Gigantour with Megadeth, Motorhead, Volbeat & Lacuna Coil Announced
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
Written by Elliott Batte
January 2012 will see the return of Gigantour, the massive and highly-anticipated metal tour founded by metal gods Megadeth, this time with the likes of giants Motörhead, Lacuna Coil and Volbeat alongside Dave Mustaine’s Megadeth.
Founded in 2005, Gigantour has been a staple part of North America’s live metal scene since Mustaine and co. introduced it just over five years ago. With the first edition including acts like Anthrax, Lamb of God, Dream Theater, Fear Factory and many more, this year’s version has a lot of work to do to keep up to the expected standard of a Gigantour show.
Kicking off on January 26th next year, the tour will travel to New York, Quebec City, Chicago, Edmunton and San Jose as well as dozens of other locations before wrapping up on February 28th in Denver, hitting 24 stops along the way.
Motörhead’s Lemmy is excited at the prospect of playing on the tour, and said: “We've done festivals in Europe with Lacuna Coil and they're workaholics as well! Volbeat are great too; the whole bill is pretty diverse and I advise everyone who likes being deaf, and/or can lip-read already, to come out and see what the stuff that doesn't get any MTV Video Awards sounds like! Gigantour is just that!”
The tour neatly coincides with Megadeth’s thirteenth studio album release, ‘TH1RT3EN’, which came out yesterday (1st) – but the unlucky number apparently brought some mischief to the production of the album.
“This is our 13th studio record, and we've already had a bunch of weird things happen,” Mustaine told Terrorizer Magazine earlier in the year. “Car problems, stuff disappearing, a guy who worked for me that was the most white-laced guy you could imagine falling out on drugs and disappearing...but this one's got me excited!”
If you’re in the US and need tickets to the Gigantour, check the dates and details below.
January 26 – Camden, NJ – Susquehanna Bank Center
January 27 – Uncasville, CT – Mohegan Sun Arena
January 28 – New York, NY – Theater at Madison Square Garden
January 29 – Lowell, MA – Tsongas Arena
February 01 – Glens Falls, NY – Glens Falls Civic Center
February 02 – Quebec City, QC – Colisee Pepsi Arena
February 03 – Montreal, QC – Bell Centre
February 05 – Kingston, ON – K-Rock Centre
February 07 – Oshawa, ON – General Motors Centre
February 08 – Hamilton, ON – Copps Coliseum
February 09 – Auburn Hills, MI – Palace of Auburn Hills
February 10 – Chicago, IL – Aragon Ballroom
February 12 – Milwaukee, WI – Eagles Ballroom
February 14 – St. Paul, MN – Myth
February 16 – Saskatoon, SK – Prairieland
February 17 – Edmonton, AB – Shaw Conference Centre
February 18 – Calgary, AB – Big 4 Building
February 20 – Abbotsford, BC – Abbotsford Ent & Sports Centre
February 21 – Kent, WA – Showare Center
February 23 – San Jose, CA – Events Center
February 24 – Universal City, CA – Gibson Amphitheatre
February 25 – Phoenix, AZ – Comerica Theatre
February 26 – Albuquerque, NM – Tingley Coliseum
February 28 – Denver, CO – The Fillmore Auditorium
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