MEGADETH Announce Final Album and Worldwide Farewell Tour

After teasing fans with cryptic messages and a countdown timer, GRAMMY Award-winning thrash metal titans Megadeth have officially revealed their plans for the next chapter. In a surprise announcement today, August 14th, the band confirmed that their upcoming studio album will be their final release, accompanied by a global farewell tour in support of it next year.

The band shared a teaser video featuring their iconic mascot Vic Rattlehead, who delivered the announcement. Pre-orders for the untitled seventeenth album are expected to open in approximately 43 days, and a first single is slated for release later this year. Tour dates and further details will be revealed in the coming months.

Vocalist and guitarist Dave Mustaine reflected on the decision to call it a career:

“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. 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.

We can’t 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’s now. If there was ever a perfect time to tour the world, it’s now. This is also a perfect time for us to tell you that it’s our last studio album. We’ve made a lot of friends over the years and I hope to see all of you on our global farewell tour. Don’t be mad, don’t be sad, be happy for us all, come celebrate with me these next few years. We have done something together that’s 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’s 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.”

Fans can expect more news on pre-orders, the first single, and the farewell tour soon, marking the end of Megadeth’s 40-year career in metal.

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