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Monday, January 25th 2010
MEGADETH ANNOUNCE NEW TOUR DATES FOR "RUST IN PEACE 20th ANNIVERSARY TOUR"
New York, NY: IT’S been whispered about, discussed and desired amongst the
international thrash metal community, and finally it can be screamed loudly
from rooftops, street-corners and car windows.
The mighty Megadeth will join
forces with Testament and Exodus for this historic month-long jaunt that
will find these thrash titans crisscrossing the nation on the ‘Rust in
Peace’ 20th anniversary tour. These will be incredibly special shows that
will delight Megadeth fans, as the band will be playing their landmark,
genre-defining album, 1990’s Rust in Peace, in its entirety, in addition to
other Megadeth set list favorites.
Megadeth’s latest, ENDGAME, was released in September 2009 and received some
of the highest critical accolades of the band’s career. The band performed
on Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and was nominated for yet another Grammy – the eight nomination of their storied career- for “Head Crusher.” Megadeth
also enjoyed heaps of praise in the press, from outlets as varied as New
York to Revolver to VH1’s “That Metal Show” to PopMatters. With ENDGAME,
Megadeth have once again ascended to the top of the metal world.
Testament, www.testamentlegions.com the
seminal Bay Area thrash titans, will perform their first-ever album ‘The
Legacy’ in its entirety during the “RUST IN PEACE 20th Anniversary Tour”
with Megadeth and Exodus . In this monsterously massive celebration of
metal, Testament felt it was time to throw down the gauntlet and bring
people back to the roots of their visceral and vice-tight music, re-invoking
songs which helped lay the foundation for a thrash generation. “We wanted to
give the fans something different,” says frontman Chuck Billy, “we wanted to
play these songs which have not been played since we’ve been touring
“Formation Of Damnation.”
“I can’t believe that we wrote this stuff when we are 17, 18, and 19 years
old,” says Eric Peterson. “Although ‘Formation.’ stands on it’s own, we
cannot even write music today like we did back then. ‘The Legacy’ will
always be our legacy.”
Refreshingly brutal, yet steeped in clever melodic twists, ‘The Legacy’ was
a scene-busting statement of intent by Billy, guitarists Eric Peterson and
Alex Skolnick, bassist Greg Christian and drummer Louie Clemente. And with
classic pit-starters such as ‘Over The Wall’, ‘Burnt Offerings’ and ‘First
Strike Is Deadly’ creating human froth with genuine songwriting prowess,
‘The Legacy’ set Testament up to take the thrash metal world by storm in the
coming years.
“These are the first nine songs we put together,” says Billy proudly, “this
is what started the band, so we wanted to go back and give the fans a chance
to not only get back to metal’s roots, but to feel the force of Testament’s
roots at the same time.“And it’s no wonder with a foundation like that we
are still here today,” adds Peterson
If you always wanted to hear it and never thought it would happen, you will
doubtless be delighted. But just as importantly, for those who wondered what
the raw, vital energy of Testament and the Bay Area thrash scene felt like,
this is a delicious chance to hurl yourself headfirst into the wave of
speed, sound and sweat.
Exodus Gary Holt adds, “I am so stoked to be a part of this tour with our
long-time friends Megadeth and Testament! This will prove to be a thrash
metal wet dream and I cannot wait to get the party started and hit the road
on this beast of a tour! It’s been about six years since we last toured
with Megadeth and after all these long years, this will be our first with
Testament, so I for one am fired up! Let the bloodbath begin!”
The tour will kick off on March 1 in Spokane, WA and will run through the
end of the month. The dates are as follows, with tickets going on sale this
Friday, January 29.
3/1 – Spokane, WA – Knitting Factory
3/2 – Boise, ID – Knitting Factory
3/3 – Medford, OR – Medford Armory
3/6 – Calgary, AB – Big Four (Testament with Special Guests)
3/7 – Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Centre (Testament with Special Guests)
3/8 – Saskatoon, SK – Prairieland Exhibition Hall
3/11 – Indianapolis, IN – Murat Theater
3/12 – Pittsburgh, PA – Palace Theater
3/13 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
3/15 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
3/16 – Baltimore, MD – Rams Head Live
3/18 – Scranton, PA – Scranton Cultural Center
3/19 – Norfolk, VA – The NorVa
3/21 – Atlanta, GA – Tabernacle
3/22 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
3/23 – Memphis, TN – Minglewood Hall
3/25 – Houston, TX – Verizon Wireless Theater
3/26 – Austin, TX – Stubb’s Amphitheater
3/27 – Lubbock, TX – The Pavilion
3/28 – El Paso, TX – Club 101
3/30 – Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theater
3/31 – Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Palladium (Testament with Special Guests)
1. garbage (posted by obscuredatrocity 2 yearss ago)
megadeth need to stay rusted in peace and retire already