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Hellyeah Tapped for Megadeth's Gigantour 2013

Graham 'Gruhamed' Hartmann — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:44:09 +0000

Yet another band has been confirmed to support Megadeth on this year’s Gigantour. The fall trek now has four bands locked in, with Hellyeah having been announced over the weekend. This year’s Gigantour will be the fifth installment of the traveling fest, and Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has continued the tradition of hand-picking each act. So [...]

Motorhead Apologize for Missing Final Four Gigantour Gigs

Graham "Gruhamed" Hartmann — Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:43:54 +0000

After Motorhead were forced to miss the last four shows of the 2012 Gigantour, due to issues with frontman Lemmy Kilmister‘s voice, the band recently apologized to fans via Lemmy’s Facebook page. A month or so into the 2012 Gigantour with Megadeth, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil, Lemmy suddenly lost his voice. Believing that it was a [...]

Lacuna Coil's Andrea Ferro Talks About His Experience on Gigantour

Liz Ramanand — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:07:23 +0000

Italian rockers Lacuna Coil will be on the road nonstop this year to support their new album ‘Dark Adrenaline.’ Fresh off their run with Megadeth, Motorhead and Volbeat on Gigantour, the band is gearing up to go back on the road at the end of March. Loudwire caught up with singer Andrea Ferro toward the end [...]

Dates Revealed for Gigantour Featuring Megadeth, Motorhead, Lacuna Coil + Volbeat

Mary Ouellette — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 14:49:39 +0000

Back in September we brought you news about the 2012 Gigantour featuring Megadeth teaming up with Motorhead, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil, and now the dates for the epic tour have been announced. The bands, all hand-picked by Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine, offer up an eclectic mix of speed metal meets thrash meets rockabilly meets goth rock. That’s a whole lot of metal on one bill, and a lot of bang for your buck – just as Mustaine planned.