Eddie Trunk recently spoke with Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine on his SiriusXM radio show. The legendary thrash metal band announced its plans to retire earlier this year with a farewell album and tour.
Dave Mustaine won’t invite Megadeth members
During the show, Trunk asked Mustaine if he planned on inviting past members of Megadeth to perform at the last show & Mustaine replied, “No!”. Mustaine also stated that one previous member, David Ellefson had done something that was unforgivable and that it wouldn’t be fair to invite certain members and exclude others.
Mustaine’s son Justice, co-manages Dave’s career these days. When asked why he was ending Megadeth, he replied that it was due to bad health. He has dealt with significant physical issues, primarily severe spinal stenosis and herniated discs, leading to debilitating neck pain
Mustaine stated that he had a bad back and bad neck, and that he has severe arthritis in his hands, which hinders his performance. The legendary musician also said that this would be the end of his touring, but that he would still write & record music.
While the band have yet to reveal all the details of their farewell tour – except a handful of dates for 2026 – Mustaine shared in a chat with Metal Hammer that he would like for Megadeth’s final show to take place in space.
“I hope we’ll be playing up in space,” he revealed. “I think that will be a really fitting climax. And I’m not talking about on the side of a vomit comet. A gig on the Moon, a full moon landing, that would be cool. I saw they sent up a bunch of celebrities into space and I thought ‘Well, if them, why not me?’, you know?’
“I’m just watching how that all progresses. I know Elon Musk and Richard Branson were working on interstellar travel. I think people are going to be travelling to space a lot sooner than you think,” Mustaine continued. “People already travel over 40,000 feet altitude, and when you get to that kind of atmosphere you’re basically already in space.”
