Shawn Drover has posted the following message on the Megadeth forums, about the just completed tour, and the upcoming Gigantour.

Normalcy and lost luggage
Being the eternal optimist that I am, this post will contain “mostly” postive viewpoint’s from my perspective of this just completed European leg of the Blackmail the universe tour.

First off, the crowd’s were great at every shows, regardless of capacity ( ranging from a small, yet very enjoyable Iceland show of perhap’s 500 happy people, to an estimated 80,000 of our closest friend’s at England’s “Download Festival” ) each night provided great crowd’s, so I am thankful for that.

Photos from Megadeth’s appearance at France’s Fury Fest have been posted online at this location.

http://www.archy.net/metal/index.php?x=browse&category=9

According to Blabbermouth.net, Megadeth will be appearing on the Rockline radio show, on July 11th.

The blabbermouth posting is below:

MEGADETH will be the featured guests on the nationally syndicated radio show “Rockline” airing Monday, July 11. The live show begins at 8:30 p.m. PT / 11:30 p.m. ET, and fans are encouraged to call in with questions during the program at (800) 344-ROCK (7625). To find a station near you, check out RocklineRadio.com.

Greatest Hits: Back to the Start has now been released everywhere!

So, as the countdown says, GO GET IT!

Dave Mustaine has posted in his Dave Speaks section of the Megadeth forums, about the end of the European tour, and he says there will be no additional band to Gigantour anymore.

The post is below

End of tour
Droogies!

Well, we are finally done with the European/UK leg of the “Blackmail The Universe” World Tour. This tour was very tough due to routing, scheduling, odd venues, terrible busses, and drivers that would get lost every single day.

Musicians friend have recently interviewed Dave for their “Artist Spotlight” section.

In the interview, they deal with, The System has Failed, band members, new musicians, influences, Dimebag, touring, family and more!

Read it here or below:

Musician’s Friend’s Artist Spotlight Exclusive Interview
with Dave Mustaine
By Ara Ajizian

The “Greatest Hits: Back to the Start” compilation, with a free DVD has hit the non-American shelves today.

So all you non-American’s, GO GET IT!… I have!

in 3 postings in his “Deep end” forum, James has posted stories from Isanbul, the cut short Israel show, and the Graspop festival.

The 3 posts were:
Isanbul

The downloads page on Megadeth.com has updated to reveal 4 new media downloads.

Now available at the Megadeth.com downloads section, you can see the Kill the King video, from “Greatest Hits: Back To The Start” package, the Die Dead Enough video, from “The System Has Failed”, an Addicted to Chaos Mp3, from “Youthanasia”, and a Set the World afire Mp3, from “So Far, So Good… So What!”.

In addition to these new downloads, you can also still get the already existing downloads of, the Of Mice And Men video, from “The System Has Failed”, a Die Dead Enough Mp3, from “The System Has Failed”, and the Megadeth font, and cursors.

Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on his Dave Speaks board, on the Megadeth forums, concerning the recent cutting short of the Israel concert, due to the barricade not being able to stand the pressure of a Megadeth gig.

Here is the post:

Israel Concert
Droogies!

What happened from my point of view, and I was center stage, was we started playing Blackmail The Universe and after that song was about half way through, the barricade broke and kids fell on top of each other. Security tried to get them stood back up, the barricade got stood back up, they brought in logs and more barricades to reinforce it. And the police said it wasn’t good enough.