April 30, 2009 - TRACEY WIEDEMAN: "WHAT A LONG STRANGE TRIP IT'S BEEN"
Megadeth Tour Manager, Tracey Wiedeman has submitted the following Priest Feast tour journal to the Journal section of the site. TW: "Now that the European Priestfeast tour has come to a close, the launch of the new Dave Mustaine Signature Marshall cabinets took place in Frankfurt at Musikmesse and the Revolver Golden God Awards have come and gone it gives me time to reflect of our time on the road." Read Tracey's entire journal HERE

April 29, 2009 - "CANADIAN CARNAGE" TICKETMASTER TICKETS PRESALE BEGINS TODAY
"Canadian Carnage" Ticketmaster presale begins today! Megadeth and Slayer - two of the bands that defined the thrash/metal genre - will perform together for the first time in more than 15 years when they co-headline four shows in Canada in late June. The tour, dubbed "Canadian Carnage," will also feature Machine Head and Suicide Silence, and will see Megadeth and Slayer each closing two of the four shows. Get your presale tickets HERE

April 28, 2009 - "CANADIAN CARNAGE" MEGAFANCLUB TICKETS PRESALE TODAY!
There will be a special MegaFanClub exclusive Megadeth/Slayer "Canadian Carnage" concert tickets PRESALE commencing TODAY, Tuesday, April 28 at 10AM Local Time. Fan club members, log in to the fan club Tuesday morning, click on "Tour" then "Tickets". You will be provided with links and a password to purchase your concert tickets. There is an 8 ticket per order limit. Tickets will go fast! Don't delay! Not a member? Join now and get in on everything the club has to offer along with first dibs at "Canadian Carnage" concert tickets! MORE

April 27, 2009 - MEGADETH AND SLAYER TO CO-HEADLINE "CANADIAN CARNAGE"
Talk about a mind-blowing line-up. Slayer and Megadeth - two of the bands that defined the thrash/metal genre - will perform together for the first time in more than 15 years when they co-headline four shows in Canada in late June. The tour, dubbed "Canadian Carnage," will also feature Machine Head and Suicide Silence, and will see Megadeth and Slayer each closing two of the four shows. Tickets will go on sale Saturday, May 2, and will be available at all Ticketmaster outlets and at Ticketmaster online. A ticket presale will be available to Megadeth fan club members at the MegaFanClub Tuesday, April 28 at 10AM Local Time. A following presale will be available through Ticketmaster Wednesday, April 29 at 10AM Local Time. Read the entire Press Release HERE

April 26, 2009 - CHAT LIVE WITH SHAWN DROVER TODAY AT THE MEGAFANCLUB!
MegaFanClub members, chat live with Shawn Drover TODAY Sunday, April 26 at 3PM PT/6PM ET (22:00 GMT) at the MegaFanClub chat room! A Megadeth CD will be given out as a door prize along with more giveaways following the chat! Chat is exclusive to MFC members. Not a member? Join today! HERE

April 25, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE CHECKS IN AT 'THE LIVE LINE' WITH AUDIO MESSAGE
Check for regular updates from Dave Mustaine at TheLIVELine.com! Dave has been checking in daily on his Live Live number from Vic's Garage in San Diego where the band is in the process of recording the next Megadeth record with Producer, Andy Sneap. Listen closely to Dave's messages and you can hear a taste of some of the new songs playing in the background! You can listen to Dave's audio messages at TheLIVELine.com or call Dave on his Live Line number at (866) 597-6342 and get regular updates! MORE

April 25, 2009 - HEADBANGERS BALL - REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS PREVIEW SPECIAL
Tonight, Saturday April 25, Headbangers Ball will launch their Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Award programming with a preview special at 2AM ET/PT on MTV2. Jose Mangin from Sirius XM Liquid Metal will be hosting HBB at 11PM nightly next week Monday - Friday with a line up of bands that appeared at the awards show, held April 7 at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, all gearing up for the telecast of the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards at 11PM and 12AM ET/PT on Saturday May 2! Megadeth will host the HBB show together with Jose this Monday at 11PM ET/PT! For more exclusive clips go to headbangersblog.com and mtv2.com.

