Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on the official Megadeth forums.

I have a surprise for you!
Droogies!

As we near the departure time for our next tour, its sinking in that in just several more days, we will be thrashing again!!!

Its been a long time since we were in Alaska and in fact that was one of the last places that we played “The Conjuring”.

I can’t wait to see the boys again and I will call you back on my SayNow cell tomorrow and let ya hear a bit of what we are doing at rehearsal.

The following is a recap of Megadeth news for the past 6 days (I’ve been away and so the news has back logged).

First of all, Dave Mustaine has posted a couple of updates on the official Megadeth fourms. The following post is a huge Megadeth update that Dave posted on the 25th August.

Droogies!

This last week has been a lot of driving up and down the coast and I have so many things that are going on and so many things that are coming up I feel like I am going pull a “Scanners” if I keep it all in.

Megadeth.com is reporting that MegaFanClub member, Jeff Payne, was one of the lucky fan club members invited to the video shoot of Megadeth’s “Never Walk Alone” at Cheyenne Studios in Castain, California on Tuesday. Jeff reports: “…The video director instructed us that he was ready for another full song, full band take. On the director’s count, Never Walk Along cranked in the studio and Megadeth was on fire. All of the fans, of course, including myself, were in awe. We were watching Megadeth shoot their next video. YEAH!” Read more and view the pics below, or here.

Glen Drover has posted the following message on the official Megadeth forums regarding his rehearsals for the upcoming tour, the “Never Walk Alone” video and more.

New video-New tour
Hello all!

I am now in multi-task mode right now, dividing time with my family & learning these 2 new song’s for this US tour (which I pretty much know anyways, but I want it as spot on as I can get it) The tour now is right around the corner…….Man, this summer sure went by fast!!

Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on the official Megadeth forums about upcoming things for the MegaFanClub, Gigantour 2008 and more.

MFC 10 questions podcast
Droogies!

I have been trying, albeit unsuccessfully, to record a podcast and it is not sounding too good. I think the studio has made me too picky. Anyway, I will be sending this MFC only podcast of answers to “10 questions” and some small updates regularly.

I was thinking of asking Justis to ask me the questions, but his new quest to play in the Superbowl has drawn him away from music; and he is pretty good too so it is sad.

The following has been posted on the official Megadeth fanclub website.

Attention all MFC Members attending any of the USA “Tour Of Duty” Megadeth concerts this fall . This is your opportunity to win an Aftershow Pass , a VIP Backstage Pass , or an All Access Backstage Pass . There is even the chance to be a “Megadeth Roadie for a Day” , or even the ultimate prize, the chance to be “Personal Assistant to Dave Mustaine” for that day!!

Here is how it works:

For the Aftershow Pass:

Dave Mustaine has posted the following message on the official Megadeth forums about Megadeth’s future touring plans.

Update 8/16/07
Droogies!

This is a qwik one. I will check in later when we know more, but we have officially confirmed Jakarta, Indonesia with my good friend Tommy Pratama, and Seoul, Korea with our good promoter H. J. Jeon too.

Shawn Drover has posted the following message on the official Megadeth forums about his preparations for the next leg of Megadeth’s “Tour of Duty”

randomness………
With about 3 weeks until the next tour leg begins, at this point I would usually be dusting off the drumset and sssssllllllllooooooowwwwwwwwllllly begin to rehearse on my own before we pick the tour ball back up - This time however, I have allready been playing quite a bit, and now with the 2 additional tunes being added to the set-list (which I am thrilled about, I must say) I am really looking forward to playing these tunes in a live setting. As a long-time advocate for the KIMB record/era, Playing “Skull [Beneath The Skin]” is going to be fun for me

ChartAttack.com recently conducted an interview with Glen Drover. The interview can be read here or below.

Megadeth Propelled By Canadian Shreddin’
Friday August 10, 2007 @ 06:00 PM
By: ChartAttack.com Staff

For Ottawa-born Glen Drover, joining Megadeth in 2004 not only meant the chance to tour with a band he grew up listening to, but an opportunity to help reshape the future of what they would sound like.

And bringing his brother Shawn Drover into the mix as Megadeth’s new drummer made the experience all the more special. “It was definitely a magical moment, that’s for sure,” says the guitarist.

According to Blabbermouth.net the following writeup contains Megadeth’s upcoming “Warchest” boxset’s (release date: October 2) full details.

See the Warchest’s artwork here.

MEGADETH’s Dave Mustaine and Capitol/EMI have collaborated to create and deploy the ultimate MEGADETH box set: “Warchest”. The 4-CD+DVD collection features more than six hours of digitally remastered content, hand-selected by Mustaine, including 30 audio and video tracks making their global release debuts, and an additional three tracks that have never before been released in the U.S. “Warchest”’s October 2 release caps Mustaine and Capitol/EMI’s in-depth MEGADETH catalog remastering and restoration campaign, which has encompassed the band’s Capitol studio albums, while also adding new audio and video collections to the band’s arsenal.