Megadeth performed a cover version of the Motörhead classic No Class at the closing show of this year’s Gigantour on March 3 in Austin, Texas. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be seen below.
Motörhead was forced to miss the last four shows of Gigantour after the band’s founder, bassist and principal songwriter Ian “Lemmy” Kilmister came down with a combination of a viral upper respiratory infection and a voice strain, resulting in severe laryngitis.
“I’m giving my voice a good rest,” Lemmy said in a statemement, “and will be better than ever for our shows on the [Rockstar Energy Drink]Mayhem [Festival] tour this summer. Hope to see you all there!”
Gigantour — the critically acclaimed package festival founded in 2005 by Megadeth — made its highly anticipated return for the first time since 2008. The multi-artist bill — with metal heavyweights Motörhead, Volbeat and Lacuna Coil all personally picked by Mustaine — kicked off on January 26 in Camden, New Jersey and wrapped on March 3 in Austin.
Megadeth was among the nominees for the 54th annual Grammy Awards, which was held on February 12 at Staples Center in Los Angeles. The band’s tenth Grammy nomination was for its new single, Public Enemy No. 1, off Megadeth‘s latest album, Th1rt3en, which came out on November 1, 2011.
Public Enemy No. 1 actually marked the second Grammy nomination for music from Th1rt3en, as the song Sudden Death was first unveiled in the 2010 video game Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock and received a “Best Metal Performance” nod.
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