MEGADETH bassist David Ellefson will guest live on WVOX's Metal Mayhem, on Friday, January 13th at 7:30 PM, exclusively on 1460 am and worldwide at this location.

Ellefson will talk with WVOX about Megadeth's upcoming Gigantour show at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City, and about the making of the group's brilliant new album.

Megadeth recently announced the re-launch, for the first time since 2008, of their critically acclaimed package festival, Gigantour. The multi-artist bill - with metal heavyweights MOTÖRHEAD, VOLBEAT and LACUNA COIL, all personally picked by Dave Mustaine - will kick off in early 2012 with dates tentatively set for late January through early March. Gigantour was founded by Mustaine in 2005 and was last in North America in May 2008.

Three more shows have been added to Gigantour. The package will be heading to Texas to play at The Palladium in Dallas on Thursday, March 1st, Verizon Wireless Theater in Houston on Friday, March 2nd, and ACL Live at The Moody Theater in Austin on Saturday, March 3rd. Tickets go on sale on Friday, January 13th.

The new Gigantour 2012 website is now online at this location.

The current tour schedule is as follows:

January

26 - Susquehanna Bank Center - Camden, NJ
27 - Mohegan Sun Arena - Uncasville, CT
28 - Theater at Madison Square Garden - New York, NY
29 - Tsongas Arena - Lowell, MA

February

1 - Glens Falls Civic Center - Glens Falls, NY
2 - Colisee Pepsi - Quebec City, QC
3 - Bell Centre - Montreal, QC
5 - K-Rock Centre - Kingston, ON
7 - General Motors Centre - Oshawa, ON
8 - Copps Coliseum - Hamilton, ON
9 - Palace of Auburn Hills - Auburn Hills, MI
10 - Aragon Ballroom - Chicago, IL
12 - Eagles Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI
14 - Myth - St. Paul, MN
16 - Prairieland - Saskatoon, SK
17 - Shaw Conference Centre - Edmonton, AB - SOLD OUT -
18 - Big 4 Building - Calgary, AB
20 - Abbotsford Ent & Sports Centre - Abbotsford, BC
21 - Showare Center - Kent, WA
23 - Event Center at San Jose State University - San Jose, CA
24 - Gibson Amphitheatre - Universal City, CA
25 - Comerica Theatre - Phoenix, AZ
26 - Tingley Coliseum - Albuquerque, NM
28 - The Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO

March

1 - The Palladium - Dallas, TX
2 - Verizon Wireless Theater - Houston, TX
3 - ACL Live - Austin, TX

More dates to be announced soon.

Gigantour is a chance to, as Mustaine says, tour with like-minded artists “that play heavy music in a high-energy environment,” with a fan-friendly ticket price. He founded the tour in 2005 and invited such artists as ANTHRAX, DREAM THEATER, FEAR FACTORY, LAMB OF GOD, OPETH, STATIC-X, and IN FLAMES to join Megadeth. For Lacuna Coil, Gigantour 2012 marks a return to the tour, as they performed on the 2007 Australian tour; the Italian heavy metal group’s singer Cristina Scabbia also appeared on Megadeth' 2007 re-recording of their song, 'A Tout Le Monde'. Check it out below: