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MEGADETH TAKES TOP HONORS IN GUITAR WORLD READE...

Megadeth take top honors in the 16th Annual Guitar World Readers Poll 2009. Results are as follows: 1st Place - Best Metal Guitarists - Chris Broderick and Dave Mustaine. 1st...

DAVID ELLEFSON INTERVIEWED BY ULTIMATE-GUITAR.COM

Robert Gray of Ultimate-Guitar.com conducted an interview with returning bassist David Ellefson on February 16, 2010. "In the world of rock 'n' roll, over the course of time friendships may...

MEGADETH CONFIRMED FOR FINLAND'S TUSKA FESTIVAL

Megadeth, Mastodon, Obituary, Overkill and Testament are among the confirmed bands for the thirteenth annual Tuska festival, set to take place July 2-4, 2010 in Helsinki, Finland. Tickets go on...

THE MAKING OF 'HEAD CRUSHER' AND 'ENDGAME' - VI...

THE BIG FOUR' SONISPHERE SHOW CONFIRMED FOR ATHENS

Another Sonisphere show has been confirmed for Athens, Greece on June 24, 2010 at Terra Vibve Park. "The Big Four" ??? Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax will appear together for...

MEGADETH NOMINATED FOR REVOLVER GOLDEN GODS 201...

America??s first-ever hard-rock and heavy-metal music awards show is back! The second annual Revolver Golden Gods Awards presented by Epiphone will take place Thursday, April 8, returning to Club Nokia...

DAVID ELLEFSON IS DAVE MUSTAINE'S 'JUNIOR' NO MORE

Dave Mustaine tells AOL's Noisecreep that he is no longer calling David Ellefson "Junior" like he used to back in the 1980s and 1990s. "Dave was my ambassador back then,"...

DAVID ELLEFSON & SHAWN DROVER INTERVIEWED ON CH...

David Ellefson and Shawn Drover were recently interviewed for a special edition of "The Metal File" podcast from Montreal's CHOM-FM. On what was it like walking into the room for...

DAVID ELLEFSON INTERVIEWED FOR NEW 'SHOCKWAVES'...

Shockwaves/HardRadio Podcast #43, in which host Bob Nalbandian conducts an interview with David Ellefson is available for download HERE (M4A file, 56 MB). David talks about his return to Megadeth,...

DAVE MUSTAINE OPENS UP ABOUT DAVID ELLEFSON'S R...

Dave Mustaine recently spoke to the World Entertainment News Network (WENN) about the return of David Ellefson. "He's the best bass player for Megadeth and he's been there since the...

SETLIST REVEALED FOR 'RUST IN PEACE 20TH ANNIVE...

Droogies! Happy Valentine's Day! I thought that Happy VD was a bit funny, but I really wanted to stop and take the time to thank you all for your support...

DAVE MUSTAINE ON VH1'S 'THAT METAL SHOW' - VIDE...

On Saturday, February 6, Dave Mustaine appeared in the first episode of Season 4 of VH1's 'That Metal Show' ??? a talk show hosted by Eddie Trunk with co-hosts Jim...

DAVID ELLEFSON: "IT IS GREAT TO BE BACK IN MEGA...

Greetings Droogies, Rattleheads and Everyone Around the World! It is great to be back in MEGADETH! As you can imagine, it's been quite a week getting back in the saddle...

DAVE MUSTAINE ON LOMENZO'S DEPARTURE & ELLEFSON...

Jon Wiederhorn of AOL's Noisecreep conducted an interview earlier today (Wed, February 10) with Dave Mustaine about the departure of bassist James LoMenzo and the return of original bassist, David...

MEGADETH TO PLAY SWEDEN'S GETAWAY ROCK FESTIVAL

Megadeth has been confirmed for this year's Getaway Rock festival, set to take place July 8-10, 2010 in G?_vle, Sweden. "To be able to present the legendary Megadeth for an...

CLASH OF THE TITANS' REVISITED IN NEW ISSUE OF ...

Dave Mustaine, Kerry King (Slayer), Scott Ian (Anthrax), Eric Peterson (Testament), Rick Ernst (director of the 2006 thrash documentary "Get Thrashed"), and Rob Cavestany (Death Angel - originally to be...

DAVID ELLEFSON TALKS ABOUT HIS RETURN TO MEGADETH

David Ellefson has exclusively told Classic Rock about the motivations behind his return to Megadeth, after an eight-year absence. ???It literally happened over the weekend,?? says the delighted bassist. ???And...

RUST IN PEACE' ALBUM ADDED TO THE ROCK BAND MUS...

The entirety of the seminal metal album "Rust In Peace" from Megadeth, has been added to the Rock Band Music Store of downloadable content for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3...

DAVID ELLEFSON TO GUEST ON TONIGHT'S 'TALKING M...

David Ellefson will be the special guest on tonight's (Tuesday, February 9) edition of "Talking Metal Live". David's live interview will take place at 7PM EST / 4PM PST. The...

MUSTAINE HOPES REUNION WITH ELLEFSON IS PERMANENT

Dave Mustaine has released an audio message at TheLIVELine.com in which he comments on the the departure of James LoMenzo and the return of David Ellefson. DM: "First, I wanna...