Confirmed. Megadeth Rust in Peace 20th anniversary tour.

Stender wrote:

Wow playing in Medford Oregon my hometown. No way!

You live in Medford dude? My uncle lives in Oregon and I've been through there. Nice town. It's pretty small though. Do you guys get a lot of shows there?

manny wrote:

Speaking og the tour :

Canadian guitarist Glen Drover (ex-Megadeth, King Diamond) will fill in for Alex Skolnick on Testament's upcoming North American tour with Megadeth and Exodus.
"My buddies in Testament called me up to see if I could help for the tour, as Alex will be away during this time," Drover writes on his MySpace page. "It will be great to get back out for a little bit and see all my friends in those bands, as well as the fans, and of course being a part of playing 'The Legacy' album, which has always been one of my faves!"
Testament will be performing "The Legacy" album in its entirety during this particular tour.
The band felt it was time to throw down the gauntlet and bring people back to the roots of their visceral and vice-tight music, re-invoking songs which helped lay the foundation for a thrash generation. "We wanted to give the fans something different," says frontman Chuck Billy. "We wanted to play these songs which have not been played since we've been touring [the latest Testament album] 'The Formation Of Damnation'."
"I can't believe that we wrote this stuff when we are 17, 18, and 19 years old," says Testament guitarist Eric Peterson. "Although 'Formation…' stands on its own, we cannot even write music today like we did back then. 'The Legacy' will always be our legacy."
Refreshingly brutal, yet steeped in clever melodic twists, "The Legacy" record contained classic thrash songs such as "Over The Wall," "Burnt Offerings" and "First Strike Is Deadly."
"These are the first nine songs we put together," says Billy proudly. "This is what started the band, so we wanted to go back and give the fans a chance to not only get back to metal's roots, but to feel the force of Testament's roots at the same time." "And it's no wonder with a foundation like that we are still here today," adds Peterson.
The tour will begin on March 1st in Spokane, Washington and will run through the end of the month.

That's pretty disappointing that Alex is not gonna be with them though. He was instrumental in the roots of Testament. I wonder where he's gonna be?

Also, do you know if this will be for the 'Carnage' tour too? Or just this one?

Metallic Blaze wrote:

Stender wrote:

Wow playing in Medford Oregon my hometown. No way!

You live in Medford dude? My uncle lives in Oregon and I've been through there. Nice town. It's pretty small though. Do you guys get a lot of shows there?

Actually I live in Florence, but I was born in medford. Dude, if you ever swing thru the state let me know, maybe we could hang.

DUDE! you live in Florence?? My uncle lives in Cottage Grove! LOL! That's pretty close isn't it?

Metallic Blaze wrote:

DUDE! you live in Florence?? My uncle lives in Cottage Grove! LOL! That's pretty close isn't it?

Hahaha....yeah its only a couple hours away.

Stender wrote:

Metallic Blaze wrote:

DUDE! you live in Florence?? My uncle lives in Cottage Grove! LOL! That's pretty close isn't it?

Hahaha....yeah its only a couple hours away.

yeah, next time I'm in Cottage Grove, I'll have to look you up! Do you guys get any good shows in that area? Cottage Grove is pretty small, but I imagine Eugene gets some good stuff.

Metallic Blaze wrote:

Stender wrote:

Metallic Blaze wrote:

DUDE! you live in Florence?? My uncle lives in Cottage Grove! LOL! That's pretty close isn't it?

Hahaha....yeah its only a couple hours away.

yeah, next time I'm in Cottage Grove, I'll have to look you up! Do you guys get any good shows in that area? Cottage Grove is pretty small, but I imagine Eugene gets some good stuff.

Florence is even smaller than medford, but yeah Eugene and Portland are like the hubs. Hirax came to portland in 2008...and there is always pretty good stuff coming thru. theres a great punk venue called the satyricon there as well.

Yeah totally, man. Maybe we could catch a show or something.

Stender wrote:

Wow playing in Medford Oregon my hometown. No way!

That's great bro!. Unfortunately there is no a close concert for me

powermacho wrote:

Stender wrote:

Wow playing in Medford Oregon my hometown. No way!

That's great bro!. Unfortunately there is no a close concert for me

That sucks macho!

Metallic Blaze wrote:

That's pretty disappointing that Alex is not gonna be with them though. He was instrumental in the roots of Testament. I wonder where he's gonna be?

I'm pretty sure the Alex Skolnick Trio are on tour supporting Rodrigo y Gabriela. That's another gig I'd love to see.

Smindas wrote:

Metallic Blaze wrote:

That's pretty disappointing that Alex is not gonna be with them though. He was instrumental in the roots of Testament. I wonder where he's gonna be?

I'm pretty sure the Alex Skolnick Trio are on tour supporting Rodrigo y Gabriela. That's another gig I'd love to see.

Yep - that is correct. Blabbermouth had a post about it

I really hate it that Alex won't be there, but it'll be cool to see Glen!