April 24, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE: "GETTING CLOSE TO ANNOUNCING TOUR DATES"
Dave Mustaine has issued the following studio and tour update: "I have sang seven songs and with the instrumental track equally eight, there is only three more songs to sing and the vocals are done for the Domestic release. I will need to add one more song for the Japanese release. I also need to have a B-song, and I am trying to salvage a song that we opted against for this record. ...I have to get going to get to the studio on time, and its also getting close to the time that we are going to officially announce the tour dates coming up next." MORE

April 23, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE CHECKS IN AT 'THE LIVE LINE' WITH NEW MUSIC!
Dave Mustaine has left the following update at TheLIVELine.com along with a taste of some new Megadeth to listen to! Exclusively at TheLIVELine! DM: "I'm here at the studio and I'm just going to be quiet so you can hear what's going on in the background 'cause Chris is laying down a little bit of a guitar solo ............... and there ya have it." Listen to Dave's entire message at TheLIVELine.com or call Dave on his Live Line number at (866) 597-6342 and get regular updates! MORE

April 23, 2009 - CHAT LIVE WITH SHAWN DROVER SUNDAY AT THE MEGAFANCLUB!
MegaFanClub members, chat live with Shawn Drover Sunday, April 26 at 3PM PT/6PM ET (22:00 GMT) at the MegaFanClub chat room! A Megadeth CD will be given out as a door prize along with more giveaways following the chat! Chat is exclusive to MFC members. Not a member? Join today! HERE

April 22, 2009 - EPIPHONE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS VIDEO CLIP
Revolver TV has uploaded a short promotional video containing snippets of interviews conducted by Full Metal Jackie on the "black carpet" at the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. Watch it HERE

April 21, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE CHECKS IN AT 'THE LIVE LINE' WITH AUDIO MESSAGE
Dave Mustaine has left the following audio update at TheLIVELine.com: "Great week, we're getting a lot of stuff done. I was singing on "1320" again today. Did a lot of work on the choruses and Chris has been playing his butt off. There's one particular song that he was doing an acoustic solo on, a flamenco part, and I told him "Dude, you have got to slow down!" [jokingly] he was playing so fast...". Listen to Dave's entire message at TheLIVELine.com or call Dave on his Live Line number at (866) 597-6342. MORE

April 20, 2009 - THE NEW MARSHALL 1960DM DAVE MUSTAINE SIGNATURE CABS
Marshall Amplification are pleased to announce the release of the Marshall 1960DM Dave Mustaine Signature Cabinet. "Two Legends, One Voice" The Dave Mustaine signature range consists of two cabinets, the 1960A-DM, which carries the classic angled look, and the 1960B-DM, the base, straight front cabinet. Together they make one hell of a stack! "Over the years we have worked on some fantastic projects, but we have never enjoyed an artists involvement in a project quite so much as when we worked with Dave Mustaine on developing his 1960DM Signature Cabinet" - Jim Marshall. Read the press release HERE

April 19, 2009 - CHAT LIVE WITH DAVE MUSTAINE TODAY AT THE MEGAFANCLUB!
MegaFanClub members, chat live with Dave Mustaine TODAY! Sunday, April 19 at 4PM Pacific Time (23:00 GMT) at the MegaFanClub chat room! A "That One Night:Live In Buenos Aires" CD will be given out as a door prize! Chat is exclusive to MFC members. Not a member? Join today! HERE

April 18, 2009 - BLASKO INTERVIEWS DAVE MUSTAINE AND OTHERS AT AWARDS SHOW
Affliction Clothing's web channel "Affliction Vision" streamed live video from the "black carpet" at the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which was held on April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. It was hosted by Ozzy Osbourne/ex-Rob Zombie bassist Rob "Blasko" Nicholson and included brief interviews with Dave Mustaine and members of Slayer, Testament, Hatebreed, and more. Watch video highlights HERE

April 17, 2009 - 'YOUTHANASIA' IN ROADRUNNER'S TOP 20 MOST UNDERRATED ALBUMS
Megadeth's 1994 release "Youthanasia" has placed 4th in Roadrunner Records "Top 20 Most Underrated Albums of All Time". "The most heated list yet here at Roadrunner Records, the most underrated albums of all time. For the sake of argument, 5 of us here sat down (the most argumentative of the bunch) and hacked out top 20 lists of what we each thought were the top 20 most underrated albums. As you can guess this sparked heavy debate, and some of us didn't even want to sign off on the final list, but through it all what we came up with democratically is as follows." See the entire list  HERE

April 17, 2009 - CHAT LIVE WITH DAVE MUSTAINE AT THE MEGAFANCLUB!
MegaFanClub members, chat live with Dave Mustaine Sunday, April 19 at 4PM Pacific Time (23:00 GMT) at the MegaFanClub chat room! A "That One Night:Live In Buenos Aires" CD will be given out as a door prize! Chat is exclusive to MFC members. Not a member? Join today! HERE

