Glen Drover has posted the following message on the Megadeth forums.

Dubai, here we come!

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Hello all!

sorry it has been so long since I have last spoke to all of you.
I have been spending a lot of real quailty time with my family over the the last while and have also been very busy in my recording studio.
I just wanted to say hello to all of you and hope you have all had a great start to the new year!

The following press release has been made about the upcoming “Arsenal of Megadeth” 2DVD set, to be released on March 21.

MEGADETH AND CAPITOL/EMI TO RELEASE ARSENSAL OF MEGADETH , A TWO-DISC DVD ANTHOLOGY SPANNING BAND’S CAREER OF METAL MASTERY

New DVD Set Contains Nearly Three Hours of Footage, Including Music Videos and 32 Previously Unreleased Live Performances, Home Video and Interviews

In Stores: March 21, 2006

The following has been posted on Blabbermouth.net

MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine spoke to Reuters reporter Gelu Sulugiuc about the group’s decision to turn to an online community of artists to redesign their longtime mascot, Vic Rattlehead.

Mustaine, the band’s founder, singer and guitarist, ran into licensing issues with the artist who originally drew the mascot in the early 1980s based on Mustaine’s idea — a skull with jaws wired shut, steel visor and metal earplugs.

So he started a contest on Internet site deviantART (www.deviantart.com), where 2 million members post photographs, traditional and digital art, and even poetry.

The following annoucncement has been made at Megadeth.com

Dubai, UAE
…is confirmed.

Megadeth to play Dubai Desert Rock 2006 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on March 16.

It is a one off show, not a tour. The line up will be confirmed here at Megadeth.com later today.

http://www.megadeth.com/index.php?section=killingroad

The following has been posted at Megadeth.com

Photos are now in from the NAMM show this past weekend. Dave Mustaine was there on Saturday signing autographs at the ESP booth and Seymour Duncan booth in Anaheim. Check back through this week for more photos. Pics here.

Shawn Drover has checked in on the Megadeth forums with the following message:

Checking in with ya…….
Hello Hello!!!!! Just thought I would check in and say a quick hello to you. All of us are doing very well and are enjoying living our lives on this nice little break. As Dave had reported in his last post, some cool things are happening - none of which will be divulged until the time is right to do so, and remember that until you hear it here 1st, it is just a silly rumour We are all healthy, happy and looking forword to the future.

The following has been posted on the official Megadeth website, regarding Dave Mustaine appearing at the winter NAMM festival.

Dave Mustaine will be at NAMM this Saturday Jan 21 in Anaheim, California. He will be signing at the ESP booth from 12:30 - 1:30 PM and at the Seymour Duncan booth from 2:30 - 3:30 PM. More info about NAMM is here

The following has been posted at Megadeth.com

Design a new Vic Rattlehead and win big in the
‘MEGADETH DESIGN CONTEST’ at deviantART.com!
Megadeth has commissioned deviantART to hold a contest
to give Vic a facelift. Dave Mustaine will choose the
winners and three ESP guitars will be given away as prizes.
Contest is open now and runs till Feb 14. Details HERE

The following has been taken from deviantART.

MEGA Design Contest for Megadeth!
Judged by Dave Mustaine himself!!!

After two decades of rocking, the heavy metal band Megadeth’s mascot Vic Rattlehead needs a facelift and the band has commissioned deviantART to redesign him!!

Megadeth.com has posted the following, at this location.

PRIVATE DEMO STUDIO

For a limited time the studio and personnel will be available for outside projects.

Mixing - Editing - Arranging and Remixing - Recording

This is my demo studio, not being used at the moment. Engineer Lance Dean and I have joined together our equipment and the studio is now available for small projects till May 2006.

Dave Mustaine

Serious inquiries only, please. Contact Lance Dean at bombshelterprod@megadeth.com

The following has been posted on Blabbermouth.net

VH1 has announced the premiere of “Heavy: The Story of Metal”, a four-part documentary tracing the evolution of heavy metal music and culture, from its dark, grim beginnings in Birmingham, England to the worldwide force that it remains to this day.

In a series of four themed hours premiering Monday-Thursday, May 1-4 at 9 p.m, “Heavy: The Story of Metal” explores four decades of music, each hour examining this powerful and often misunderstood genre, from metal’s pioneers to its love of glam and excess; from the fight for metal’s rebellious soul to its storied flirtation with the devil: