone who came of age in the late nineties and still recalls the moment in which grunge (fading) and pop-punk (ascendant) had a brief but potent sartorial collision, the look of the Guts tour, both onstage and off, will feel deeply familiar. It’s X-Girl-era Kim Gordon meets Ashlee Simpson circa “Boyfriend”—high-school cheerleader, but make it goth. Last summer, I committed the grave mistake of rolling up to an Eras performance in Levi’s, Converse, and a T-shirt (in my defense, the concert was in New Jersey), and received myriad looks of pity from the crowd. “We must dress,” I texted my companion (male, thirty-two) before the Guts show. I picked out a vintage Marc Jacobs dress with a Peter Pan collar, and pulled my hair into a high ponytail tied with a black bow. He wore a Megadeth T-shirt. I am not sure we fully assimilated, but at least no one whispered “narc” when we walked by.

Though Rodrigo’s voice feels engineered for big, swooning ballads, she is also unusually good at the sort of bratty, frenetic delivery immortalized, in the early to mid-two-thousands, by such pop-punk acts as Avril Lavigne, Sum 41, and Blink-182. “I wanna get him back / I wanna make him really jealous / Wanna make him feel bad,” Rodrigo sings on “Get Him Back!,” a prickly song about hating and wanting someone at the same time. It was her final encore of the night, and she performed it wearing sparkly hot pants and a crop top with the phrase “And just like that . . .” scrawled across the front. (The previous night, in another allusion to “Sex and the City,” her shirt had read “Carrie Bradshaw AF.”) She sang the first verse through a red megaphone, her handheld microphone tucked into her waistband. “I wanna meet his mom,” she purred, her voice tender, vulnerable. A beat. “And tell her her son sucks!” (We contain multitudes.) Rodrigo held out the microphone to let the crowd take the song’s best lyric, and, in a kind of deranged unison, we stood and bellowed, “Maybe I can fix him!” ♦

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