April 16, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE: "START KEEPING TRACK OF THE TITLES"
Dave Mustaine has issued the following album update: "This week has been fantastic! Andy Sneap is back at the helm in Vic’s Garage ...I need to finish the song I was singing yesterday called, “This Day We Fight.” This was influenced by the Lord of the Rings. I am also in the middle of finishing up a lyric this morning called tentatively, “How the story ends.” We’ll see if the title sticks by the time the disc is finished." MORE

April 16, 2009 - CHRIS BRODERICK CHECKS IN AT 'THE LIVE LINE' WITH AUDIO MESSAGE
Chris Broderick has left the following audio update from Vic's Studio where the band is continuing the recording process for the next Megadeth record. Chris: "Just got done from a long day of recording solos and I think you'll all be happy... also got to hear a track of Dave's vocals which sounded very aggressive." Listen to Chris' entire message at TheLiveLine.com or call Chris on his Live Line number at (888) 507-0456. MORE

April 15, 2009 - MEGADETH'S ARTIST PAGE AT ROADRUNNERECORDS.COM
Check out the NEWS and ARTIST pages on Roadrunnerrecords.com! These recently added pages allow you to get your music news in a whole new way, as well as view what you want about your favorite Roadrunner artists much easier." See Megadeth's page  HERE

April 14, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE PLAYS NEW RIFFS AND DEMO'S THE 1960DM CABINET
MegaFanClub members, check out Dave Mustaine playing new riffs from the upcoming Megadeth album at the Marshall launch soundcheck, and demoing the new Marshall 1960DM Dave Mustaine Signature Cabinets at Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany on April 1 2009. Also watch Youtube footage of Dave demonstrating his new cabinets at Musikmesse Frankfurt 2009 HERE

April 13, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE REVEALS DETAILS OF UPCOMING AUTOBIOGRAPHY
In an interview conducted by Daniel Josefsson of Sweden's Close-Up magazine on February 28, 2009 at the Stockholm stop on Megadeth's "Priest Feast" tour, Dave Mustaine revealed some of the details of his upcoming autobiography, which is tentatively scheduled for release in late 2010. The book is being co-written by New York Times journalist Joe Layden. When asked about the difficulty of writing a 100% honest autobiography, Dave replied, "If you're going to write an autobiography, everything has to be included — the good and happy moments, as well as the hard times. You can't leave anything out."

April 12, 2009 - HEADBANGERS BLOG PODCAST INTERVIEW WITH DAVE MUSTAINE
A few hours before Megadeth delivered the headline performance of the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards this past Tuesday night (April 7) at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles, HeadbangersBlog.com met up with Dave Mustaine to talk about the ceremony, why there has never been a popular metal awards show in the U.S., how MySpace is ruining music, what the next Megadeth album is gonna sound like and more! You can stream the entire 21-minute chat HERE

April 11, 2009 - CHAT LIVE WITH DAVE MUSTAINE AT THE MEGAFANCLUB!
MegaFanClub members, chat live with Dave Mustaine Sunday, April 19 at 4PM Pacific Time (23:00 GMT) at the MegaFanClub chat room! A "That One Night:Live In Buenos Aires" CD will be given out as a door prize! Chat is exclusive to MFC members. Not a member? Join today! HERE

April 10, 2009 - THE NEW MARSHALL 1960DM DAVE MUSTAINE SIGNATURE CABS
Marshall Amplification are pleased to announce the release of the Marshall 1960DM Dave Mustaine Signature Cabinet. "Two Legends, One Voice" The Dave Mustaine signature range consists of two cabinets, the 1960A-DM, which carries the classic angled look, and the 1960B-DM, the base, straight front cabinet. Together they make one hell of a stack! "Over the years we have worked on some fantastic projects, but we have never enjoyed an artists involvement in a project quite so much as when we worked with Dave Mustaine on developing his 1960DM Signature Cabinet" - Jim Marshall. Read the press release HERE

April 9, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE: "I HAVE AGREED TO DO SOMETHING..."
Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "Today is the 9th of April and I have agreed to doing something last night that I am sure a lot of people are going to be very excited about, and something that I had hoped would one day lead to another one of the potential feuds going away for good, if not for a long while. I can't confirm the band or the dates yet." MORE

