One of the biggest and baddest co-headlining tours of the year is upon us. The Metal Tour of the Year with Megadeth and Lamb of God with special guests Trivium and Hatebreed launched on August 20 at Germania Insurance Amphitheater in Austin, Texas. The 29-date run which includes a couple of festival slots is set to run through October 2 where it will wrap at Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada.
Megadeth performed an 11-song set for fans kicking things off with "Hangar 18" and worked their way through songs from the albums Dystopia, Rust in Peace, Countdown to Extinction, Killing Is My Business... and Business is Good!, Peace Sells... but Who's Buying? and Cryptic Writings.
Not only was this show the first concert the band has performed since February 22, 2020, but it also marked their first show with bassist James LoMenzo since December 13, 2009, where they wrapped the Endgame Tour at the House of Blues in Las Vegas, Nevada.
It's worth noting the setlist received a change-up on the second show of the tour which took place on August 21 in Irving, Texas. The show didn't include the songs "The Threat is Real," "Sweating Bullets" and "Mechanix" but instead featured "Take No Prisoners," "The Conjuring," "She-Wolf" and "A Tour Le Monde." See the setlist from night 2 HERE.
Check out the full setlist for Megadeth's opening night and watch their opening number recorded by fans below.
Lamb of God's set for the Metal Tour of the Year included some big firsts! Not only was it their first show since September 25, 2020, it also marked the first time the songs "Memento Mori," "Resurrection Man," New Colossal Hate," and "Remorse Is for the Dead" were all played in front of a live audience.
Lamb of God worked their way through the 12-song setlist which closed with "Redneck" from 2006's Sacrament. Of the three shows Lamb of God has played on this tour, they've yet to change up the setlist so we're sure fans are curious to see if they switch things up mid-way through.
See their full setlist below and fan-recorded footage of "Remorse Is for the Dead" below!
Trivium's 8-song setlist included three songs from What the Dead Men Say, two songs from In the Court of the Dragon and one song from each of their respective albums, In Waves, Shogun, and The Sin and the Sentence. The set opened with "In the Court of the Dragon" before wrapping up with "In Waves."
See Trivium's full setlist from Metal Tour of the Year's opening night below.
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