Megadeth vocalist/guitarist Dave Mustaine announced the upcoming end of Megadeth back in August of 2025. With health concerns playing a factor in that decision, the outspoken 64-year-old musician has committed to the band riding off into the sunset after the completion of a 3 to 5 year farewell tour.
That run will be mounted on the back of the thrash metal stars’ just released self-titled final studio album. While a live album encompassing this last tour remains a likelihood, Mustaine has yet to rule out the possibility of potentially going solo in his life after ‘deth as well.
Asked recently by Teraz Rock if he had any plans to follow Megadeth‘s decades-long run with a more intimate solo venture, Mustaine offered:
“I might. I don’t think so. I might. I might. Right now, things are going so great for us, we’re not even really thinking about the end. We’re thinking about the beginning of this, this campaign, and heading out and, and showing this [new] music to our fans.
And we’ve been looking at the tours that we’ve got on our schedule, and everything’s doing really well ticket-wise. Dates are selling out way in advance, and that’s good for us too because in many of the places that we booked, we’ve had to go to a different configuration.
Some places will be set up for, say, for example, 7,000 seats and they’ve got some seats up in the top that they’ve blocked off. And a band comes in and they keep selling tickets, they’ll open up those areas. ‘Cause a lot of times they don’t open those areas up because it looks bad for bands that don’t sell out the venue. And we’ve had a lot of concerts already that has — it’s gone to a bigger-size venue.”
[via Blabbermouth.net]