April 8, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE PRESENTED WITH "GOLDEN GOD" AWARD
America's first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music award show, the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, was held last night [April 7] at Club Nokia in Los Angeles, CA. Dave Mustaine was one of the honored guests at the event and presented with the "Golden God" award. Megadeth headlined the show performing three songs; "Peace Sells", "Sweating Bullets", and "Holy Wars". Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards will be broadcast on MTV2 as a one-hour special debuting Saturday, May 2. MORE

April 7, 2009 - MEGADETH TO HEADLINE EPIPHONE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS
Megadeth will be headlining the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards tonight [April 7] at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. The band will be closing the night with 3 songs that fans chose through a voting process at The Live Line. Also sheduled to appear is Killswitch Engage, Hatebreed, All That Remains, Corey Taylor, Ozzy Osbourne and many others. America's first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music award show will be broadcast on MTV2 as a one-hour special debuting Saturday, May 2. MORE

April 6, 2009 - DAVE PLAYS NEW MEGADETH RIFFS AND DEMO'S THE 1960DM CABINET
New video clips available at the MegaFanClub! Dave Mustaine plays new riffs from the upcoming Megadeth album at Marshall launch soundcheck, and demo's the new Marshall 1960DM Dave Mustaine Signature Cabinets at Musikmesse in Frankfurt, Germany on April 1 2009. Club members, check it out at the MFC! Also watch Youtube footage of Dave demonstrating his new cabinets at Musikmesse Frankfurt 2009 HERE

April 5, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE 'EXCITED' ABOUT RESUMING WORK ON NEW ALBUM
Dave Mustaine has issued the following album update: "So far I have six songs done with lyrics and I of course will make some changes; the opening song (which is an instrumental like the opener on 'So Far, So Good, So What?!'), followed by three others, and then I have had a little writer's block on the next two because I have been waiting for the other guys to come up with lyrics for them. James has informed me that he has a song that I gave him some inspiration on done, called 'El Pistolero Solo', of a lone gunman and his last days." MORE

April 4, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE: "A GREAT TRIP TO FRANKFURT, GERMANY"
Dave Mustaine has issued the following update: "Wow! That is all I can say. After a great trip to Frankfurt, Germany, to launch my Signature Marshall Amplifiers 1960 - DM Speaker Cabinet, and a brief chat with my ex-drummer about his evening tonight in Cleveland, Ohio I feel like I am astralplaning. Add to all of this excitement that we are still working on the funnest and prolly most exciting record for me for a long time, and you get the picture. I mean that's a lot too, but wait! There's more! There's the Revolver Golden Gods Awards show next week."  MORE

April 3, 2009 - DAVE MUSTAINE REVEALS DETAILS OF UPCOMING AUTOBIOGRAPHY
In an interview conducted by Daniel Josefsson of Sweden's Close-Up magazine on February 28, 2009 at the Stockholm stop on Megadeth's "Priest Feast" tour, Dave Mustaine revealed some of the details of his upcoming autobiography, which is tentatively scheduled for release in late 2010. The book is being co-written by New York Times journalist Joe Layden. When asked about the difficulty of writing a 100% honest autobiography, Dave replied, "If you're going to write an autobiography, everything has to be included — the good and happy moments, as well as the hard times. You can't leave anything out."

April 2, 2009 - INTRODUCING THE NEW 1960DM DAVE MUSTAINE SIGNATURE CABS
Marshall Amplification are pleased to announce the release of the Marshall 1960DM Dave Mustaine Signature Cabinet. "Two Legends, One Voice" The Dave Mustaine signature range consists of two cabinets, the 1960A-DM, which carries the classic angled look, and the 1960B-DM, the base, straight front cabinet. Together they make one hell of a stack! "Over the years we have worked on some fantastic projects, but we have never enjoyed an artists involvement in a project quite so much as when we worked with Dave Mustaine on developing his 1960DM Signature Cabinet" - Jim Marshall. Read the press release HERE

April 1, 2009 - EPIPHONE REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS AWARDS COMMERCIAL
A 30-second commercial for of the first annual Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards featuring Ronnie James Dio, Scott Ian, and Vinnie Paul Abbott can be viewed HERE. Megadeth has been confirmed as the headliner of the Epiphone Revolver Golden Gods Awards, which will be held on April 7 at Club Nokia in downtown Los Angeles. America's first-ever hard rock and heavy metal music award show will be broadcast on MTV2 as a one-hour special debuting Saturday, May 2.  MORE