{"id":806963,"date":"2020-04-30T11:53:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=992323"},"modified":"2020-04-30T11:53:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T17:53:29","slug":"megadeths-dave-mustaine-to-host-livestream-of-bands-career-spanning-2017-wacken-gig","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/megadeths-dave-mustaine-to-host-livestream-of-bands-career-spanning-2017-wacken-gig\/","title":{"rendered":"Megadeth\u2019s Dave Mustaine to Host Livestream of Band\u2019s Career-Spanning 2017 Wacken Gig"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dave Mustaine<\/a> will host a livestream of Megadeth<\/a>\u2019s 2017 appearance at Germany\u2019s Wacken Open Air Festival Thursday on its website<\/a> at 5 p.m. EST, with Mustaine telling stories and answering questions in a live chat as the gig plays.<\/p>\n

The group\u2019s set list at that show \u2013 witnessed by some 75,000 headbangers \u2013 placed a heavy emphasis on their recently released Dystopia <\/em>album but also offered a career-spanning selection of hits and deep cuts. In addition to signature songs like \u201cPeace Sells,\u201d \u201cSymphony of Destruction,\u201d and \u201cHangar 18,\u201d the band revisited the Rust in Peace <\/em>highlight \u201cTornado of Souls,\u201d the Peace Sells <\/em>album\u2019s \u201cWake Up Dead,\u201d and one song that dates back to Mustaine\u2019s days in Metallica, \u201cMechanix,\u201d which he revved up for Megadeth\u2019s 1985 debut, Killing Is My Business \u2026 and Business Is Good<\/em>.<\/p>\n

In addition to the livestream, the group is launching a new line of merch and including a pandemic-ready face mask with a design that resembles their mascot, Vic Rattlehead, with all purchases. A portion of proceeds will go to the Megadeth\u2019s road crew and production team, since the band has had to cease touring; previously the group had donated money to coronavirus-related charities.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs we continue to self-quarantine, my thoughts go to all the production teams and road crews out there who count on artists being on the road to make a living,\u201d Mustaine said in a statement. \u201cThey are the driving force that help make things happen. It\u2019s the road crew that help keep everything running smoothly and make the show sound and look the way we envision. Megadeth\u2019s crew are the best in the business. We are the Megadeth family, and I want to do what I can to help ease some of the financial stress they are currently experiencing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Megadeth hope to get back on the road in a couple of months. The band is co-headlining what they\u2019ve dubbed \u201cThe Metal Tour of the Year\u201d<\/a> with Lamb of God, with support by Trivium and In Flames. The trek is currently scheduled to kick off on June 12th in Bristow, Virginia and it has dates scheduled through November.<\/p>\n

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Dave Mustaine will host a livestream of Megadeth\u2019s 2017 appearance at Germany\u2019s Wacken Open Air Festival Thursday on its website at 5 p.m. EST, with Mustaine telling stories and answering questions in a live chat as the gig plays. The group\u2019s set list at that show \u2013 witnessed by some 75,000 headbangers \u2013 placed a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-806963","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-12 13:15:48","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSMT The Mountain","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806963","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806963"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806963\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806963"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806963"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806963"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}