Megadeth playing Feb 1st

Treebeard

I just read they're playing the Ambassador on the official site. I can't wait

Ph3n0m

Treebeard wrote:

I just read they're playing the Ambassador on the official site. I can't wait

I think I just got wood - no wait, its just me being excited seeing them live again.

No ticket prices yet, but I am expecting them to be around the 30 - 40 mark

Bass.exe

30 - 40 quid? Uh.. yeah.... right....
That'd be really be sweet, but I'm figuring they pull a Metallica and charge 60.

asphalt-cushion

Brilliant! I've been hearing rumours for a while. any guesses on the support?

Bass.exe

Just a point.... they'll be pushing their latest "album". So we get at least two songs off TSHF. Bollocks. Probably 2 of TWNAH, and depending on luck, we could end up with 4 very very bad songs being played......

Treebeard

I've heard talk of Anthrax or Testament for support. I can't say I'm an Anthrax fan but Testament would rule

Bass.exe

Anthrax have some good stuff. That'd be good.
Testament.... meh....

Pity they have all new members except Mustaine. This could be weird without Ellefson and Friedman.

Ph3n0m

Bass.exe wrote:

Anthrax have some good stuff. That'd be good.
Testament.... meh....

Pity they have all new members except Mustaine. This could be weird without Ellefson and Friedman.

jesus aint you a happy camper

a) megadeth aint metallica
b) megadeth gigs have never exceeded 40 euro in price
c) they aint playing the rds so the overhead will be low
d) most bands that have played the ambassador have never charged more then 40 per ticket

as for pushing the new album, wow if all we get are 4 dodgy songs and the rest of the setlist is from their other albums - then hot damn, strip me to my undies and call me Mustaine's bitch for the night.

As for the support, whether its Anthrax (doubtful) or Testament (even more doubtful) - its Megadeth people, the last time they played here in the SFX they totally slayed, great gig after all.

On a side note, the support in the states has been Exodus, wouldnt that be sweet

Karl Hungus

If Exodus were playing, I'd definetly go!

Doctor J

Yeah, Exodus would be sweet. Though any time I've seen Megadeth they've always got a kick ass support - eg Sanctuary, Alice In Chains, The Almighty, Pantera...

Megadeth are one of the few bands who aren't afraid to bring big name support with them.

revileandy

they're recent albums have been dreadful but I saw them in the SFX on The World Needs A Hero tour and they were ****ing brilliant, only got my ticket at the last minute, i think it was about IR£24 - I'd say were looking at anywhere between €32 - €36 for a ticket, which is fairly alright

cournioni

Yessssssssss! I'm going to that for sure.

powerage22

Feb 1st?? aaaarrrgghhh.... Bloody exams :mad:

Ren0

Theyre playing on Feb 2nd in Belfast, or so i've heard.

TBH, no support would be better.

Ph3n0m

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/cgi/asp_events/byid.asp?event_id=18003973A07D5B37&category=CONCERTS


Still no word on ticket price

Ph3n0m

This just in

http://www.mcd.ie/live/fullnews.php3?tname=1271281950&xname=megadeth


Tickets are 41.50 - nowhere near the €60 mark that someone predicted

nesthead

YEAHH!!!! ****IN SAVAGE NEWS!!! CANT ****IN WAIT!


really good venue too! get your tickets as soon as they go on sale, i reckon this will sell out fast! (esp. if theres a good support... OMG if testament supported.... *drools)

cournioni

That is some savage line up! Mustaine, Drover (King Diamond), MacDonagh (Iced Earth), Menza...

I'm really looking forward to this now!

Doctor J

Menza isn't part of the line up. He pulled out/was pushed about a week before the first gig.

" I was there, and I was involved in the decision making process with Nick and Dave of replacing Megadeth's drummer.
Nick knew that there was not a lot of time to get prepared for the tour, but he still tried to pull it off. Sadly, he was not prepared for the physical demands of a Megadeth show, and as all Droogies know, Megadeth is not some wimpy top 40 band that walks on a stage and gives a half-assed show.
This is why Nick knew Megadeth had to make this decision. Nick was actually involved in the discussion of bringing Shawn Drover into the camp.
Dave worked very hard with Nick to make this all happen, but it just was not coming together and time was running out to get this tour off the ground, so the change was made for the band and for you the fans. Dave did the right thing."

Glenn Drover's brother is playing drums on the tour.

Ph3n0m

damn you Doctor J you said it before me

Doctor J

Eat my dust Ph3n0m

Ph3n0m

Doctor J wrote:

Eat my dust Ph3n0m

*cough cough* - damn you and your turbo powered zimmerframe

dabhoys

Deadly when are tickets on sale?

Doctor J

Very interesting Megadeth related article...

Ph3n0m

wow

It wasn't me!

Damn. When I first heard of this earlier I really hoped it'd be later. Two concert nights in a row will not float by the parents and I've already got my Green Day ticket for the night before though. Therapy? should be good on the eighth though.

