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SLAYER, MEGADETH: New 'Canadian Carnage' Dates Announced

Canadian concert promoters Gillett Entertainment Group (Groupe Spectacles Gillett) have announced the new dates for the "Canadian Carnage" tour featuring SLAYER and MEGADETH. The trek, which was originally due to begin on November 8, was called off after SLAYER frontman Tom Araya was ordered to unde...

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MEGADETH Kicks Off U.S. Headlining Tour; Setlist Revealed

MEGADETH's 2009 U.S. leg of the "Endgame" world tour kicked off last night (Saturday, November 14) at a sold-out Orbit Room in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Support on the trek is coming from MACHINE HEAD, SUICIDE SILENCE, ARCANIUM, and WARBRINGER replacing MACHINE HEAD beginning December 5. MEGADETH's se...

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MEGADETH Drummer Is Looking Forward To Hitting The Road

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has issued the following update: "Needless to say here that I am looking forward to this American tour leg, especially around this time of year, as I am hoping to see some snow (though I am not certain 'where' or 'if' I will see any). "Ya, I know some of you ...

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MEGADETH Drummer Says There Is 'No Truth' To Rumor Band Will Tour U.S. With SLAYER, TESTAMENT

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has refuted rumors that the band will embark on a U.S. tour in February with SLAYER, TESTAMENT and HIGH ON FIRE. Writing on MEGADETH's official forum, Drover, states, "Rumors are just that. [There is] no truth to this [rumor] at all." SLAYER was forced to postpone its "...

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MEGADETH Drummer: 'It's Pretty Exciting Waking Up Every Morning And Not Having To Go To Work'

Pamela Porosky of Pitch Black magazine recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Pitch Black: What can you tell us about the song "Head Crusher"? Drover: Dave (Mustaine, guitars and vocals) went to L.A. for some meetings and...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP: New Touring Lineup To Include Ex-AC/DC Drummer CHRIS SLADE

MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP (MSG) will play the following U.K./Ireland dates in December: Dec. 16 - Manchester, UK - Manchester Academy 3 Dec. 17 - Sheffield, UK - Sheffield Academy Dec. 18 - Dudley, UK - JB's Dec. 19 - Belfast, IRE - Ulster Hall Dec. 20 - Bristol, UK - Bristol Academy Dec. 21 - ...

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Two Riverside Men Taking OZZFEST Organizers To Court

Valley News reports: Two Riverside County men who contend poor security was to blame for injuries they suffered at the 2007 Ozzfest concert can take their case to trial next year, a Los Angeles judge said today. Concertgoers Michael McClelland and Stephen Holloway filed their lawsuit in January 2008...

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MEGADETH Drummer Interviewed On 'The Red Switch'

"The Red Switch" — Toronto, Ontario, Canada's "only pure metal radio show" — conducted an interview with MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover at the end of September. The chat is now available for streaming in two parts below. MEGADETH's new album, "Endgame", has sold around 76,000 copies in the United Sta...

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MEGADETH Drummer Checks In

MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover has issued the following update: "So, after such a great time in New Zealand, Oz and Japan, I was so excited about coming home for a few weeks to be with the family and just be 'normal' for a while. "Halloween is right around the corner and in my house that ...

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MUSTAINE: Seems Like BLABBERMOUTH & ROADRUNNER Are Only People Who Don't Like Me Or MEGADETH

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site: "There has been a lot of talk about the possibility of a 'Big Four' tour [featuring METALLICA, MEGADETH, SLAYER and ANTHRAX], and while I find the timing peculiar, the opportunity...

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MEGADETH Joined By LOUDNESS Guitarist At Osaka Concert; Audio Available

Akira Takasaki, guitarist for the Japanese heavy metal band LOUDNESS, joined MEGADETH on stage last night (Monday, October 19) to play "Symphony Of Destruction" for the group's encore song in Osaka, Japan. MEGADETH dedicated the track to LOUDNESS drummer Munetaka Higuchi, who died on November 30, 20...

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IMPELLITTERI Mainman Interviewed On KNAC.COM's 'WildSide'; Audio Available

IMPELLITTERI mainman Chris Impellitteri was interviewed on the September 12, 2009 edition of Diana DeVille's KNAC.COM '80s hair metal specialty program "WildSide". You can now listen to the one-hour chat using the audio player below. IMPELLITTERI's current touring lineup consists of the following mu...

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DEFIANCE: Another New Song Available For Streaming

A new DEFIANCE song, "Desert Sands", is available for streaming on the band's MySpace page. The track comes off the reunited Oakland, California thrashers' new album, "The Prophecy", which is scheduled for release on October 19 via Candlelight Records. The first collection of new music from DEFIANCE...

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ALCATRAZZ: European Dates Announced

Having completed successful gigs in Japan, U.S., Bulgaria and Mexico, ALCATRAZZ featuring Graham Bonnet (RAINBOW, MSG, IMPELLITTERI) will embark on a tour of Europe in November/December. The trek will consist of dates in Germany, Netherlands, Austria and the Czech Republic. Since ALCATRAZZ never tou...

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MEGADETH's MUSTAINE: 'I Wanna Write Great Songs. I Wanna Make Sure There's No Filler'

Keith Carman of Canada's Exclaim! magazine recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below. Exclaim!: So here you are with album number 12 set to go and people chomping at the bit to hear it. How does the process of making a MEGADE...