Megadeth launched their 2022 tour with a efficiency April 9 on the Michelob Extremely Enviornment at Mandalay Bay Resort and On line casino in Las Vegas.
The steel giants started their set with an emphatic rendition of “Hangar 18,” the basic monitor from their 1990 album Rust in Peace. From there, the group blazed by “Dread and the Fugitive Thoughts” and “Sweating Bullets.”
Watch Megadeth Open Their Present With ‘Hangar 18’
At this level, frontman Dave Mustaine addressed the gang for the primary time, thanking followers for popping out whereas additionally heaping reward on their tourmates Lamb of God, Trivium and In Flames. Mustaine then instructed the gang how a lot he’s been “wanting ahead to getting again on tour and enjoying for you guys. I hope you’re as completely happy as I’m proper not, as a result of I may fuckin’ play all night time however they received’t allow us to.”
Additional highlights included such steel classics as “Belief” and “Symphony of Destruction.” Full set checklist and movies from the efficiency will be discovered under.
This marked the primary 2022 date of the Metallic Tour of the Yr, a trek Megadeth started final yr with an preliminary trek that ran from August by the tip of September. These 2021 dates had been the primary Megadeth carried out following the dismissal of bassist and co-founder, David Ellefson. James LoMenzo, who stuffed in for Ellefson on final yr’s tour, is constant with the band for his or her 2022 run.
Watch Megadeth Play ‘Belief’
Watch Megadeth Play ‘Symphony of Destruction’
Watch Megadeth Play ‘Holy Wars’
Megadeth, Michelob Extremely Enviornment at Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, April 9, 2022
1. “Hangar 18”
2. “Dread and the Fugitive Thoughts”
3. “Sweating Bullets”
4. “She-Wolf”
5. “Belief”
6. “Conquer or Die”
7. “Dystopia”
8. “Symphony of Destruction”
9. “Peace Sells”
10. “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due”