When is a support act not a support act? The answer is when it is a band as legendary the status as Megadeth. Whilst they are nominally the opener for Disturbed‘s 25th anniversary of “The Sickness”, these shows have become at least a double headliner affair if not an inverted proposition where the most popular act goes on first. Part of this newfound desire by the masses to catch Dave Mustaine and his latest musical luminaries is that we are approaching, apparently, the end. Now we are all a bit more wary after being hoodwinked by Slayer’s big “we are definitely going….oh we are back again” routine, but there is still a realisation that a world without Megadeth is a rather dull one indeed.  We are promised a final self-titled album, due early next year, an open-ended jaunt around the world and back, and then the lid will firmly be put on Megadeth’s coffin. 

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