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Metal Tour of The Year Festival

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The Metal Tour of the Year stormed into Austin's Germania Insurance Amphitheater at the Circuit of the Americas on August 20, 2021 for the first stop on their North American tour. The tour featured Megadeath and Lamb of God with special guests Trivium and Hatebreed. Metal Fans Metal Fans Megadeath Megadeath is a multi-award winning American heavy metal band formed in 1983 by vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassist David Ellefson. Ellefson parted ways with the band earlier this year. Joining Mustaine on this tour is Kiko Loureiro on guitars, backing vocals and piano; Dirk Verbeuren on drums; and James LoMenzo on bass. Dave Mustaine Dave Mustaine Kiko Loureiro Dave Mustaine Lamb of God Lamb of God was first formed in 1994 as Burn the Priest. The award-winning new wave American heavy metal band consists of bassist John Campbell, vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Willie Adler, and drummer Art Cruz. Randy Blythe John Campbell Randy Blythe Trivium Trivium is a heavy ...

Pirelli World Challenge Roars Into Austin

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The Pirelli World Challenge kicked off its 2016 season with a weekend full of exciting races in Austin, Texas at the Circuit of the Americas track on March 4 - 6, 2016. COTA Observation Tower at COTA Pit Crew Fireman, on standby Here's what the action looked like. Fans Check Out Cars Getting Ready To Race Getting Ready To Race Let's Race Fans Meet The Cars and Drivers And They're Off Some of the race participants and winners included: GTS Category- #13 Brett Sandberg #19 Parker Chase #99 Jon Fogarty #14 Nate Stacy #46 Scott Dollahite #10 Lawson Aschenbach TC Category- #3 Vesko Kozarov #3 Vesko Kozarov, #91 Nick Wittmer,  # 26 Toby Grahovec GT / GTA / GT Cup- #7 Martin Fuentes #20 Sloan Urry #5 Bryan Heitkotter #8 Michael Cooper #46 Michael Mills #16 Michael Schein #17 Alec Udell #31 Patrick Long #18 Will Hardeman ...

X Games Bring Extreme Sports And More To Austin

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Austin, Texas is a unique city. Since the 1800’s, Austin has been the capital of Texas and home to one of the largest public universities in the nation. In recent years, Austin has also become a center for business and technology, causing it to quickly grow into the 11 th largest city in the United States. And yet, despite all of this growth, our city still strives to hold on to the small-town friendly feel of our past. One way we have kept this friendly atmosphere alive is through the endless number of fun activities we participate in. No matter the time of year, citizens of and visitors to our fair city can attend any number of special events celebrating one thing or another. I guess you can say Austin loves to throw a party and invite the rest of the world to join in on the fun. Downtown Austin as seen from Auditorium Shores Park across from the Long Center Three areas Austinites especially love to celebrate are music, sports, and the great outdoors, so what could be be...