{"id":306049,"date":"2025-12-09T01:09:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-09T01:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/306049\/"},"modified":"2025-12-09T01:09:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-09T01:09:11","slug":"megadeth-is-calling-it-quits-because-of-dave-mustaines-physical-limitations-and-arthritis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/306049\/","title":{"rendered":"Megadeth is Calling It Quits Because of Dave Mustaine&#8217;s Physical Limitations and Arthritis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If there\u2019s one thing certain in life, it\u2019s that time and gravity always win. Sooner or later, our mortal shells break down and it\u2019s game over. Sadly, the reality of getting older turns out to be a major reason behind Megadeth\u2019s final curtain call and frontman Dave Mustaine calling it quits.<\/p>\n<p>During a recent appearance on SiriusXM\u2019s Trunk Nation With Eddie Trunk (transcribed by <a href=\"https:\/\/blabbermouth.net\/news\/dave-mustaine-explains-why-megadeths-upcoming-album-and-tour-will-be-the-bands-last\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Blabbermouth<\/a>), Mustaine revealed that a major catalyst for the band supposed farewell tour and final self-titled album was his arthritic hands and other ailments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt had been a long time coming \u2014 just physical stuff that was going on with my hands\u2026 My hands were letting me down. And there were other things that were difficult because of all the stuff going on in my neck and my trunk. All that area there has arthritis and it has discs that are bulging. I\u2019ve got a broken lumbar bone. Of course, you know I have my back fused, up by my shoulders, by my neck. And just a lot of stuff.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>At 64 years old, Mustaine certainly isn\u2019t the spry young man he used to be. Honestly, I give the dude props for knowing when to walk away before things got too painful or the quality of his work degraded too much.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mustaine, the idea of quitting while you\u2019re ahead was always on his mind.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always said when it got to the point where I was unable to give a hundred percent every night, that\u2019s when I was gonna start considering winding down. And it wasn\u2019t that I was unable to give a hundred percent, because we finished the record, and I think we did a good job on it, but there was a period when we were working and I said to my manager, I said, \u2018I don\u2019t know how much longer I can do this. My hands are really hurting.\u2019 And I didn\u2019t mean to set the ball rolling. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHonestly, I just was making conversation, and it turned into me talking to the band guys and sleeping on it and talking to my family and praying on it. And the answer was clear to me that by the time we\u2019re done with the record, I\u2019m gonna know how the record\u2019s gonna do. If the record does really well, then I\u2019ll be able to have one last really good tour. And the part about the farewell thing, it\u2019s kind of like the same thing, isn\u2019t it? We\u2019ve got some dates that we wanna play to say goodbye to our friends.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>That final bush to \u201csay goodbye to our friends\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.metalsucks.net\/2025\/11\/12\/megadeths-long-goodbye-could-last-three-to-five-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">will apparently take a few years<\/a>, so there should be plenty of time to catch Mustaine and co. before it\u2019s all over. The band already has a number of tour dates lined up, which you can check out below.<\/p>\n<p>Megadeth Farewell Tour Dates<\/p>\n<p>1\/17 La Vergne, TN Let There Be Shred: Immersive Listening Event<br \/>2\/15 Victoria, BC Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre<br \/>2\/17 Abbotsford, BC Rogers Forum<br \/>2\/18 Kelowna, BC Prospera Place<br \/>2\/20 Calgary, AB Scotiabank Saddledome<br \/>2\/21 Edmonton, AB Rogers Place<br \/>2\/24 Saskatoon, SK SaskTel Centre<br \/>2\/25 Winnipeg, MB Canada Life Centre<br \/>2\/28 London, ON Canada Life Place<br \/>3\/1 Ottawa, ON Canadian Tire Centre<br \/>3\/3 Halifax, NS Scotiabank Centre<br \/>3\/4 Moncton, NB Avenir Centre<br \/>3\/6 Qu\u00e9bec City, QC Videotron Centre<br \/>4\/23 Lima, Peru Costa 21<br \/>4\/26 Bogot\u00e1, Colombia Movistar Arena<br \/>4\/27 Bogot\u00e1, Colombia Movistar Arena<br \/>4\/30 Buenos Aires, Argentina TBD<br \/>5\/10 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Ciudad de Mexico<br \/>5\/11 Mexico City, Mexico Arena Ciudad de Mexico<br \/>5\/13 Guadalajara, Mexico Arena Guadalajara<br \/>5\/2 S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil Espaco Unimed<br \/>5\/4 Santiago, Chile Movistar Arena<br \/>5\/5 Santiago, Chile Movistar Arena<br \/>5\/8 Monterrey, Mexico Arena Monterrey<br \/>6\/10 Hradec Kr\u00e1lov\u00e9, Czechia Rock For People \u2013 Park 360<br \/>6\/11 Luxembourg, LUX Rockhal<br \/>6\/14 Ferrara, Italy Ferrara Summer Festival \u2013 Piazza Ariostea<br \/>6\/15 Zurich, SWI Halle 622<br \/>6\/16 Vienna, AUT Gasometer<br \/>6\/2 Hanover, Germany Heinz von Heiden Arena<br \/>6\/23 Istanbul, TUR K\u00fc\u00e7\u00fck\u00c7iftlik Park<br \/>6\/26 Helsinki, Finland Suvilahti \u2013 TUSKA<br \/>6\/28 Almaty, KAZ Spartak Stadium<br \/>6\/7 Gelsenkirchen, GER Amphitheater<br \/>8\/29 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena<br \/>8\/30 Toronto, ON Scotiabank Arena<br \/>9\/11 Bristow, VA Jiffy Lube Live<br \/>9\/12 Charlotte, NC PNC Music Pavilion<br \/>9\/15 Hershey, PA Hersheypark Stadium<br \/>9\/19 Shakopee, MN Mystic Lake Amphitheater<br \/>9\/22 Tinley Park, IL Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre<br \/>9\/25 Los Angeles, CA BMO Stadium<br \/>9\/26 Los Angeles, CA BMO Stadium<br \/>9\/29 San Antonio, TX Alamodome<br \/>9\/3 Montr\u00e9al, QC Parc Jean Drapeau<br \/>9\/5 Harrison, NJ Sports Illustrated Stadium<br \/>9\/6 Harrison, NJ Sports Illustrated Stadium<br \/>9\/9 Boston, MA TD Garden<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If there\u2019s one thing certain in life, it\u2019s that time and gravity always win. 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