{"id":145963,"date":"2025-08-14T20:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145963\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T20:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T20:23:09","slug":"megadeth-to-end-after-2026-album-and-farewell-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/145963\/","title":{"rendered":"Megadeth to End After 2026 Album and Farewell Tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/9199-megadeth\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Megadeth<\/a> will soon be no more. Frontman and co-founder <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/dave-mustaine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dave Mustaine<\/a> shared that the thrash metal band will break up after releasing a new album in 2026 and going on a farewell tour. Details on the album and tour are scarce, but Megadeth did reveal the album\u2019s artwork. Find that, along with a video about the end of Megadeth, below.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s so many musicians that have come to the end of their career, whether accidental or intentional,\u201d Mustaine said in a press statement. \u201cMost of them don\u2019t get to go out on their own terms on top, and that\u2019s where I\u2019m at in my life right now. I have traveled the world and have made millions upon millions of fans and the hardest part of all of this is saying goodbye to them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cWe can\u2019t wait for you to hear this album and see us on tour. If there was ever a perfect time for us to put out a new album, it\u2019s now. If there was ever a perfect time to tour the world, it\u2019s now. This is also a perfect time for us to tell you that it\u2019s our last studio album. We\u2019ve made a lot of friends over the years, and I hope to see all of you on our global farewell tour. Don\u2019t be mad; don\u2019t be sad; be happy for us all; come celebrate with me these next few years. We have done something together that\u2019s truly wonderful and will probably never happen again. We started a musical style; we started a revolution; we changed the guitar world and how it\u2019s played; and we changed the world. The bands I played in have influenced the world. I love you all for it. Thank you for everything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dave Mustaine founded Megadeth in 1983 after being <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/dave-mustaine-fired-from-metallica-anniversary\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/loudwire.com\/dave-mustaine-fired-from-metallica-anniversary\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/dave-mustaine-fired-from-metallica-anniversary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">fired<\/a> from Metallica. His new band released its debut album, Killing Is My Business&#8230; and Business Is Good!, in 1985, and Megadeth operated at a steady clip until going on hiatus between 2002 and 2004. The most recent Megadeth album, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/megadeth.lnk.to\/SickDyingDead\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/megadeth.lnk.to\/SickDyingDead\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/megadeth.lnk.to\/SickDyingDead\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Sick, the Dying\u2026 and the Dead!<\/a>, landed in September 2022. Joining Mustaine in the band\u2019s final iteration are bassist James LoMenzo, drummer Dirk Verbeuren, and guitarist Teemu M\u00e4ntysaari.<\/p>\n<p>Mustaine <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/megadeth-dave-mustaine-reveals-throat-cancer-diagnosis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">revealed<\/a> in 2019 that he was diagnosed with throat cancer. The following year, he <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/megadeths-dave-mustaine-says-hes-cancer-free\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that he was cancer-free. Mustaine plans to release a new memoir in 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Megadeth will soon be no more. 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