Slayer, Megadeth and Testament Announce 2010 Tour

"American Carnage"--featuring Slayer, Megadeth and Testament--will kick off on January 18 in Seattle, WA, for a 26-date trek across North America that will include the six Canadian dates postponed earlier this month. Tickets for most shows go on sale this Friday, November 20. Ticketmaster is offering a special presage for most shows from Wednesday, November 18, at 10AM until Thursday, November 19 at 10PM.

"American Carnage" is the first time that Slayer and Megadeth will have toured the U.S. together since 1991's epic "Clash of the Titans" tour. To celebrate that, and in recognition of the tough economic times that many of their fans are having, Megadeth and Slayer have decided to roll back the price of a chunk of tickets at every U.S. show to the "1991 price" of $10.00. These specially-priced tickets will be limited and when they're gone, they're gone. Megadeth has also teamed with iloveallaccess.com to provide an Ultimate Fan Package including premium seats, meet and greets, pre-show parties and more.

In addition, Testament, who was also on the '91 "Clash of the Titans" bill, will be Special Guests on the entire tour, marking the first time that all three bands have shared a stage together in more than 18 years, and making this a "must see" metal event.

Both Megadeth and Slayer will hit the road supporting new albums: Megadeth's 2009 album, Endgame, and Slayer's World Painted Blood, the band's 10th studio venture, which hit stores November 3. Testament's The Formation of Damnation: Special Tour Edition, will be released on February 23, 2010, with special unreleased bonus tracks.

Slayer and Megadeth have already massacred territories together outside of the U.S., first with four explosive dates in June 2009 across Western Canada - "Canadian Carnage" -- marking the first time the bands had shared a stage anywhere in 18 years; and then six co-headlining "Carnage" dates in Australia followed in October.

Slayer and Megadeth are also rescheduling the east coast leg of the "Canadian Carnage" tour, postponed from this fall.

Confirmed dates for "American Carnage" are as follows:

JANUARY
18 WaMu Theatre, Seattle, WA*
19 Memorial Coliseum, Portland, OR (tickets sold via www.rosequarter.com)
21 Cow Palace, San Francisco, CA*
22 Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA * (tickets on sale 11/21)
23 Dodge Theatre, Phoenix, AZ**
25 Magness Arena, Denver, CO*
26 Tingley Coliseum, Albuquerque, NM*
27 El Paso Coliseum, El Paso, TX*
29 Verizon Wireless, Houston, TX**
31 Municipal Auditorium, Nashville, TN*

• FEBRUARY
• 1 Gwinnett Arena, Duluth, GA*
• 2 Broadbent Arena, Louisville, KY* (tickets on sale 12/4)
• 4 Roy Wilkins Auditorium, Minneapolis, MN* (tickets on sale 12/4)
• 5 UIC Pavilion, Chicago, IL* (tickets on sale 12/4)
• 6 Cobo Arena, Detroit, MI*
• 9 Chevrolet Theatre, Wallingford, CT**
• 11 Izod Center, East Rutherford, NJ*
• 13 Susquehanna Center, Camden, NJ*
• 14 Tsongas Arena, Lowell, MA*
• 16 Pavillon de la Jeunesse, Quebec City, QC (tickets sold via Billetech.com)
• 18 John Labatt Centre, London, ON (tickets on sale 11/27 via JohnLabattCentre.com)
• 19 Air Canada Centre, Toronto, ON (tickets sold via Ticketmaster.ca)
• 20 Bell Centre, Montreal, QC (tickets sold via Admission.com)
• 22 Moncton Coliseum, Moncton, NB (tickets sold via MonctonColiseum.com)
• 23 Metro Centre, Halifax, NS (tickets sold via TicketAtlantic.com