Dave Mustaine of Megadeth has one last wish before retiring

Dave Mustaine believes that touring with both bands would “make everything right” between him and his former Metallica comrades, as per Loudwire. Mustaine gave a positive assessment of his time at Metallica in an interview with Revolver prior to the release of Megadeth‘s final album of the same name this Friday, January 23. He described Lars Ulrich as “a tremendous songwriter,” complimented James Hetfield’s guitar playing, and said that the inclusion of “Ride the Lightning” on Megadeth’s last album is his method of “closing the circle.“

I liked them. If the friendship was restarted, it wouldn’t bother me. I would accept and I think it would be nice to revisit some of those times. But I just think because there was a lot of hurt and misunderstanding around our time together that it would be difficult not to keep bringing up the past. I think what needs to happen is there needs to be a Megadeth [and] Me­tallica tour. Period. That would, I’m sure, make everything right. We could hang out. Spend time together. But I know they don’t really tour like we do. I mean, when we go out on tour, we play many, many shows.

Megadeth and Metallica only participated in the “Big Four” performances with Slayer and Anthrax in 2010 and 2011. Over those two years, they performed at thirteen gigs that were a celebration of thrash metal.
Before that, Megadeth and Metallica shared a single performance with Diamond Head and The Almighty at the Milton Keynes National Bowl in 1993.

Metallica and Megadeth have never done a proper tour together aside from those occasions.

The first leg of Megadeth‘s farewell tour begins on February 15 in Victoria, British Columbia, and their final record will be released on Friday, January 23. Get tickets and view all of the dates here.

Upcoming shows:

February 15 – Victoria, BC 
February 17 – Abbotsford, BC 
February 18 – Kelowna, BC 
February 20 – Calgary, AB 
February 21 – Edmonton, AB 
February 24 – Saskatoon, SK 
February 25 – Winnipeg, MB 
February 28 – London, ON 
March 01 – Ottawa, ON 
March 03 – Halifax, NS 
March 04 – Moncton, NB 
March 06 – Québec, QC

April 23 – Lima, PER – Costa 21 
April 25 – Bogota, COL – Movistar Arena 
April 27 – Bogota, COL – Movistar Arena 
April 30 – Buenos Aires, ARG 
May 02 – Sao Paulo, BRA – Espaco Unimed 
May 05 – Santiago, CHL – Movistar Arena 
May 06 – Santiago, CHL – Movistar Arena 
May 08 – Monterrey, MEX – Arena Monterrey 
May 10 – Mexico City, MEX – Arena Ciudad de Mexico 
May 13 – Guadalajara, MEX – Arena Guadalajara

June 07 – Gelsenkirchen, Germany 
June 10 – Hradec Kralove, CZE – Rock For People 
June 11 – Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg 
June 14 – Ferrara, ITA – Ferrara Summer Festival 
June 15 – Zurich, Switzerland June 16 – Vienna, Austria 
June 23 – Istanbul, Türkiye 
June 26 – Helsinki, FIN – Tuska Open Air Metal Festival 
June 28 – Almaty, Kazakhstan

With Iron Maiden:

August 29 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena 
August 30 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena 
September 03 – Montréal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau (with Anthrax) 
September 05 – Harrison, NJ – Sports Illustrated Stadium (with Anthrax) 
September 09 – Boston, MA – TD Garden 
September 11 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live 
September 12 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion 
September 15 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium 
September 19 – Shakopee, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater 
September 22 – Chicago, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre 
September 25 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium (with Anthrax) 
September 26 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium (with Anthrax) 
September 29 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome (with Anthrax)