Gigantour é um evento anual de bandas de heavy metal, organizado pelo líder do Megadeth, Dave Mustaine. Foi criada em 2005 com shows apenas na América do Norte. Em 2006 e 2007, as bandas também tocaram na Austrália. O nome "Gigantour" foi inspirado no anime Gigantor.
A primeira Gigantour (2005) Palco principal Megadeth, Dream Theater (21 de julho - 3 de setembro), Anthrax (6 de setembro - 11 de setembro), Fear Factory, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Nevermore
Palco secundário Life of Agony, Symphony X, Dry Kill Logic, Bobaflex
Datas Julho 21 Fresno, CA - Selland Arena 22 Las Vegas, NV - Thomas and Mack Center 23 Phoenix, AZ - Cricket Wireless Pavilion 24 Irvine, CA - Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre 26 Sacramento, CA - The Cove 28 San Diego, CA - SDSU Open Air Theater 29 Tucson, AZ - Casino Del Sol 30 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion
Agosto miniaturadaimagem|direita|Dave Mustaine na Gigantour em Orlando na Flórida (6 de agosto de 2005). 01 San Antonio, TX - Lonestar Pavilion 02 Dallas, TX - Nokia Live 03 Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street Amphitheater 05 Duluth, GA - Arena at Gwinnett Center 06 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live 07 West Palm Beach, FL - Sound Advice Amphitheater 08 Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum 10 Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre 11 Ft. Wayne, IN - Coliseum Expo 12 Tinley Park, IL - Tweeter Center 13 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom Complex 14 Cleveland, OH - Tower City Amphitheater 16 Cincinnati, OH - Annie's Outdoor Pavilion 17 Pittsburgh, PA - Chevrolet Amphitheatre 19 Portland, ME - Civic Center 20 Manchester, NH - Verizon Wireless Amphitheater 21 Poughkeepsie, NY - Mid-Hudson Civic Center 23 Wantagh, NY - Jones Beach Amphitheater 24 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center 26 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion 27 Reading, PA - Sovereign Center 28 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues 30 Darien Lake, NY - Darien Lake Amphitheatre 31 Huntington, WV - Big Sandy Superstore Arena
Setembro 02 Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 03 Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre 06 Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre 07 Calgary, AB - Stampede Corral 09 Vancouver, BC - PNE Coliseum 10 Auburn, WA - White River Amphitheater 11 Ridgefield, WA - Clark County Amphitheater
Gigantour 2: América do Norte (2006) Palco principal Megadeth, Lamb of God, Opeth, Arch Enemy, Overkill
Palco secundário Into Eternity, Sanctity, The SmashUp
Datas Setembro 06 Boise, ID - Idaho Center 08 Oakland, CA - Oakland Coliseum 09 San Diego, CA - Cox Arena 10 Devore, CA - Hyundai Pavilion 12 Las Vegas, NV - House of Blues 13 Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre 15 West Valley City, UT - E Center 16 Greenwood Village, CO - Coors Amphitheatre 17 Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion 19 Oklahoma City, OK - Zoo Amphitheatre 21 Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom 22 Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre 23 Columbus, OH - Nationwide Arena 24 Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre 25 Toronto, ON - Molson Amphitheatre 27 Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 28 Uniondale, NY - Nassau Coliseum 29 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion 30 Holmdel, NJ - PNC Bank Arts Center
Outubro 01 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues 03 Portsmouth, VA - NTelos Wireless Pavilion 04 Charleston, SC - The Plex 06 Tampa, FL - St. Pete Times Forum 07 Sunrise, FL - BankAtlantic Center 08 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live
Gigantour 2: Austrália (2006) Palco principal Megadeth, Soulfly, Arch Enemy, Caliban
Datas Outubro 21 Brisbane - Brisbane River Stage 22 Sydney - Hordern Pavilion 24 Melbourne - Festival Hall
Gigantour 3: Austrália (2007) Megadeth, Static-X, Lacuna Coil, DevilDriver, Bring Me the Horizon
Datas November 10 Perth - Metro City 12 Adelaide - Thebarton Theatre 13 Melbourne - Festival Hall 15 Sydney - Luna Park Big Top 16 Sydney - Luna Park Big Top 18 Brisbane - Brisbane River Stage
Gigantour 3: Reino Unido (2008) Palco principal Megadeth, Job for a Cowboy, Evile
Datas Fevereiro 17 Norwich - UEA 18 Nottingham - Nottingham Rock City 19 Glasgow - Carling Academy Glasgow 20 Newcastle - Carling Academy Newcastle 22 Birmingham - Carling Academy Birmingham 23 Manchester - Manchester Academy 24 London - Brixton Academy
Gigantour 3: América do Norte (2008) Palco principal Megadeth, In Flames, Children of Bodom, Job for a Cowboy, High on Fire.