Shazbot

wow , cant wait , my birthday the same day , so will be a nice way to celebrate.

anyone wanna buy me a ticket for a present (didnt think so )

when do tickets go on sale ?

herobear

http://www.ticketmaster.ie/cgi/asp_events/searchresults.asp?criteria=event&searchstring=megadeth&x=95&y=6

no idea, when they go on sale(or price for that matter)

Doctor J

It wasn't me! wrote:

Two concert nights in a row will not float by the parents and I've already got my Green Day ticket for the night before though.

Parents?

Green Day?

Dilemma?

Holy Wars and Hangar 18 played live before your eyes! What is the problem here? Is this Communist China?

mp3guy

excellent, i've been waiting for 18 months to see them live

It wasn't me!

Doctor J wrote:

Parents?

Ummm... I'm fifteen?

Doctor J wrote:

Green Day?

I like Green Day, and I'm going with a few friends anyway.

Doctor J wrote:

Dilemma?

Otherwise known as poverty. :rolleyes:

I'd love to see them but perhaps another time.

Doctor J

Mustaine is calling it quits after this. There will never be another time, sadly.

herobear

It wasn't me! wrote:

Ummm... I'm fifteen?

its an over 18's gig anyway, so not likely to get in tbh

Doctor J

Over 18's? That's a bunch of arse. It saddens me that those greedy whores at MCD put making a bit of extra wedge selling crap pints above what they claim to be : Music Promoters

I'd have missed some of the best gigs of my life if they'd had that kind of nonsense when I was that age. FFS, I saw Megadeth first when I as 14. You young un's should get together and get onto MCD and demand the gig be made all ages. It may not work, but you just keep complaining until someone listens. Get your folks onto the case too.

It wasn't me!

I look older, but considering the Ambassador's oh so good policy of only carding you at the bar that wouldn't have been an issue anyway.

It's sickening, especially with places like the Music Centre who strongly enforce their ID policies. I wouldn't mind being carded at the bar, even though I don't drink, but to be carded to get into a music venue that happens to sell alcohol turns it into a pub that happens to have a band playing.

I'd much rather indoor concert venues were made non-alcoholic anyway. It's all well and good at festivals or whatever but it'd put a lot more focus on the artist and the music in smaller places like the Ambassador.

Doctor J

Bang on man. I don't even drink at gigs anymore. I go to see the band. I want to remember whatever it is I'm paying through the hoop for.

It wasn't me!

Exactly. It'd probably turn a bigger profit letting minors in and not selling drink anyway considering the vast majority of drinkers would still go for the band and under-eighteens would more than make up for the loss of them and the loss of the alcohol sales in my estimatiion

honru

Besides the fact that they are overpriced, young people just don't go to concerts because they're put off by the fact that they're over 18s. I'm a regular concertgoer and I've been to hell and back trying to get into some gigs. It's a horrible experience.

And going back to the first point about concert prices. €41.50 for Megadeth? Christ. In the UK a ticket will set you back €23. Just about under €20 more to play a show in Dublin? That's poor MCD.

Concert promoters will kill the industry with high prices. Seriously, if gigs were cheaper, then I would have enough money to go to more concerts. It's that simple.

Doctor J

I think I've been to about four or five gigs this year. Just tired of being ripped off, rather than not actually wanting to see a band. What gets me is, the under 18's are far more likely to buy merch (t-shirts etc) than fussy old bastards like me, so the bands are missing out too.

Blisterman

I'm gonna see them in the UK hopefully.

Ren0

I heard Marty Friedman was in the line up

Dunno if thats true tho.

Treebeard

Ren0 wrote:

I heard Marty Friedman was in the line up

Dunno if thats true tho.

The other guitarist is a guy called Glen Drover

herobear

tickets are now on sale http://www.ticketmaster.ie/cgi/asp_events/perfname.asp?searchname=Megadeth&vaxname=UK2&venuenum=1684&category=Concerts

41.50 euro well thats me not going -_-

Doctor J

That's a pile of ****e. Oh well, looks like they can stick it up their arse. You't got to draw the line at this rip off nonsense.

Ph3n0m

Well I am going, simply because it is the last time I will ever see Megadeth (accorrding to Mustaine), so even if they ever came back after this gig, I wont be going to see them.

They are the one band I have seen the most in my life, so if they pull an Ozzy-retirement out of their asses, this is the last time I go to see them

41.40 - yes a tad steep, compared to the recent batch of quality Emerald gigs - but has to be said, still a hell of a lot cheaper then rich-ass-metallica - and if the support lives up to the American tour, then 41.40 will be thoroughly justified

Shazbot

meh , price is high but ill still go.

cant wait to see them.

Cactus Col

As they say in the navy: "Coolaboola!"

Ren0

The price range for the belfast gig is 25 - 27.50 but thats in pounds.

Seems everyones a sell out.

kazaam

i love megadeth but left buyin a ticket too late... oh well (if any1 has a spare ticket ill buy it at face value)