Megadeth To Tour With Body Count In 2017

Band Photo: Megadeth (?)

Dave Mustaine, frontman of American thrash metal legends Megadeth, has revealed in an interview with Metal Hammer magazine that his band will be teaming up with Body Count, the group fronted by iconic rapper Ice-T for a world tour in 2017. The package will also include three other bands and no dates have been announced as of yet, but they will be taking the tour to Asia, with at least one show in Malaysia expected after the country lifted the band on Megadeth performing there. An excerpt from the interview reads as follows:

"We're talking about a very large tour next summer with five bands on it with us. It's going to be more of a guest appearance than a direct support kind of thing.

"We've been looking at a lot of interesting acts, but for me I don't always try and pick out the flavour of the month – I have loyalty to my friends. I always thoughts that Body Count, while if not for everybody, I thought it was great.

"It's not your normal metal band, it's cool to see somebody crossing over from the hip-hop world into the metal world. I think it's great to be open-minded about different people from different backgrounds."