Dave Mustaine has posted the following message in the "Forums" section of the band's official web site:
"I am back on solid ground in my little house in San Diego Co. after a long and very bizarre promotional trip to London, Paris, and Cologne. The verdict is in and Caesar sez:
"Besides the incessant emails going back in forth completing the mundane parts of releasing a record, the last ten days were filled with meeting old friends, and greeting new faces.
"And then there was Air India (I know . . . I should have known when they booked it) losing my guitar and us missing our connection home because they had to let every mosquito (real bugs) in London into the plane before we left.
"So, today is going to be a 'unwinding from the trip/get ready for the tour' kinda day; that and soaking in Witch Hazel for the rest of the day. Sounds like a new lyric?! :-)
"I will spew more later, but suffice to say, I confirmed a bunch of tour dates while we were gone, and if you live in Canada, the United States, or Europe you will be seeing us before this summer is over.
"By the time we are done getting completely immersed in metal with Ronnie (Dio) and Tony (Iommi) for a while, we'll be ready to start heading out internationally again. Look for dates on the 'Killing Road' over at the www.megadeth.com site!
"Sadly, there will not be any footage of 'The Making Of United Abominations' included yet, because someone is playing games with management, the band, and the record company. Nothing quite as self-sabotaging as getting yourself ostracized when everything is going great, eh? Charlotte's web said it best. 'Some pig!'
"And one last thing, to all of the kind journalists (which leaves the barfbag in Paris out); thank you for the good time! I don't remember ever getting to laugh while doing interviews, and I am so very happy you like the record. :-)
"[puts on 'Ballroom Blitz' and grabs my 'Mr. Microphone' from the '70s and proceeds to butcher the words]
TESTAMENT, KREATOR CONFIRMED FOR FINLAND JALOMETALLI FEST
TESTAMENT, KREATOR, ROTTING CHRIST and GRAVE have been confirmed for the Jalometalli festival, set to take place August 17-18 at Club Teatria in Oulu, Finland. The festival billing is shaping upas follows (in alphabetical order):
ALTARIA
AMORAL
BURNING POINT
DOMINATION BLACK
ETERNAL TEARS OF SORROW
GRAVE
HOLY MOSES
KREATOR
MACHINE MEN
NATIONAL NAPALM SYNDICATE
OMNIUM GATHERUM
PERFECT CHAOS
ROTTING CHRIST
SACRED CRUCIFIX
TESTAMENT
TWILIGHTNING
Y&T TO PERFORM ENTIRE 'EARTHSHAKER', 'IN ROCK WE TRUST' ALBUMS IN SAN FRANCISCO
BBM reports that Northern California rockers Y&T will celebrate the reissues of "Earthshaker" (1981) and "In Rock We Trust" (1984) by performing both albums in their entirety on March 17 at the Independent in San Francisco.
Re-released last month, "Earthshaker" "was carefully digitally re-mastered in November 2006 at a high sampling rate taken directly from the 1/2" analog master tape. This new CD captures the sounds of the original mixes like no other version available." Also reissued in January, "In Rock We Trust" was "carefully digitally re-mastered in November 2006 at a high sampling rate taken directly from the digital master tape," according to a posting on the band's site. "This new CD sounds clear and open like no other version previously available. Along with the original songs, there is an additional bonus track of the rarely heard studio recording of 'Go for the Throat'."
Upcoming Y&T shows:
Mar. 17 - San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Apr. 26 - San Diego, CA @ Brick By Brick
Apr. 27 - Tarzana, CA @ Paladino's
Apr. 28 - Santa Ana, CA @ Galaxy Theatre
May 17 - Oudenaarde, Belgium @ Evenementenhal De Qubus
May 18 - Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Melkweg
May 19 - Hellendoorn, The Netherlands @ Hellendoorn Festival (w/ DEEP PURPLE)
May 22 - Augsburg, Germany @ Rockfabrik Augsburg
May 23 - Biberist, Switzerland @ RockPalast
May 25 - Cermenate, Italy @ Black Horse Pub
May 26 - S. Damaso, Italy @ People Of Art
