Dave Mustaine says Megadeth farewell tour was “a long time coming”
Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine has opened up about the band’s upcoming farewell tour, which will officially begin in 2026.
Speaking on SiriusXM’s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk, Megadeth leader Dave Mustaine discussed their farewell tour. He shared, as per Blabbermouth, that the final tour had been “a long time coming”.
He elaborated, “Just physical stuff that was going on with my hands… My hands were letting me down. And there were other things that were difficult because of all the stuff going on in my neck and my trunk.”
The 64-year-old star added, “All that area there has arthritis, and it has discs that are bulging. I’ve got a broken lumbar bone. Of course, you know I have my back fused, up by my shoulders, by my neck. And just a lot of stuff.”
He revealed that the band was never going to outstay their welcome. He shared, “I always said when it got to the point where I was unable to give a hundred percent every night, that’s when I was gonna start considering winding down.”
Clarifying that the band isn’t the type to stay in one place and has done their fair share of traveling in the past, he added, “We’ve got a lot of touring to do in order to do our farewell properly.”
However, Mustaine didn’t mean to start the farewell conversations. It just, he said, sort of happened: “I didn’t mean to set the ball rolling.”
The story continued, “Honestly, I just was making conversation, and it turned into me talking to the band guys and sleeping on it and talking to my family and praying on it. And the answer was clear to me that by the time we’re done with the record, I’m gonna know how the record’s gonna do. If the record does really well, then I’ll be able to have one last really good tour.”
Mustaine and the rest of the band recently announced that they will travel to Canada for a run of 12 dates over the course of February and March next year, on top of their already packed schedule, traveling around North and Latin America in the summer.
Mustaine has previously explained that they could still be putting on shows for up to five years.
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