Megadeth show rescheduled for tonight due to technical difficulties
Details are still murky at this point, but some kind of serious technical difficulty forced thrash metal gods Megadeth to scrap last night's sold-out show at Rams Head Live.
The band had to stop playing after a few songs, leaving more than a thousand concertgoers more than a little unhappy.
All is not lost, though -- Megadeth has booked a makeup gig tonight for all the folks who had tickets to last night's ill-fated show ...
Mark promised to update us tomorrow when he finds out exactly what went wrong at yesterday's show. Meanwhile, if you had tickets to last night's show, you can still see the band tonight.
(Press photo of Megadeth from 1997 courtesy of Capitol Records)







Comments
A free show? Great. Too bad neither myself nor my girlfriend can attend tonight. Guess I'm just out $100 for those 2 tickets. Thanks Rams Head for that "NO REFUNDS" thing!
Posted by: Pissed Off | March 17, 2010 4:10 PM
You couldn't find a photo of the band more recent than 13 years old? Two of those in the photo aren't even in the band anymore.
Posted by: metalhead | March 17, 2010 4:13 PM
@Pissed Off - you'll be lucky to ever find a return policy for a big name act. The venue has to pay the band show or no show...that's common practice in the music biz.
Posted by: chris furst | March 17, 2010 4:20 PM
My roommate went to this show last night and was mad they didn't play.
Posted by: Sean O'Donnell, Baltimore Republican Examiner | March 17, 2010 4:29 PM
My son was given tickets to this concert for his 16th bday. he met the band at a meet and greet monday and won a meet and greet before tuesdays show. He and his dad drove an hour and 45 minutes to the show. To say he was disappointed is mild. He did though go to the free concert and said it was epic. my husband who is not a fan loved the show. The band was great to my son at both meet and greets and exceeded his expectations in their performance tonight. My husband left with the feeling that they really do care for their fans. Sorry for those who paid but didn't see them.i for one is greatful that they made my sons 16th bday one he will never forget
Posted by: happymom | March 17, 2010 10:29 PM
hey not rams heads fault i spoke w them it was megadeaths sound board that went bad - they have a habit of walking off stage also i guess its time for them to call it a day
Posted by: sean | March 18, 2010 12:03 AM
The fact that they were willing to go back and play the following night regardless of the 'inferior equipment' is testament (no pun intended) to their integrity. I know I'd be pissed off under the same circumstances, but blaming Megadeth would be futile...especially regarding their response.
@ metalhead..indeed: old school! :o)
Posted by: Jordy | March 18, 2010 12:22 AM
Megadeth does NOT have a habit of walking off stage. How are you qualified to make that statement?
Posted by: Vic | March 18, 2010 8:53 AM
I live 2 hours away. I took off work, spent almost 200 on a room, and couldnt afford to stay another night. I know it is not Megadeth's fault, but maybe there should have been a credit toward another show at Ram's head...a lot of people couldnt make it...
Posted by: R | March 18, 2010 9:19 AM
over 1000 angry people that did 1000's of dollars worth of damage to Ramshead, people were so rowdy & fights were so bad in power plant that they closed other bars and All we hear are "Technical Diffuculties" Velvet Rope had 300 people outside of their venue a few weeks ago that were upset about a concert being over sold (there were NO arrests and no damage done) and that was a Riot! The sun reported that there were 50 police officers called to Velvet Rope for 300 African Americans and I barely saw an officer at Power Plant for the 1000 Angry/ violent mostly non african americans... I'm just sayin'
Posted by: backwards | March 19, 2010 6:29 AM
What does a meet and greet on Monday have to do with the show being cancelled last night???
Posted by: Scott | March 19, 2010 2:15 PM
backwards, you're a racist jack[rabbit]. there was no damage at the show and no fights. i was there til they took down the stage, on monday, and there was nothing. most likely you're a white girl filled with unnecessary guilt. instead of hiding on the internet go join a black awareness club and maybe you'll feel better
Posted by: jack | March 19, 2010 10:35 PM
@metalhead -- This photo rawks and you know it.
Posted by: Sam Sessa | March 20, 2010 10:38 AM
Jack
you really should know what you are talking about before your mouth... I work there you dumb [rabbit]. I saw the fights, I saw the carpenters fixing all the holes in the walls, I was told it cost over 3k to fix ramshead not counting that board that someone threw a cup of water on and I saw Luckies close because of all the fights in power plant. BTW... I'm part of your "black awarness club" I am a white man living in a city that is 74% "black" and I know the politics of the city... 1000 white people is tourism... 1000 black people is a riot.
AND of course there was no damage on monday... the show and damage was on TUESDAY!
Posted by: backwards | March 20, 2010 3:20 PM