Datas Abril 12 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore 13 - Albuquerque, NM - Journal Pavilion 15 - Dallas, TX - Nokia Theatre at Grand Prairie 16 - Corpus Christi, TX - Concrete Street Pavilion 17 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater 19 - Louisville, KY - Louisville Gardens 20 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade Music Park 22 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom 23 - New York, NY - Hammerstein Ballroom 25 - Worcester, MA - Palladium 26 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion 28 - Quebec City, QC - Pavilion De La Jeunesse 29 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 30 - Toronto, ON - Arrow Hall
Maio 1 - London, ON - John Labatt Centre 3 - Clarkston, MI - DTE Energy Music Theatre 4 - Cleveland, OH - Time Warner Cable Amphitheater 6 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom (Chicago) 7 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom 9 - Minneapolis, MN - [Myth 10 - Winnipeg, MB - Winnipeg Convention Centre 11 - Saskatoon, SK - Prairieland Exhibition Hall 12 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre 14 - Calgary, AB - The Corral 16 - Vancouver, BC - Pacific Coliseum 17 - Salem, OR - Salem Armory 19 - San Jose, CA - Event Center @ San Jose State 20 - San Diego, CA - Cox Arena 21 - Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Arena 22 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Amphitheatre
Gigantour 4 (2012) Megadeth confirmou, em 27 de setembro de 2011, que Motörhead, Volbeat, e Lacuna Coil, estão incluidos na próxima Gagantour que está definida para o início de 2012.
Datas Megadeth anunciou em 2 de novembro de 2011 as datas das turnês da Gigantour 2012.
Janeiro 26 - Camden, NJ - Susquehanna Bank Center 27 - Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena 28 - New York, NY - The Theater at Madison Square Garden 29 - Lowell, MA - Tsongas Arena
Fevereiro 1 - Glens Falls, NY - Glens Falls Civic Center 2 - Quebec City, QC - Colisee Pepsi Arena 3 - Montreal, QC - Bell Centre 5 - Kingston, ON - K-Rock Centre 7 - Oshawa, ON - General Motors Centre 8 - Hamilton, ON - Copps Coliseum 9 - Auburn Hills, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills 10 - Chicago, IL - Aragon Ballroom 12 - Milwaukee, WI - Eagles Ballroom 14 - St. Paul, MN - [Myth 16 - Saskatoon, SK - Prairieland Park 17 - Edmonton, AB - Shaw Conference Centre 18 - Calgary, AB - Big 4 Building 20 - Abbotsford, BC - Abbotsford Ent & Sports Centre 21 - Kent, WA - Showare Center 23 - San Jose, CA - Events Center 24 - Universal City, CA - Gibson Amphitheatre 25 - Phoenix, AZ - Comerica Theatre 26 - Albuquerque, NM - Tingley Coliseum 28 - Denver, CO - The Fillmore Auditorium
Março 1 - Dallas, TX - The Palladium 2 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theater 3 - Austin, TX - ACL Live at The Moody Theater
Ligações externas
Gigantour 2006 no MySpace Site oficial do Megadeth
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