{"id":52669,"date":"2025-11-25T17:05:55","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/megadeth-announces-new-2026-tour-dates-with-fellow-thrash-legends\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T17:05:55","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:05:55","slug":"megadeth-announces-new-2026-tour-dates-with-fellow-thrash-legends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/25\/megadeth-announces-new-2026-tour-dates-with-fellow-thrash-legends\/","title":{"rendered":"Megadeth Announces New 2026 Tour Dates With Fellow Thrash Legends"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/megadeth\/\" target=\"_blank\">Megadeth<\/a> has announced the first Canadian headlining dates of their upcoming farewell world tour.<\/p>\n<p>The thrash legends&#8217; romp through the Great White North will begin on Feb. 15 in Victoria, British Columbia, and end on March 6 in Quebec City. Fellow thrash giants <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/anthrax\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anthrax<\/a> and Exodus will provide support.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets go on sale to the general public on Friday. You can see the full list of dates below.<\/p>\n<h3>Megadeth&#8217;s Busy 2026: New Album and Tour Plans<\/h3>\n<p>Megadeth is gearing up for a busy 2026. The <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/dave-mustaine\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Mustaine<\/a>-fronted outfit will release its self-titled <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/megadeth-final-album-tour\/\" target=\"_blank\">final album<\/a> on Jan. 23.\u00a0<em>Megadeth<\/em> has been preceded by two singles so far \u2014 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/megadeth-tipping-point-video-lyrics\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tipping Point<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/megadeth-i-dont-care-lyrics\/\" target=\"_blank\">I Don&#8217;t Care<\/a>&#8221; \u2014 and will feature a <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/megadeth-final-album-ride-the-lightning\/\" target=\"_blank\">cover<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/metallica\" target=\"_blank\">Metallica<\/a>&#8216;s &#8220;Ride the Lightning,&#8221; which Mustaine cowrote\u00a0during his brief tenure in the band.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It wasn&#8217;t really that I wanted to do my version,&#8221; Mustaine recently told\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/dave-mustaine-megadeth-metallica-ride-the-lightning-album-1235456511\/\" target=\"_blank\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em>. &#8220;I think that we all wanted it to turn out a certain way, and for me, this was about something so much more than how a song turns out. It was about respect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ MORE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/loudwire.com\/metallica-dave-mustaine-songs-ranked\/\" target=\"_blank\">All 6 Metallica Songs Cowritten by Dave Mustaine Ranked Worst to Best<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Megadeth will promote their final album with a global farewell tour. So far they&#8217;ve announced 2026 headlining dates in Canada, Mexico and South America. They&#8217;ll also open for <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/tags\/iron-maiden\/\" target=\"_blank\">Iron Maiden<\/a> in North America and Europe and make a handful of festival appearances\u00a0on the latter continent.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s only the beginning.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re easily talking about touring for another three to five years,&#8221; the 64-year-old Mustaine recently told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kerrang.com\/megadeth-dave-mustaine-farewell-interview-thrash-metal-cover-story\" target=\"_blank\">Kerrang!<\/a><\/em>\u00a0&#8220;And if we&#8217;re going to be doing it for that long then, shit, I&#8217;ll be looking at the birthday I don&#8217;t even want to think about!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;\">Megadeth 2026 Canadian Tour Dates (With Anthrax and Exodus)<\/span><br \/>Feb. 15 &#8211; Victoria, BC @ Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre<br \/>Feb. 17 &#8211; Abbotsford, BC @ Rogers Forum<br \/>Feb. 18 &#8211; Kelowna, BC @ Prospera Place<br \/>Feb. 20 &#8211; Calgary, AB @ Scotiabank, Saddledome<br \/>Feb. 21 &#8211; Edmonton, AB @ Rogers Place<br \/>Feb. 24 &#8211; Saskatoon, SK @ SaskTel Centre<br \/>Feb. 25 &#8211; Winnipeg, MB @ Canada Life Centre<br \/>Feb. 28 &#8211; London, ON @ Canada Life Place<br \/>March 1 &#8211; Ottawa, ON @ Canadian Tire Centre<br \/>March 3 &#8211; Halifax, NS @ Scotiabank Centre<br \/>March 4 &#8211; Moncton, NB @ Avenir Centre<br \/>March 6 &#8211; Quebec City, QC @ Videotron Centre<\/p>\n<div class=\"photogallery-wrapper blog-photogallery \">\n<h2 class=\"photogallery-title\">Metal Snubs: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame&#8217;s Worst Omissions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"photogallery-description\">\n<p>The Hall still has a long way to go when it comes to metal.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"photogallery-credit\">Gallery Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/author\/bryanrolli\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bryan Rolli<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/rest\/carbon\/api\/scripts.js?mver=160&#038;gver=9&#038;bid=295&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fbtloader.com%2Ftag%3Fo%3D5642230212591616%26upapi%3Dtrue&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fcdn.p-n.io%2Fpushly-sdk.min.js%3Fdomain_key%3DmxuuNIMSzp6MHphJEoAGlLFQ3qmwQguzkGZl&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Ftownsquare.media%2Fpublic%2Fresources%2Fjs%2Fpubcid.min.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fplatform.twitter.com%2Fwidgets.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fapis.google.com%2Fjs%2Fplatform.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.facebook.net%2Fen_US%2Fsdk.js&#038;urls[]=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.pinterest.com%2Fjs%2Fpinit.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\" async defer data-osano=\"ESSENTIAL\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/ultimateclassicrock.com\/megadeth-2026-canadian-tour\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megadeth has announced the first Canadian headlining dates of their upcoming farewell world tour. 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