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"This is going to be a long tour, and at the end of it, I want some time to live life.” Heavy metal legend and ever-controversial icon Dave Mustaine on the end of Megadeth, making peace with Metallica and what's next

Dave Mustaine remains defiant even as Megadeth approach the end

Metal Hammer

“In the ’80s,MTVbuttered our bread. But after Kurt Cobain wore his grandfather’s sweater in the video forSmells Like Teen Spirit, there was no place on MTV for bands like us and Mötley Crüe”: The life and death of the thinking person’s hair metal band

Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them

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Megadeth Farewell Tour: Will Ex-bassist David Ellefson Return After He Was Fired Over 2021 Sex Scandal with Alleged Minor

Megadeth has confirmed that their upcoming seventeenth and final studio album will be released in 2026, accompanied by a global farewell tour, marking the band's retirement after more than four decades in thrash metal.

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“The truth of the matter is, I don’t believe that anybody asked us”: James LoMenzo reveals Megadeth weren't invited to Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath's final show

The other members of the Big Four of thrash metal – Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax – all participated in Back to the Beginning

Guitar World

Two top 10 hits and two million album sales couldn't save them

MusicRadar

Watch Megadeth play rare ’80s cut Liar live for the first time in almost 20 years

The So Far, So Good… So What! classic hasn’t been heard live since 2006

Metal Hammer

“People get their ya-yas when they see people struggling for some crazy reason”: Dave Mustaine explains “animosity” he received after Metallica exit

Megadeth’s leader received hate from “people I didn’t even know” after his Metallica dismissal in 1983

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“Dave really wants to do another record and just get something fresh out there”: James LoMenzo confirms Megadeth are working towards new album

James LoMenzo confirms Megadeth are working towards a new album

MusicRadar

“Dave Mustaine really wants to do another record”: Megadeth are making their next album, says bassist

According to James LoMenzo, the thrash metal icons are already at work on the follow-up to 2022’s The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead!

Metal Hammer

“Vultures were on the bedpost. It was a dark road and I was losing my lust for life”: Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine is metal’s great survivor

Drugs, feuds, bitter ex-bandmates – Dave Mustaine has weathered everything life threw at him. And in this classic interview from the Metal Hammer archives, he wasn’t about to roll over yet

Metal Hammer

“I had two viable options: to be in Megadeth or not. I chose my personal life. No regrets”: Kiko Loureiro opens up on what he meant by “freedom,” how he trained up his replacement, and why he suggested Marty Friedman should return

The former Angra guitarist reveals his current relationship with Dave Mustaine after his temporary departure became permanent, and where he wants to take his guitar playing next

Guitar World

Three ex-Megadeth members once started a Metallica cover band together

Drummer Nick Menza, bassist James LoMenzo and guitarist Chris Poland recorded some takes on Metallica and Megadeth tunes in 2014, before quickly and sadly disbanding

Metal Hammer

Dave Mustaine: “I’m a very advanced rhythm guitarist who can play complicated rhythms and sing over the top of them – most people can’t do that”

The Megadeth main man discusses his forthcoming signature “Gibson Les Paul for thrash guys”, why Kiko Loureiro is the band’s best-ever guitarist, and succeeding even though “Metallica has always tried to hold me back”

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