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After 40-plus years, Dave Mustaine is ready to put Megadeth to rest. The thrasher announced plans for a final album and tour, and revealed a memoir is on the way. Mustaine posted the announcement via his alter ego, Vic Rattlehead. The new album, titled The End Is Near, will arrive …

In January 2000, Megadeth issued a press release announcing that longtime lead guitarist Marty Friedman had left the band, mid-tour, “to pursue other musical interests.” According to MTV, frontman Dave Mustaine praised Friedman as “an incredible player” and a “keystone” in the thrash-metal band. Behind the scenes, Friedman’s departure was …

More than a year after Dave Mustaine ended his contract with manager Cory Brennan, the Megadeth frontman has agreed to pay Brennan more than $1.4 million as a settlement. Mustaine still has a pending countersuit against Brennan. Brennan and his company, 5B Artist Management, sued Mustaine in June of last …

Last week, both Peter Frampton and Megadeth canceled concerts scheduled just two days apart at Virginia Credit Union Live in Richmond, Virginia. While onstage in Philadelphia a few days later, Frampton threw Megadeth under the bus with claims that the show couldn’t go on due to structural damage sustained during …

Megadeth‘s lead guitarist Kiko Loureiro will miss the next leg of the band’s Crush The World tour in order to spend more time with his family. A statement shared on Instagram Tuesday confirmed that a temporary replacement will fill in for Loureiro during the group’s upcoming North American tour leg, …

Megadeth reunited with lead guitarist Marty Friedman, who played on the group’s platinum and multiplatinum Rust in Peace and Countdown to Extinction albums, among others, during their performance at Tokyo’s famed Budokan venue on Monday night. He joined the band toward the end of the set, which was livestreamed, for …

Megadeth will welcome back a long-estranged figure from their past at their upcoming, first-ever gig at Tokyo’s famed Budokan: Marty Friedman. The guitarist played on some of the band’s best-selling albums, including 1990’s Rust in Peace and 1992’s Countdown to Extinction. The Budokan concert, which will be livestreamed on Feb. …

After nearly 40 years of thrashing, Megadeth show no signs of slowing down with their new speed-metal single “Soldier On!,” the latest track off the heavy metal band’s upcoming LP The Sick, The Dying…And The Dead! Dave Mustaine said of the new track in a statement, “Coming to the realization …

Over a year after David Ellefson was dismissed from Megadeth following an online scandal involving sexually explicit text messages, the bassist spoke about his sudden departure in a new interview. “You find out who your friends are and you find out who your friends aren’t pretty fucking quick when the …

When Dave Mustaine looks back on making Countdown to Extinction, the 1992 album that propelled Megadeth into the mainstream, he’s thankful for his clarity of mind at the time. After years of alcohol and drug abuse, the eternally redheaded singer, guitarist, and songwriter had gotten sober before the making of …