{"id":1920,"date":"2012-02-21T08:42:42","date_gmt":"2012-02-21T15:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/?p=1920"},"modified":"2012-02-22T02:07:54","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T09:07:54","slug":"zombie-and-megadeth-announce-co-headlining-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2012\/02\/21\/zombie-and-megadeth-announce-co-headlining-tour\/","title":{"rendered":"Zombie and Megadeth announce co-headlining tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1921 lazyload\" title=\"rob-zombie-megadeth\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/john-5.com\/main\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/rob-zombie-megadeth.jpg?resize=500%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"200\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 500px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 500\/200;\" \/><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">TREK KICKS OFF MAY 11; INCLUDES HIGH-PROFILE ROCK FESTIVAL APPEARANCES AND WRAPS MAY 26 AT ROCKLAHOMA<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Metal heavyweights <a title=\"Rob Zombie\" href=\"http:\/\/robzombie.com\"><strong>ROB ZOMBIE<\/strong><\/a> and <a title=\"Megadeth\" href=\"http:\/\/www.megadeth.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>MEGADETH<\/strong><\/a> have just announced a <strong>co-headlining tour<\/strong> guaranteed to raise the temperature on the planet. The trek,<strong> <\/strong>which marks the <strong>first time<\/strong> the two bands have toured together, kicks off <strong>Friday, May 11 <\/strong>in<strong> Holmdel, NJ<\/strong> and encompasses <strong>high-profile appearances at several rock festivals<\/strong> including <strong>M3 Rock Festival<\/strong>, <strong>Rock On The Range <\/strong>and wraps <strong>Saturday, May 26 <\/strong>at <strong>Rocklahoma. ROB ZOMBIE<\/strong> will headline <strong>Rocklahoma<\/strong>, co-headline <strong>Rock On The Range<\/strong> (with Incubus), and will close all shows on the<strong> MEGADETH<\/strong> dates.<strong> <\/strong> A complete list of dates is below.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The tour will come on the heels of <strong>MEGADETH<\/strong>\u2019s <strong>critically acclaimed<\/strong> return of the traveling festival <strong>GIGANTOUR<\/strong>, created and curated by <strong>frontman DAVE MUSTAINE<\/strong>. Rave reviews have poured in for the festival, which also features <strong>MOT\u00d6RHEAD<\/strong>, <strong>VOLBEAT <\/strong>and <strong>LACUNA COIL<\/strong>. \u201cThe return of Gigantour, a nicely curated package tour of heavy metal bands, is just one more step in a great run underway by Megadeth,\u201d wrote the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Boston Globe<\/span><\/strong>. \u201cIt was a smart and well-paced show, one that illuminated metal\u2019s various angles (1\/31\/12).\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2011 <\/strong>also marked the release of <strong>MEGADETH<\/strong>\u2019s<strong> <\/strong>13<sup>th<\/sup> album, the appropriately titled <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Th1rt3en<\/span><\/strong>. Released <strong>November 1<\/strong> on <strong>Roadrunner Records<\/strong>, the album debuted <strong>#11<\/strong> on the <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Billboard<\/span> Top 200 chart <\/strong>and<strong> #1 on the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Billboard<\/span> Hard Rock chart<\/strong>. The album also landed on <strong>international charts<\/strong> including <strong>Top 10<\/strong> placements in <strong>Argentina<\/strong>, <strong>Finland<\/strong>, <strong>Korea<\/strong> and <strong>Japan<\/strong>. <strong>MEGADETH<\/strong>&#8212;<strong> MUSTAINE<\/strong>, drummer <strong>SHAWN DROVER,<\/strong> guitarist <strong>CHRIS BRODERICK<\/strong> and bassist <strong>DAVID ELLEFSON<\/strong>&#8211;also received their <strong>tenth Grammy nomination<\/strong> for this project, earning a <strong>\u201cBest Hard Rock\/Heavy Metal Performance\u201d<\/strong> nomination for their single <strong>\u201cPublic Enemy #1<\/strong>.<strong>\u201d<\/strong> The <strong>\u201cBest Hard Rock\/Heavy Metal Performance\u201d <\/strong>category was, eerily, category #13.<strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This will be <strong>ROB ZOMBIE<\/strong>\u2019s first concert tour since last summer\u2019s <strong>\u201cHell on Earth\u201d<\/strong> co-headline trek with <strong>Slayer<\/strong>. <strong>ZOMBIE<\/strong> spent last fall and winter shooting his sixth feature film, <strong>\u201cThe Lords of Salem\u201d<\/strong> that he wrote and directed and is making with the producers of the \u201cParanormal Activity\u201d franchise. With principal photography completed, the film is currently in post-production.<\/p>\n<p>Never one to play it safe, <strong>ZOMBIE<\/strong>&#8211;with guitarist <strong>JOHN 5<\/strong>, bassist <strong>PIGGY D<\/strong> and <strong>GINGER FISH<\/strong> on drum&#8211;will bring his legendary stage show out in full force on these dates. Audiences will get what they expect from a <strong>ROB ZOMBIE<\/strong> show&#8211;an amped-up, non-stop barrage of sin, sex and extravaganza guaranteed to rip your face off, a true rock and roll spectacle at its finest.<\/p>\n<p>With <strong>more than 15 million albums sold<\/strong>, <strong>seven Grammy nominations<\/strong>, the helming of <strong>five major motion pictures<\/strong> (including the #1 record-breaking \u201cHalloween\u201d), dozens of music videos, TV shows and last summer\u2019s strangely celebrated \u201cWoolite\u201d TV commercial where he showed the hidden terrors of doing laundry, <strong>ZOMBIE<\/strong> is truly a force to be reckoned with in today&#8217;s entertainment landscape. For over 25 years, his unique meld of horror and hard rock has influenced his sound as a musician, and his vision as a director and writer. Plans are for a new <strong>ROB ZOMBIE<\/strong> album to be completed later this year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Check out ROB ZOMBIE and MEGADETH in the following cities:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> ;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">DATE<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CITY<\/span><\/strong> <strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">VENUE<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>5\/11 Holmdel, NJ PNC Bank Arts Center<\/p>\n<p>5\/12 Scranton, PA Toyota Pavilion<\/p>\n<p>5\/16 Pittsburgh, PA Stage AE<\/p>\n<p>5\/18 Grand Rapids, MI The Deltaplex<\/p>\n<p>5\/20 Columbus, OH Rock On The Range<\/p>\n<p>5\/22 La Crosse, WI La Crosse Center<\/p>\n<p>5\/24 Sioux City, IA Tyson Center<\/p>\n<p>5\/25 Wichita, KS Hartman Arena<\/p>\n<p>5\/26 Pryor, OK Rocklahoma<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Metal heavyweights ROB ZOMBIE and MEGADETH have just announced a co-headlining tour guaranteed to raise the temperature on the planet.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[245,14,17],"class_list":["post-1920","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tour","tag-megadeth","tag-rob-zombie","tag-tour-2","tw-post-no-content"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1qFj4-uY","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4053,"url":"https:\/\/john-5.com\/main\/2014\/01\/22\/lots-of-new-zombie-tour-dates-to-announce\/","url_meta":{"origin":1920,"position":0},"title":"Lots of new Zombie tour dates to announce","author":"Dillon - 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