MEGASLAYER TOUR COMING TO AMERICA AFTER ALL?
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009 at 2:00pm by Axl Rosenberg
We got to interview Tom Araya at Mayhem this past Friday, and once we got past the initial fanboy “HOLY SHIT IT’S TOM ARAYA PEE” shakes, I think we actually got some pretty decent questions in – including asking Mr. Araya when the Slayer/Megadeth tour that’s already played Canada and will soon be decimating Australia and New Zealand is coming to America. His response?
“He’s lucky we did the Canadian one.”
The “he” Araya was referring to is Dave Mustaine – so it’s good to see that there’s no love lost there. Still, Araya also told us that he didn’t even know about the tour Down Under until he read about it on the internet – not that being out of the loop seemed to bother him. His attitude was pretty much “You tell me when to be there, and I’ll show up and do my job.”
So when Dave Lombardo tells an interviewer that “there are rumors going around that we might be doing something in the States with Mustaine,” it’s not shocking to me that Araya didn’t mention it to us – he probably doesn’t even know about it.
Regardless, I hope Lombardo is right – this tour would be a full-on, honest to Antichrist event, and despite any bad blood that may be lingering between the two bands, it sounds like the shows that have already occured were a real success. So I’ll be over here in the corner, holding my breath…
-AR
If this becomes one of the several tours that has fucked over the bay area, I might have to kill someone.
this.
Fuckin’ AAA. Now….if someone had the balls to book a show in Birmingham Alabama……I’d be all set. But the BAPTISTS have got such a hold that most tours go from Atlanta….straight to Nashville….and on the fuck outta here. I can’t win.
Damn right I’m whining. Gotta right.
My only concern is they didn’t really draw up here in Canada. The first show in a fairly big market got around 5000, not good. If they do the states it will only be big towns.
Who is the ‘headliner’ on this tour?? or do they both play for the same amount of time? Who closes the show?
I’d guess Megadeth
They switch off each night. In Edmonton it was Slayer, in Calgary it was Megadeth…..
For the headliner i mean, and their stage times arent much different. The first
bands slot is a little shorter i think, but not much
well i just hope it doesnt turn into a worldwide thing, id love to see megadeth again but i have zero intrest in seeing slayer.
So true. I used to worship them but once I soon learned on how much of a douche King is I quit listening.
No Anthrax?
megadeth headlined in vancouver, but slayer stole the show. mustaine is a nerd.
Fuck do I hope they come to Europe. London in particular.
Who cares? Who the fuck wants to see Megadeth? Garbage band led by a pissy 12 year old who hasn’t changed his tampon in 26 years.
“garbage band” that means a lot coming from another idiot that has 420 in their screen name.
sounds awesome, this tour had better come to KC or heads will roll
Anyone else find it funny that Dave Lombardo said they’re “doing something with Mustaine” and not “doing something with Megadeth”
Ha.
I think both will headline Gigantour 2009
Please god make this happen. I have very few doubts that Slayer would be the headliner here in LA. The Slayer love here is bordering on the legendary at this point.