Megadeth wont be returning for any surprise ‘reunion’ tours, insists Dave Mustaine
As reunion tours become increasingly popular, plenty of bands are tempted to return to the stage for one final romp. From Slayer’s 2024 reunion, to Kiss performing on this year’s Kiss Kruise despite calling it quits in 2023, ‘goodbyes’ are apparently temporary nowadays. However, Dave Mustaine insists that Megadeth’s 2026 farewell will truly be the end.
In a new interview with Metal Hammer, Mustaine explains that, unlike his musical peers, Megadeth wont be returning after their 2026 tour. When asked if the band might return, he says “I don’t think so,” adding that Megadeth are a band that “stick to their word”.
“You see the scuttlebutt that is associated with [veteran rock] bands… you know they’ll never follow through with it and stick to their word,” he says. “There’s so many musicians that have come to the end of their career, whether accidental or intentional. Most of them don’t get to go out on their own terms on top, and that’s where I’m at in my life right now.”
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Megadeth’s goodbye will be marked by a release of a final self-titled record in January. The record will be the band’s 17th full-length release, and will even feature a cover of Metallica’s Ride The Lightning in honour of Mustaine’s stint in Metallica between 1981 and 1983.
However, while Mustaine claims that Megadeth will record “no more studio albums,” he notes that a live album of the band’s final tour could very well be on the cards. “Might there be a live album at the end of all of this?” he teases. “Yeah, it certainly looks that way.”
While Mustaine is firm about 2026 being the end of Megadeth, he does admit that the change will be strange. “I can’t really conceive of an end right now,” he says.
“I think for all of us, we’re always going to be in Megadeth,” he adds. “We’re always going to be brothers now and best friends, and we’re always going to be responsible for making some of the most fun music that bassists and guitarists and drummers will ever want to play.”
When Megadeth first announced that 2026 would see them finally calling it quits, Mustaine encouraged fans to focus on the positives. “Don’t be mad, don’t be sad, be happy for us all, come celebrate with me these next few years,” he wrote in a statement. “We have done something together that’s truly wonderful and will probably never happen again.”
Rather than thinking of the band’s end, Mustaine wants fans to focus on the legacy they are leaving in their wake. “We started a musical style, we started a revolution, we changed the guitar world and how it’s played, and we changed the world,” he explained. “The bands I played in have influenced the world. I love you all for it. Thank you for everything.”
Megadeth’s final album will drop on 23 January. For more info, head to Megadeth’s official website.
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