{"id":626064,"date":"2026-09-16T04:36:24","date_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/626064\/"},"modified":"2026-09-16T04:36:24","modified_gmt":"2026-09-16T04:36:24","slug":"ex-megadeth-bassist-david-ellefson-to-perform-countdown-to-extinction-in-full-on-european-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/626064\/","title":{"rendered":"ex-Megadeth bassist David Ellefson to perform &#8216;Countdown To Extinction&#8217; in full on European tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has announced a December European leg of his &#8220;Bass Warrior&#8221; tour.<\/p>\n<p>The shows will feature Ellefson and his solo band performing Megadeth&#8217;s Countdown To Extinction in full, along with additional Megadeth material, solo songs and other covers.<\/p>\n<p>Ellefson shared the following:<\/p>\n<p>We received such an incredible response from fans when we performed Countdown to Extinction earlier this year that we decided to wrap up 2026 with a final run of shows across Europe. This tour will also bring us to some new cities and countries as we celebrate the music from one of my all-time favorite albums in my discography. It&#8217;s the perfect holiday wrap-up to the year!<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>12\/03 Rome, IT @ Kill Joy<br \/>12\/04 Rho, IT @ Rock N Roll<br \/>12\/05 Orchamps-Vennes, FR @ Del Vino<br \/>12\/07 The Hague, NL @ Music On The Hague<br \/>12\/08 Enschede, NL @ Metropool<br \/>12\/09 Drachten, NL @ Iduna<br \/>12\/10 Frankfurt, DE @ Burghof Huhnerstall<br \/>12\/12 Domecko, PL @ Stary Dom<br \/>12\/13 Drogheda, IE @ The Barrel Venue<br \/>12\/15 Nitra, SK @ JS Retro<br \/>12\/18 Belgrade, RS @ Fest Club<br \/>12\/19 Zagreb, HR @ Hard Place<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has announced a December European leg of his &#8220;Bass Warrior&#8221; tour. The shows&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":626065,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[265796,93,639,61,60,51597,61911,637,278,43],"class_list":["post-626064","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-dave-ellefson","tag-entertainment","tag-hardcore","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-lambgoat","tag-megadeth","tag-metal","tag-music","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626064","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626064"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626064\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/626065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626064"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626064"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626064"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}