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Megadeth Announces 2026 Canadian Tour Dates

November 26, 2025 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

The Press Release:
Following the January 23, 2026 release of their self-titled final studio album, MEGADETH will kick off their farewell tour in North America with a cross-country headline tour of Canada. The dates launch February 15 in Victoria, BC and include stops in Calgary, Winnipeg, and Ottawa before wrapping March 6 in Quebec City, QC. Concert-goers can expect to hear songs from the uncompromising metal titans’ extensive and prized body of work, along with tracks from the new album. MEGADETH will be joined by Anthrax and Exodus for these dates.

Leading up to the new album, MEGADETH—Mustaine, Teemu Mäntysaari (Lead, Rhythm, and Acoustic Guitars), James LoMenzo (Bass Guitar) and Dirk Verbeuren (Drums)—have released two tracks: “I Don’t Care” out November 14 (watch the video HERE and listen to the song HERE); and “Tipping Point,” the album’s first single (watch the video HERE and listen to the song HERE). MEGADETH have also announced a very special bonus track from the album: a reimagined version of “Ride The Lightning,” which MUSTAINE co-wrote with Metallica’s James Hetfield, Cliff Burton, and Lars Ulrich and was the title track from the group’s 1984 album.
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Iron Maiden Announces “Run For Your Lives” North American Tour Dates

October 23, 2025 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

The Press Release:
IRON MAIDEN today announces the highly anticipated North American dates of their critically acclaimed RUN FOR YOUR LIVES WORLD TOUR. In celebration of their 50th Anniversary, the band will be performing at stadiums and major amphitheaters across the United States and Canada, allowing fans the chance to witness the brand new, state-of-the-art production, on the scale it is intended for – huge stages in outdoor venues, to accompany the once-in-a-lifetime setlist of songs from the band’s groundbreaking first nine albums. They will also headline America’s biggest rock festival, Louder Than Life at the Highland Festival Grounds in Kentucky on 17th September 2026.

Steve Harris says, “We are greatly looking forward to bringing this RUN FOR YOUR LIVES TOUR to North America and hope the fans enjoy seeing the show and hearing the set list as much as we do playing it. It’s an added bonus to have a few of our good friends on the tour with us. MEGADETH are playing all the shows and it’s an honour to have them join us on their last ever tour. We also have Anthrax with us on the bigger shows, we had a great time with them when they came out with us on Ed Force One around the world in 2016. We’re delighted to have both bands with us for this tour and know our fans will enjoy seeing them.”
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Black Sabbath Announces “Back To The Beginning: Ozzy’s Final Bow” Live-Streaming Event

June 6, 2025 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

By now you’ve likely heard about the very last, final performance of Black Sabbath with the original lineup and Ozzy Osbourne’s own farewell to the live concert stage. It was back in February when the Metal World learned about the “Back To The Beginning” show in a post you can reference by clicking HERE and now with the event completely sold out there is some additional news to help broadcast. Read on.

The Announcement:
The stadium may be sold out, but the world is invited… you asked, and your prayers have been answered 🔥 “Back To The Beginning: Ozzy’s Final Bow” will be streamed worldwide on 5th July! And if that’s not enough, the full set will be available to watch on demand for 48 hours after the show. If you missed out on tickets for the huge lineup at Villa Park, you don’t have to miss out on being a part of music history. Get your livestream ticket now at backtothebeginning.com (linked below)
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Black Sabbath Announces “Back To The Beginning” The Final Show with Original Lineup

February 5, 2025 Ken Pierce Leave a comment

In some shocking but also quite awesome early morning news, the legendary Black Sabbath, founding fathers of this Heavy Metal stuff, announced a special one-off performance called “Back To The Beginning”. This final show will at long last reunite all of the original founding members of Sabbath in a literally star-studded day of Metal.

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Anthrax & Black Label Society @ Wellmont Theater

Anthrax and Black Label Society bring that co-headlining show to Monclair, NJ for a show at the Wellmont Theater. They’ll be joined by Exodus so you know you don’t want to miss a moment of the Metal.

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