Dave Mustaine has posted the following update on the Megadeth Forums: "It is official - the Megadeth studio is alive and we have christened it "Vic's Garage." As of approximate 5:00 PM PST Oct 9th the first notes were recorded here on guitar. Set your watches kiddies! We are calling it for the night. Shane is coming out and his flight was late. Hopefully he won't feel too bad when he gets here and we are gone! Check back in soon"
The "Priest Feast" tour featuring Judas Priest, Megadeth and Testament will play three shows in Sweden in February and March shortly following the already announced UK run. The three shows are as follows: Feb 28 - Stockholm, Sweden at the Globen Arena, and March 1 - Gothenburg, Sweden at the Scandinavium Arena, March 4 - Malmo, Sweden at the Arena Malmo. General on-sale is Tuesday, Oct 7. Check the Killing Road for details! HERE
Megadeth will tour as special guests to Judas Priest on the "Priest Feast" tour of the UK this coming Feb 2009 with Testament opening the show. UK shows from Feb 13 - 21 are now announced on the Killing Road page. Pre-sales went on sale at 9 AM UK Time Wednesday, Oct 1st to all MegaFanClub members and registered Live Nation members. Public on sales go on sale this Friday, Oct 3rd at 9 AM UK Time.
James LoMenzo is a featured player on an upcoming Christmas album produced by Bob Kulick and Brett Chassen. "We Wish You A Metal Christmas and a Headbanging New Year" will be released in the U.S. on October 14 via Amoury Records and Black Ion Music. The album is a lineup of hard rock and heavy metal's finest giving their own unique twist to Christmas classics old and new. James plays on the track "Silver Bells" along with Geoff Tate (Queensryche), Carlos Cavazo (Quiet RIot, Ratt), and Ray Luzier (Korn, David Lee Roth, Army Of Anyone). MORE
Following the successful 2007 release of the coveted 4-CD+DVD "Warchest" box set, Megadeth is back with a vengeance with "Anthology: Set The World Afire". The career-spanning 2-CD and digital collection, to be released September 30 by Capitol/EMI. Dave Mustaine: "I'm really excited about this new release because after the Warchest coming out, the Arsenal Of Megadeth, and the Greatest Hits package, I was concerned that we wouldn't have a package that would be able to stand up against the other three and this is a really great offering of some of our more popular songs. The artwork was a real strip down version of an album cover back like it was before we had 30-page booklets and CD's, so it's very simple artwork on the package and it's just straight forward Megadeth music." Read the Press Release and see the cover and track listing HERE
Roadrunner Records, along with Harmonix and MTV Games announced this past week the addition of the Roadrunner Records 6-pack to the Rock BandTM Music Store Catalog of Digital Content. The "Metal Band" pack is exclusively available starting yesterday via download on Xbox Live and is value priced for a limited time. The 6-pack features six artists from Roadrunner's diverse and widely respected hard rock roster, ranging from extreme metal (Machine Head, DevilDriver) to progressive rock (Dream Theater) to modern metalcore (Killswitch Engage) to Australian pub rock (Airbourne) to classic thrash (Megadeth - "Sleepwalker"). MORE
Now available at the iTunes store! Episode 4 of the Official Megadeth Podcast brings us our first Video Podcast. MFC's MegaFilm crew caught up with Chris Broderick in Chicago, Illinois while on Gigantour NA 2008. Chris takes us on a detailed tour of the Megadeth tour bus. A place fans often see from the outside, but never on the inside. You can download the podcast via your RSS news readers or iTunes. Stop by the Megadeth page at the iTunes store (a search for "Megadeth" will get you there), and then click on the "Official Megadeth Podcast" MORE
TheLiveLine.com has been updated with new content including a new message from Dave Mustaine. Phone in to Dave's LiveLine number at (866) 597-MEGA and get frequent updates from Dave himself! This weekend, Dave talks about meeting up with his record label and discussing the new record, starting construction of the new studio, and more! Call Dave's number and check out even more at TheLiveLine.com.
Erin Broadley of SuicideGirls.com conducted an interview with Dave Mustaine prior to his July 10, 2008 appearance at the Guitar Center store in Hollywood, CA. "I met with Mustaine alone in a small practice room at the Guitar Center Hollywood, just after he’d finished giving a music lesson to a young contest winner, and a few hours before his Guitar Center Sessions speaking engagement. Outside the building, a line of fist-pumping, horn-throwing longhairs waited; Fans snaked for blocks down Hollywood Boulevard, chanting Mustaine’s name, shouting Megadeth lyrics -- riled up and ready for an evening of conversation with their hero." MORE
At Microsoft's E3 press conference Monday morning [July 14], Harmonix's Alex Rigopulos unveiled some more details about the upcoming Rock Band 2, including confirmation on some of the big acts expected to line up for the game. Rock Band 2 will deliver the most impressive and largest music catalogue of any music-based videogame ever and Megadeth - Peace Sells is on that list. MORE
