Megadeth Announces Fall Dates for Dystopia World Tour In North America

Global metal pioneers MEGADETH premiered their video for the new single "Post American World," along with complete details for the fall dates for the North American leg of their Dystopia World Tour. The tour kicks off in Casper, WY on September 20, 2016 and will take them across the U.S., visiting 16 states with special guests to include Amon Amarth, Suicidal Tendencies, Metal Church and Havok.

Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday, July 22 check www.megadeth.com/tour for specific market info and local on sale times and dates. There will also be an exclusive pre-sale for MEGADETH fan club members. Pre-sale tickets for Megadeth Cyber Army club members will begin on Tuesday, July 19 at 10 a.m. local time athttp://cyberarmy.megadeth.com.

Meanwhile, the current single "Post American World" takes an unflinching and timely look at the state of the modern world, and the dark vision of theJake Macpherson-directed video takes the subject matter in still more menacing directions. Most other artists are unwilling to tread in this territory, preferring veiled metaphors, or more often, completely ignoring the most important topics of our day. But with their current album Dystopia, MEGADETH refused to compromise their craft and identity, and as such have again set the pace for modern metal.

Dave Mustaine comments: "The filming of Post American World was an eerie video shoot right from the beginning. Shot in just one day with only our guitars and drums, I knew that this was going to be amazing. There is something to be said about the simplicity of an artist and only his guitar or drums. This is clearly a 'less is more' concept and director Jake Macpherson nailed it!"

The raw and uncensored video can be viewed, in its entirety, at http://usa-tomorrow.us.

Dystopiahas already been heralded as one of the top Metal albums of the year by major outlets, including Rolling Stone and Alternative Press. The album'schart impact was the strongest for the band since 1992'sCountdown To Extinction,debuting at No. 3 on theBillboard Top 200chart (behind Adele and Beiber), No. 1 album on Billboard'sHard MusicandTop Rockcharts, and at No. 2 on Billboard'sTop Album Saleschart. Globally,Dystopiaalso achieved top 10 debuts in Canada (No. 2), Japan (No. 2 international chart), Finland (No. 3), Mexico (No. 4), Czech Republic (No. 5), Australia (No. 6), New Zealand (No. 6), Switzerland (No. 7), Poland (No. 8) and Germany (No. 10), which along with Belgium, Ireland and Spain contributed to achieveMEGADETH's highest ever chart positions in their thirty year history in a total of 10 countries around the world. Other countries with significant sales or chart debuts included UK, Norway, Sweden, Italy, Netherlands, and France.

Go to www.megadeth.com/tour for ticketing info and up-to-date information.

SEPTEMBER
Sep 20	Casper Events Center	Casper, WY+
Sep 22	The Joint	Las Vegas, NV
Sep 24	"Ozzfest" San Manuel Amphitheater	Devore, CA * +
Sep 27	WaMu Theater	Seattle, WA
Sep 28	Matthew Knight Arena	Eugene, OR
Sep 29	City National Civic	San Jose, CA
OCTOBER
Oct 1	1 st Bank Center	Bloomfield, CO
Oct 3	Mid America Recreation & Conv. Complex	Council Bluffs, IA
Oct 4	Roy Wilkins Auditorium	St. Paul, MN
Oct 5	Sears Centre	Chicago, IL
Oct 7	iWireless Center	Moline, IL
Oct 8	UWM Panther Arena	Milwaukee, WI
Oct 9	Joe Louis Arena	Detroit, MI
Oct 11	Sands Event Center	Bethlehem, PA
Oct 12	DCU Center	Worcester, MA
Oct 13	Mohegan Sun Arena	Uncasville, CT
Oct 14	Prudential Center	Newark, NJ
Oct 16	BB&T Pavilion	Camden, NJ

* Festival date
+ Non-Suicidal Tendencies date

MEGADETH burst onto the scene thirty years ago, virtually inventing a genre with their debut albumKilling Is My Business And Business Is Good! (recently recognized by VH1 as the Greatest Thrash Metal Debut Album of All Time) sold more than 38 million albums worldwide, earning numerous accolades including 11 Grammy nominations, scoring five consecutive platinum albumsincluding 1992's two-million-sellingCountdown to Extinction.

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