MEGADETH's MUSTAINE Says GIGANTOUR May Expand Beyond North America
April 21, 2005MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in teh "Forums" section of the band's official web site:
"I have seen your comments on some of the bands that were submit for Gigantour that I liked, and I am diggin' the response. I will inform you about this as we go along.
"As far as moving someone from the Main Stage, forget it!
"I had talked about adding another band to the main stage, but I don't want it to be too much, and as far as OVERKILL, if I did ask them to join the Main stage for the dates that THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN are not on it, the tour starts on the West Coast tentatively. So there!
"I will let you know as it progresses, like I said, but I am still waiting for the rest of the bands that were submit to look at them. And as far as any other bands go, I will consider your suggestions, but this is about the success of the whole tour. Not some solitary fan that wants to hear a 'MENTORS tribute band" from their home town (although, that would be kewl).
"The smallest venues we are looking at are of course mostly due to unconfirmed demand and routing, but even still we are going into buildings in the 5,000 capacity range and on up. So there should be no problems getting a good view point and making it back and forth from stage to stage.
"Lastly, I have made contact with my international agent this morning and he said he is going to follow up Gigantour with our new friends in the Pacific Rim. However, the lineup will probably change for these new territories. If this does happen, I will still take time to hand pick all of the talent so it ROCKS!
"This gentleman is also responsible for the rest of the world outside of North America, so he will hopefully get some info for Euro/UK/South America dates if possible.
"Come on Gigantour!"
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