Kadri Pärna at Finland's Free! Magazine caught up with MEGADETH drummer Shawn Drover prior to the band's performance at the Tuska Festival on July 4. An excerpt is available below.

Q: What about your last album, Endgame? How happy are you with it – musically and commercial wise?

Drover: "We’re very happy with it. In terms of success – the way things are with the Internet downloading and stealing music it can’t be compared to earlier time when records sold platinum – times have changed. That’s the way life is and how the music industry is right now. Bands don’t sell as much as they used do which sucks but it's (the Endgame album) very critically acclaimed record, many people really love it, our fans love it. As long as we have fans there actually isn’t anything to worry about. And we get new fans every time. We just keep doing our best and hoping for the best. And the sales have been down for everybody. But I still consider this album a success."

Q: I read that you are working on a new album and it should be out in 2011. Is that right?

Drover: "We’re talking about it. We have been in a tour mode at the moment but we have started to work on a couple of ideas. But just very few ideas only. During a sound check we recorded a few ideas but we’re going to finish this world tour and then come together and start working out these ideas. We hope it will be out next year but we’ll see how things will go."

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Russian Darkside e-zine recently posted high-quality photos of Megadeth's concert at B1 Maximum in Moscow from July 14th at this location.

The group's setlist was as follows:

'Wake Up Dead'
'In My Darkest Hour'
'She-Wolf'
'Skin O' My Teeth'
'Holy Wars... The Punishment Due'
'Hangar 18'
'Five Magics'
'Poison Was the Cure'
'Tornado of Souls'
'Dawn Patrol'
'Trust'
'Angry Again'
'Headcrusher'
'A Tout Le Monde'
'Sweating Bullets'
'Symphony Of Destruction'

Encore:
'Peace Sells' with 'Holy Wars' reprise

Fan-filmed footage - including Dave Mustaine confronting security - can be viewed below:









Megadeth bassist David Ellefson checking in from the streets of Moscow: