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This was some seriously bad news. Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine recently said he’s been diagnosed with throat cancer. That means most of the Megadeth shows this year will be canceled. He did say that the Megacruise will still happen October 13-18.

“I’ve been diagnosed with throat cancer. It’s clearly something to be respected and faced head on – but I’ve faced obstacles before. I’m working closely with my doctors, and we’ve mapped out a treatment plan which they feel has a 90% success rate. Treatment has already begun.

You can read more on his Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/davemustaine/

This year during October 13 – 18, 2019 Megadeth will have its inaugural  MegaCruise aboard the Norwegian Cruise Line ship the Norwegian Jewel!  I can’t believe the lineup.  Imagine being on the ship with these crazies:

Megadeth, Anthrax, Testament, Queensryche, Suicidal Tendencies, Dragonforce, Overkill, Death Angel, Corrosion of Conformity, Devildriver, Phil Campbell and the Bastard Sons, Doro, Armored Saint, Sacred Reich, John 5, Metal Church, Danko Jones, Beasto Blanco, Toothgrinder, Metalachi, Mecanix.

This sounds like pure debauchery and tons of fun.

Check out all the details with the link below.

Megadeth’s MegaCruise

I guess that headline can go either way but this it’s actually the funnier way. Megadeth took the stage last night at the 2012 Croatia Metalfest and were not only booed by fans but had beer thrown at them. Apparently W.A.S.P. was supposed to play but claimed that because of Megadeth, they canceled their set. I don’t know why that is but the audience was PISSED. After security stopped the beer bashing, someone was able to throw a rock that hit Dave Mustaine right in the head. Hahahahaha. I’m so glad. Dave is such a douchebag. He’s against gay marriage, claims Obama wasn’t born in the US and has told starving African women to “put a plug in it”. What a dick.

I just saw this over at HenneMusic.com. It’s video from a November 12th show in Santiago, Chile while they were on tour with Chris Cornell, Faith No More and Alice In Chains. The broke up the concert into small segments so check it out.

Live Megadeth

Oh boy, here we go. Dave Mustaine and StarGreetz are developing an interactive app that will teach you how to play Megadeth tunes. Mustaine says: “You don’t have to be good; you just need a guitar, and an iPad, iPhone, or iPod touch. And most importantly, you need to want to shred like Megadeth.”

Check out the video for it

Bay Area’s own Machine Head are touring with Slayer, Megadeth and Metallica begining on November 8th.  They’ll do their own U.S. headline show on November 6 at the Crazy Donkey in Farmingdale, New York.  Here is the tour with who’s playing when:

Headline
11.06 – Farmingdale, NY – Crazy Donkey

w/ Slayer & Megadeth
11.08 – Moncton, NB – Moncton Coliseum
11.09 – Halifax, NS – Halifax Metro Centre
11.11 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
11.12 – Quebec City, QC – Colisee Pepsi Arena
11.13 – Toronto, ON – Air Canada Centre

w/ Megadeth
11.14 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Orbit Room
11.15 – Peoria, IL – Peoria Civic Center
11.17 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
11.18 – Columbus, OH – The LC Pavilion
11.20 – Covington, KY – Madison Theatre
11.21 – Richmond, VA – The National
11.22 – Knoxville, TN – Valarium
11.23 – Charlotte, NC – The Fillmore Charlotte
11.25 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Revolution
11.27 – Orlando, FL – Hard Rock Live
11.28 – N. Myrtle Beach, SC – House Of Blues
11.30 – Corpus Christi, TX – Pavillion @ Concrete Street
12.01 – San Antonio, TX – Sunken Garden Amphitheatre
12.02 – Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
12.03 – Oklahoma City, OK – Bricktown Events Center

w/ Metallica
12.05 – Las Vegas, NV – Mandalay Bay
12.07 – Boise, ID – Idaho Center
12.08 – Sacramento, CA – ARCO Arena
12.10 – Anaheim, CA – Honda Center
12.12 – San Jose, CA – HP Pavilion