Dirk Verbeuren of Megadeth reveals that the band will probably release some official live footage from the farewell tour

Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren discussed the band’s recently released final album and ongoing “farewell” tour, which is anticipated to span several years, in a recent interview with Stefan Nilsson of Roppongi Rocks, as per Blabbermouth. Dirk made this statement after Nilsson mentioned that Megadeth’s current lineup, which includes Verbeuren, guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari, and bassist James LoMenzo, is “brilliant” and raised the prospect of recording a live version of the farewell tour.

Yeah, it’s true. We do get along really well. I do think we have a really good relationship in the band. I think we all understand our roles and how we can best fulfil those roles and support each other and mostly support Dave because, obviously, he has the entire weight of Megadeth and Megadeth’s history on his shoulders. We’re kind of there to help with that and support him. His linebackers, if you will. I think we all do that really well. It’s been increasingly fun in the years that I’ve been in the band. I think I’m having more fun now than ever before playing with the guys. It is obviously a huge honor playing with such amazing musicians. I just really take every day and just look at my job and go, ‘Wow, I can’t believe I’m doing this.’ That’s pretty cool.

Regarding the possibility of a new live Megadeth record, the 51-year-old drummer, who was born in Belgium and currently resides in Los Angeles, stated this.

I’m pretty sure we’ll probably do a live record. I don’t see why we wouldn’t. We have plenty of opportunities to record. I think it would be cool. I hope we do. It would be great to have maybe a career retrospective type of live record where we record several shows and make sure there is a big variety of songs on there, because we have way too many songs than we can put in a live set that we wanna play. I think that right now we have somewhere between 40 and 50 songs that we know, that we are always, more or less, ready to play. And that’s not even mentioning anything from the new album. We have already played ‘Tipping Point’ and ‘I Don’t Care’ live. Those and ‘Let There Be Shred’ would be on the setlist coming up, I would imagine. So, yeah, hopefully, a live record. That would be great.

Upcoming shows:

• March 01 – Ottawa, ON – Canadian Tire Centre
• March 03 – Halifax, NS – Scotiabank Centre
• March 04 – Moncton, NB – Avenir Centre
• March 06 – Québec, QC – Videotron Centre
• 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
• August 29 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena (With Iron Maiden)
• August 30 – Toronto, ON – Scotiabank Arena (With Iron Maiden)
• September 03 – Montréal, QC – Parc Jean-Drapeau (with Anthrax) (With Iron Maiden)
• September 05 – Harrison, NJ – Sports Illustrated Stadium (with Anthrax) (With Iron Maiden)
• September 09 – Boston, MA – TD Garden (With Iron Maiden)
• September 11 – Bristow, VA – Jiffy Lube Live (With Iron Maiden)
• September 12 – Charlotte, NC – PNC Music Pavilion (With Iron Maiden)
• September 15 – Hershey, PA – Hersheypark Stadium (With Iron Maiden)
• September 19 – Shakopee, MN – Mystic Lake Amphitheater (With Iron Maiden)
• September 22 – Chicago, IL – Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre (With Iron Maiden)
• September 25 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium (with Anthrax) (With Iron Maiden)
• September 26 – Los Angeles, CA – BMO Stadium (with Anthrax) (With Iron Maiden)
• September 29 – San Antonio, TX – Alamodome (with Anthrax) (With Iron Maiden)