Megadeth may be ending their profession within the coming years, however they are going out as loud as potential.
Megadeth has simply introduced they’re teaming up with Trafalgar Releasing for a worldwide cinema screening of their new movie Megadeth: Behind The Masks. The movie will hit over 1,000 screens worldwide on January 22, 2026 and can characteristic each a stream of the ultimate Megadeth album someday previous to its launch, in addition to a 40-year retrospective career-spanning interview with Megadeth mastermind Dave Mustaine.
Tickets and a listing of participating venues for Megadeth: Behind The Mask can be found right here.
“This listening occasion goes to be superb,” says Mustaine. “I can not wait to share it with hundreds of my closest mates world wide. I’ve a lot gratitude for everybody who helped convey this movie to life, particularly you, the followers! Now let’s hearth this up… and cross the popcorn!”
Kymberli Frueh, EVP Programming and Content material Acquisitions at Trafalgar added: “We’re thrilled to convey followers collectively for an unique first take heed to Megadeth‘s last studio album – that brings their profession full circle.
“This is not simply one other Megadeth album: it incorporates a daring reimagining. This cinema occasion is a celebration of the riffs, the depth and the uncompromising spirit which have outlined Megadeth‘s legacy. We will not wait to share this second with the followers who’ve been with them each step of the best way.”
Megadeth has an entire bunch of farewell dates lined up for 2026 thus far, all of which you’ll find under. And in the event you miss these, I am positive it isn’t a difficulty contemplating Dave Mustaine said this tour is gonna be going on for “three to five years.” Get the total listing of dates under and get your tickets here.
1/17 La Vergne, TN Let There Be Shred: Immersive Listening Occasion
2/15 Victoria, BC Save-On-Meals Memorial Centre
2/17 Abbotsford, BC Rogers Discussion board
2/18 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place
2/20 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome
2/21 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place
2/24 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre
2/25 Winnipeg, MB Canada Life Centre
2/28 London, ON Canada Life Place
3/1 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre
3/3 Halifax, NS Scotiabank Centre
3/4 Moncton, NB Avenir Centre
3/6 Québec Metropolis, QC Videotron Centre
4/23 Lima, Peru Costa 21
4/26 Bogotá, Colombia Movistar Area
4/27 Bogotá, Colombia Movistar Area
4/30 Buenos Aires, Argentina TBD
5/10 Mexico Metropolis, Mexico Area Ciudad de Mexico
5/11 Mexico Metropolis, Mexico Area Ciudad de Mexico
5/13 Guadalajara, Mexico Area Guadalajara
5/2 São Paulo, Brazil Espaco Unimed
5/4 Santiago, Chile Movistar Area
5/5 Santiago, Chile Movistar Area
5/8 Monterrey, Mexico Area Monterrey
6/10 Hradec Králové, Czechia Rock For Individuals – Park 360
6/11 Luxembourg, LUX Rockhal
6/14 Ferrara, Italy Ferrara Summer season Competition – Piazza Ariostea
6/15 Zurich, SWI Halle 622
6/16 Vienna, AUT Gasometer
6/2 Hanover, Germany Heinz von Heiden Area
6/23 Istanbul, TUR KüçükÇiftlik Park
6/26 Helsinki, Finland Suvilahti – TUSKA
6/28 Almaty, KAZ Spartak Stadium
6/7 Gelsenkirchen, GER Amphitheater
8/29 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Area
8/30 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Area
9/11 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Stay
9/12 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion
9/15 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium
9/19 Shakopee, MN Mystic Lake Amphitheater
9/22 Tinley Park, IL Credit score Union 1 Amphitheatre
9/25 Los Angeles, CA BMO Stadium
9/26 Los Angeles, CA BMO Stadium
9/29 San Antonio, TX Alamodome
9/3 Montréal, QC Parc Jean Drapeau
9/5 Harrison, NJ Sports activities Illustrated Stadium
9/6 Harrison, NJ Sports activities Illustrated Stadium
9/9 Boston, MA TD Backyard
Again in August, Mustaine introduced that Megadeth‘s upcoming album will likely be their last one. In a press release to followers, Mustaine mirrored on the choice: “There’s so many musicians which have come to the top of their profession, whether or not unintentional or intentional. Most of them do not get to exit on their very own phrases on prime, and that is the place I am at in my life proper now… The toughest a part of all of that is saying goodbye…
“That is additionally an ideal time for us to inform you that it is our final studio album. Do not be mad, do not be unhappy, be joyful for us all, come rejoice with me these subsequent few years.”
Mustaine stated the farewell can be a celebration of the band’s influence: “We began a musical model, we began a revolution, we modified the guitar world and the way it’s performed, and we modified the world. The bands I performed in have influenced the world. I like you all for it. Thanks for all the things.”
Megadeth was shaped in 1983 by Mustaine after his dismissal from Metallica. Teaming up with bassist David Ellefson, Mustaine got down to create a quicker, extra technically aggressive model of heavy steel, serving to to pioneer the rising thrash steel motion. Their debut album Killing Is My Enterprise… and Enterprise Is Good! got here out in 1985, establishing their uncooked velocity and ferocity.
The band shortly refined their sound with Peace Sells… however Who’s Shopping for? in 1986, which turned a defining report in steel historical past. All through the late Eighties and early Nineteen Nineties, Megadeth launched a string of influential albums, together with So Far, So Good… So What! in 1988, Rust in Peace in 1990, and Countdown to Extinction in 1992, cementing their popularity as considered one of thrash steel’s “Large 4” alongside Metallica, Slayer, and Anthrax.
Regardless of quite a few lineup adjustments and Mustaine‘s struggles with substance abuse, Megadeth maintained a prolific output, experimenting with extra accessible and radio-friendly materials within the mid-to-late Nineteen Nineties with albums like Youthanasia in 1994 and Cryptic Writings in 1997, earlier than returning to a heavier model within the 2000s.
Following Mustaine‘s restoration from an arm damage that just about ended his profession, the band skilled a resurgence with releases comparable to The System Has Failed in 2004, Endgame in 2009, and the Grammy-winning Dystopia in 2016.
