Гигант тур: Саяхатты металл фестивалі

Traveling heavy metal music festival

Gigantour was a sporadically organized traveling heavy metal music festival organized by Dave Mustaine of Megadeth. The tour was founded in 2005 with dates across North America (see also Gigantour 2005), and the 2006 and 2007 line ups also traveled to Australia. The bands appearing at the festival were chosen by Mustaine. The name "Gigantour" was inspired by the classic 1960s anime Gigantor, of which Mustaine is a fan. The last Gigantour took place in 2013.

The lineup of the inaugural Gigantour was composed of bands that Dave Mustaine particularly enjoyed touring with in the past. Mustaine invited Dream Theater, Nevermore and Overkill. The subsequent editions of Gigantour also featured Mustaine's personal choices, such as Anthrax, The Dillinger Escape Plan, and Fear Factory.

A live album culled from Gigantour festival shows in Montreal (September 2, 2005) and Vancouver (September 9, 2005) was released on CD on August 22, 2006, and on DVD on September 5, 2006. The album has performances by Megadeth, Dream Theater, Anthrax, Fear Factory, Life of Agony, Nevermore, Dry Kill Logic, Symphony X and Bobaflex.

Date City Country VenueSeptember 6, 2006Nampa, IdahoUnited StatesIdaho CenterSeptember 8, 2006Oakland, CaliforniaRingCentral ColiseumSeptember 9, 2006San Diego, CaliforniaCox ArenaSeptember 10, 2006San Bernardino, CaliforniaHyundai PavilionSeptember 12, 2006Las Vegas, NevadaHouse of BluesSeptember 13, 2006Phoenix, ArizonaDodge TheatreSeptember 15, 2006West Valley City, UtahE CenterSeptember 16, 2006Greenwood Village, ColoradoCoors AmphitheatreSeptember 17, 2006Albuquerque, New MexicoJournal PavilionSeptember 19, 2006Oklahoma City, OklahomaZoo AmphitheatreSeptember 21, 2006Milwaukee, WisconsinEagles BallroomSeptember 22, 2006Chicago, IllinoisCongress TheaterSeptember 23, 2006Columbus, OhioNationwide ArenaSeptember 24, 2006Clarkston, MichiganDTE Energy Music TheatreSeptember 25, 2006Toronto, OntarioCanadaMolson AmphitheatreSeptember 27, 2006Montreal, QuebecBell CentreSeptember 28, 2006Uniondale, New YorkUnited StatesNassau ColiseumSeptember 29, 2006Boston, MassachusettsBank of America PavilionSeptember 30, 2006Holmdel Township, New JerseyPNC Bank Arts CenterOctober 1, 2006Atlantic City, New JerseyHouse of BluesOctober 3, 2006Portsmouth, VirginiaNTelos Wireless PavilionOctober 4, 2006Charleston, South CarolinaThe PlexOctober 6, 2006Tampa, FloridaSt. Pete Times ForumOctober 7, 2006Sunrise, FloridaBankAtlantic CenterOctober 8, 2006Orlando, FloridaHard Rock Live

At the September 23 show in Columbus, Ohio, Angela Gossow joined Megadeth onstage during the second half of "Peace Sells". Earlier in the show, during Overkill's final song, two members of Lamb of God joined them onstage

At the September 25 show in Toronto, Angela Gossow, Randy Blythe, and Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth joined Megadeth on stage and sang the final part of "Peace Sells" with him.

At the September 9 show in San Diego, September 13 show in Phoenix, Arizona, September 24 in Clarkston, Michigan, and September 29 show in Boston there was no second stage. The bands that performed were, in order of appearance, Overkill, Arch Enemy, Opeth, Lamb of God, and Megadeth.

Mike Portnoy from Dream Theater joined Overkill on stage for their song "Elimination".

While playing in the September 25 show in Toronto, Canada towards the beginning of Megadeth's set, Dave Mustaine had some technical problems relating to his guitar, resulting in him throwing it across the stage and walking off. The band then finished the song without Mustaine, and then followed him offstage. After fifteen minutes of chanting from the crowd, Megadeth finally returned to the stage, and with a brief apology from Dave, continued playing through their set.

While Lamb of God was on stage performing, someone spilled beer all over the soundboard, which did not interfere with Lamb of God's set. However, Megadeth received some technical problems during their second set. Dave Mustaine got angry and threatened to "beat the hell out of whoever did it" and asked the crowd to bring the culprit to him. Dave then walked off stage for roughly 20 minutes until the problem was fixed. This can be seen in the special features of the Gigantour 2 DVD.

Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy, High on Fire. Dave Mustaine wanted a shorter lineup so each band had a chance to put on a show.

Megadeth confirmed, on September 27, 2011, that Motörhead, Volbeat, and Lacuna Coil would be included in the next Gigantour that was set for early 2012.

Date City Country VenueJuly 3, 2013GilfordUnited StatesMeadowbrook U. S. Cellular PavilionJuly 5, 2013UncasvilleMohegan Sun ArenaJuly 6, 2013CanandaiguaMarvin Sands PACJuly 8, 2013ClarkstonDTE Energy Music TheatreJuly 9, 2013RosemontAllstate ArenaJuly 10, 2013YoungstownCovelli Center July 12, 2013DallasGexa Energy PavilionJuly 13, 2013LubbockLonestar AmphitheatreJuly 14, 2013Corpus ChristiConcrete Street AmphitheatreJuly 16, 2013Oklahoma CityZoo AmphitheatreJuly 18, 2013BloomingtonU. S. Cellular ColiseumJuly 19, 2013MilwaukeeEagles BallroomJuly 20, 2013CadottChippewa Valley Music FestivalJuly 22, 2013WinnipegCanadaMTS CentreJuly 23, 2013CalgaryStampede CorralJuly 26, 2013EdmontonRexall PlaceJuly 27, 2013Dawson CreekEnCana Events CentreJuly 29, 2013AbbotsfordAbbotsford Entertainment CenterJuly 30, 2013EverettUnited StatesComcast ArenaAugust 1, 2013West Valley CityMaverik CenterAugust 2, 2013Denver1st Bank CenterAugust 4, 2013FargoScheels Arena (canceled)August 7, 2013New York CityHammerstein BallroomAugust 9, 2013CamdenSusquehanna Bank CenterAugust 10, 2013MontrealCanadaHeavy MONTRÉALAugust 11, 2013TorontoMolson Canadian Amphitheatre

Due to frontman Jason Newsted being diagnosed with walking pneumonia, Newsted dropped off the bill from July 22–29. On the last show of the tour, Newsted joined Megadeth to sing vocals on Metallica's "Phantom Lord" (A song originally written by Dave).