Thread: Megadeth 12/5/09

In the midst of their first tour of the United States in support of the new album Endgame, Megadeth made a stop in Kansas City last night. Now, for the purposes of this review, I will only look at Megadeth set, as there really wasn't much of note from the first three bands. The band hit the stage and immediately went into their first song, "This Day We Fight!" Along with that song, the only other song on the album that was played was "Head Crusher." For the most part, Megadeth played songs from their entire discography, with Risk and The World Needs a Hero being the exceptions. The usual songs, such as "Sweating Bullets," "Holy Wars," "Hangar 18," and "Symphony of Destruction" were on the set list, as was "Peace Sells...But Who's Buying," which had a spoken word intro to match the current events in the States. There wasn't a lot of banter in between songs, which was good, since that meant the band meant business. At one point, Dave Mustaine donned the "Professor" label, one that was given to him by a member of the Blabbermouth staff. Few bands are worth seeing live, even with not so good opening bands like Megadeth. And this show was no exception, as it lived up to expectations.

How was the sound? Did the band mess up at all during any of the songs? Is there moshing at a Megadeth show?

I'm going to be seeing them with Slayer and Testament in January....tis going to be sweet. I'm glad they met expectations. You can pretty much count on a good show when Megadeth plays because they are such good musicians. The only thing in questions is vocals and sound.....I hope they add "Take No Prisoners" when I see em.

Boring both times I've seen em, but that's mainly due to the fact that we were in seated theatres. I will see them and have a great time when they decide to start playing in music venues instead of the lame places we have here.

There were no mess ups at the show and I couldn't really see a pit, although there were a few that tried to crowd surf, only to get scolded by security, and a fight broke out a few feet from where I was standing.

Good review, Doc! Pity the support acts were below par.
I have seen Megadave many times now, there is nothing between very bad shows (1999 as support to Maiden) or excellent shows (2003 as support to Maiden or like last year in Paradiso). Most of the shows were excellent, nowadays I think it has not much to do anymore with Dave's star issues. He just lets the band do their best and he follows.

It should be noted that only Warbringer was pretty good in support, but as a general rule, they were the exception and not the norm.

Warbringer is awesome