Megadeth Heats Up Summer In North America

Legendary thrash act Megadeth already has an international run of headline dates, a ton of festival plays and a tour with Scorpions planned in 2017, but now Dave Mustaine and Co. are also playing a series of headline shows in North America, with special guests Meshuggah, Tesseract and Lillake.
Dave Mustaine
Denise Truscello – Dave Mustaine
Dave Mustaine of Megadeth plays his axe at the Pearl Concert Theater in Las Vegas Feb. 26.
The headline gigs start in Big Flats, N.Y., on June 23 and continue for just under three weeks, wrapping up in Pittsburgh, Pa., on July 11, though the band does have festival plays after at Rock USA in Oshkosh, Wis., Chicago Open Air and Rock Fest in Cadott, Wis.
If the routing, which mostly sticks to the Eastern States, doesn’t come to your neck of the woods, then you might be able to catch the band playing in North America with Scorpions in September and October.  
Megadeth is especially active this year as it has the new album Dystopia to promote. The album dropped in 2016 and won a Grammy award for the title track.
The next place you can catch Megadeth is in the Philippines at Pulp Summer Slam on April 29. That appearance is part of a full Southeast Asian leg that visits Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Jakarta.
Here’s the full NA plan for the summer:
June 23 – Big Flats, N.Y., Budweiser Summer Stage
June 24 – Montebello, Quebec, Montebello Marina (Amnesia Rockfest)
June 25 – Boston, Mass., House Of Blues Boston
June 27 – Philadelphia, Pa., The Fillmore Philadelphia
June 28 – Portsmouth, Va., Portsmouth Pavilion
June 29 – Silver Spring, Md., The Fillmore Silver Spring
June 30 – Columbus, Ohio, Express Live!
July 5 – Windsor, Ontario, Caesars Windsor “The Colosseum”
July 7 – Saint Charles, Mo., The Family Arena
July 8 – Oklahoma City, Okla., Oklahoma City Zoo Amphitheatre
July 9 – Houston, Texas, Revention Music Center
July 11 – Pittsburgh, Pa., Stage AE
July 13 – Oshkosh, Wisc., Ford Festival Park (Rock USA)
July 14 – Bridgeview, Ill., Toyota Park (Chicago Open Air)
July 15 – Cadott, Wisc., Chippewa Valley Festival Grounds (Rock Fest)
Megadeth’s Cyber Army fan club gets first crack at tickets April 19 and the rest of us can get tickets April 21. Learn more at Megadeth.com.
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