Australia's The Metal Forge has issued an interview with MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine. The following is an excerpt from the interview, conducted by Simon Milburn:

Dave has certainly come along way over the years and one thing that stands out is his sheer bloody honesty.

“Well, people have got a lot to hide. I’ve made it pretty clear with my life that there’s been some things that have been pretty good, some things that have been pretty bad. The bottom line is that there’s not the same kind of people that were around for me when I was growing up that there are nowadays. This thing that happened with KANYE WEST in the States – would that have happened back in the ‘80’s? No. No, I don’t think so. I personally think that this guy, whatever he is – I don’t really know what he does, some hip hop dude or something – I mean, I gotta ask myself, ‘Would that have happened back then?’ Then I gotta ask, ‘What’re they thinking?’ Why would (you) go and do something like that to this little girl? And here’s another thing... the fear that... we see in America that everybody is fighting for equal rights and stuff like that and then you have people that really are great for their cause and then you have other people that do things like this and really set back their cause, like trying to bring equality to people’s colour, and then you see stuff like this. I mean, I gotta ask myself, if that was BEYONCE, and some white guy came up and grabbed the mic out of her hand, what do I think would’ve happened? Probably something different. Now, I’m not racist. I have a wonderful tour manage and my guitar tech, they’re both black gentlemen. So, any body misinterpreting what I’m saying right now, don’t bother. I’m just saying something about what kind of... what are we doing now? I mean, we’ve got a guy inside of the House Of Representatives in the United States calling our President a liar? Wow. WOW!”

It seems that the statement ‘we live in interesting times’ is none more fitting these days.

“Yeah. Well, I mean, the good thing is that every once in a while you have someone like me come along that can kind of have a little bit of fun with life and that makes people feel good. I’m glad that Endgame is one of those records that makes people feel good. I’m excited beyond belief that people are responding to us.”

Read the full interview at this location.

As previously reported, Britain's Metal Hammer brings you the online exclusive "performance edit" of Megadeth's 'Head Crusher' video.

Dave Mustaine explains the different video versions: "There are three versions: My extreme version - not really extreme, just the real thing that hasn't been emasculated for broadcast; the broadcast version, which isn't really too different from the extreme version; and the UK version, which has no fight scene in it at all."

See the UK version of the video here. (*Note: May only be viewable to residents of the UK.)

Megadeth drummer Shawn Drover recently spoke with Jason Saulnier at the Good Time Metal Oldies radio show to discuss the band's new album, Endgame, and their upcoming world tour. Check it out below.

As previously reported, the tour will feature MACHINE HEAD, SUICIDE SILENCE and ARCANIUM in support slots from November 14th through December 3rd. WARBRINGER will replace Machine Head on the bill, beginning on December 5th.

Dates include:

November

14 - The Orbit Room - Grand Rapids, MI
15 - Peoria Civic Center - Peoria, IL
17 - Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
18 - The LC Pavilion - Columbus, OH
20 - Madison Theater- Covington, KY
21 - The National - Richmond, VA
22 - Valarium - Knoxville, TN
23 - The Fillmore - Charlotte, NC
25 - Revolution - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
27 - Hard Rock Live - Orland, FL
28 - House of Blues - Myrtle Beach, SC
30 - The Pavilion at Concrete Street - Corpus Christi, TX

December

1 - Sunken Gardens - San Antonio, TX
2 - Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, TX
3 - Bricktown Events Center - Oklahoma City, OK
5 - The Beaumont - Kansas City, MO
6 - Pop’s - Sauget, IL
7 - Great Hall at River Center - Davenport, IA
8 - Fargo Civic Auditorium - Fargo, ND
10 - Shrine Auditorium - Billings, MT

SLAYER and Megadeth will be bringing their Canadian Carnage tour to the east coast of the country in November. Machine Head and Suicide Silence are also on the bill. Confirmed dates are below:

November

8 - Moncton Coliseum - Moncton, NB
9 - Halifax Metro Center - Halifax, NS
11 - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC
12 - Colisee Pepsi Arena - Quebec City, QC
13 - Air Canada Centre - Toronto, ON