The final three shows of the Metal Tour of the Year in Toronto, Laval and Quebec City will unfortunately be postponed to... Posted by Megadeth on Friday, September 24, 2021
MEGADETH And LAMB OF GOD: Canadian ‘The Metal Tour Of The Year’ Shows Postponed To Spring 2022
The last three shows of “The Metal Tour Of The Year”, featuring MEGADETH and LAMB OF GOD, have been postponed to spring 2022.
Says MEGADETH: “The final three shows of ‘The Metal Tour Of The Year’ in Toronto, Laval and Quebec City will unfortunately be…
The last three shows of "The Metal Tour Of The Year", featuring MEGADETH and LAMB OF GOD, have been postponed to spring 2022.
Says MEGADETH: "The final three shows of 'The Metal Tour Of The Year' in Toronto, Laval and Quebec City will unfortunately be postponed to Spring 2022 due to restrictions in the Quebec province and international logistical issues. Please hold onto your tickets as they will be valid for the new dates as soon as they are announced. See you tonight in Mt. Pleasant and we look forward to wrapping up this leg of the tour on Sept 28 at the sold out show at The Armory in Minneapolis, MN!"
Rounding out the lineup for "The Metal Tour Of The Year" are TRIVIUM and HATEBREED. Produced by Live Nation, the rescheduled trek kicked off on August 20 in Austin, Texas.
Playing bass for MEGADETH during the tour is former member James LoMenzo.
LoMenzo joined MEGADETH in 2006 and appeared on two of the group's studio albums, 2007's "United Abominations" and 2009's "Endgame". He was fired from the band in 2010 and replaced with returning original MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson.
In addition to MEGADETH, LoMenzo has played with Ozzy Osbourne, Zakk Wylde and WHITE LION. For the past eight years, LoMenzo has been performing with iconic rocker John Fogerty.
Mustaine has yet to reveal who played bass on the new MEGADETH album after Ellefson's tracks were removed from the LP following his dismissal from the band in late May.
Ellefson laid down his bass tracks on MEGADETH's sixteenth LP in May 2020 at a studio in Nashville, Tennessee.
In July, Mustaine announced during an episode of his Gimme Radio program "The Dave Mustaine Show" that Ellefson's bass tracks would not be used on the new MEGADETH LP.
In early May, on the same day that sexually tinged messages and explicit video footage involving Ellefson were posted on Twitter, he released a statement on Instagram denying all social media chatter that he "groomed" an underage fan.
On May 24, Mustaine — who formed MEGADETH with Ellefson in 1983 — announced the bassist's departure from the band.
Ellefson was in MEGADETH from the band's inception in 1983 to 2002, and again from 2010 until his latest exit.