The third installment of Gigantour the traveling heavy music festival launched in 2005 by Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine, kicks off tomorrow, April 12, in Denver, CO with headliner Megadeth, Scandinavian death metal band In Flames, Finland’s Children of Bodom, Arizona’s modern extreme Job for a Cowboy, and Oakland, CA heavy power trio High on Fire.
The 29-date tour will criss-cross North America before wrapping May 22 in Phoenix, AZ. “I put together a festival that consisted of positive bands that play heavy music in a high energy environment,” said Mustaine in a statement.
Mustaine handpicks every band. Gigantour 2005 included Megadeth, Dream Theatre, Fear Factory, Dillinger Escape Plan, Nevermore and Anthrax, with second stage acts Life of Agony, Symphony X, Dry Kill Logic and Bobaflex. It was documented in the 2006 release of double CD and DVD sets from Image Entertainment.
The lineup for the 2006 tour featured Megadeth, Lamb of God, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Overkill, Into Eternity, Sanctity and The SmashUp. The 2006 tour was captured in the Gigantour 2-CD and DVD (to be released on April 22) and features over an hour of performances by Megadeth along with Lamb of God, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Overkill, The Smashup and Into Eternity. Last year, Gigantour traveled to Australia with Static X, DevilDriver, Lacuna Coil and Bring Me The Horizon.
Gigantour – Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job For a Cowboy, High on Fire tour dates:
April
12 Denver, CO The Fillmore
13 Albuquerque, NM Journal Pavilion
15 Dallas, TX Nokia Theatre
16 Corpus Christi, TX Concrete Street Pavilion
17 Houston, TX Verizon Wireless Theatre
19 Louisville, KY Louisville Gardens
20 Atlanta, GA Masquerade Music Park
22 New York, NY Hammerstein Ballroom
24 Worcester, MA Palladium
26 Baltimore, MD Merriweather Post Pavilion
28 Quebec City, PQ Pavilion De La Jeunesse
29 Montreal, PQ Bell Centre
30 Toronto, ON Arrow Hall
May
1 London, ON John Labatt Centre
3 Detroit, MI DTE Music Center
4 Cleveland, OH Time Warner Cable Amphitheater
6 Chicago, IL Aragon
7 Milwaukee, WI Eagles Ballroom
9 Minneapolis, MN Myth
10 Winnipeg, MB Convention Center
11 Saskatoon, SK Prairieland Exhibition Hall
12 Edmonton, AB Shaw Conference Center
14 Calgary, AB The Corral
16 Vancouver, BC Pacific Coliseum
17 Salem, OR Salem Armory
19 San Jose, CA Event Center @ San Jose State
20 San Diego, CA Cox Arena
21 Los Angeles, CA Long Beach Arena
22 Phoenix, AZ Mesa Amphitheatre
