Megadeth - Hibernation of the Nations

Megadeth will be back in France in 2027 for two exceptional concerts with Black Label Society and Testament. In January 2026, Dave Mustaine announced that Megadeth, the eponymous 17th album of his band founded in 1983, would be the last.

The "countdown to extinction" had begun: Megadeth then embarked on a long farewell tour. A leading figure of thrash and a member of the legendary Big 4, Megadeth has sold more than 50 million albums and converted millions of fans around the world. Peace Sells… But Who's Buying?

(ranked 8th? in Rolling Stone's "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time"), Rust In Peace and Countdown To Extinction have become genre classics.

With Dystopia (2017), Megadeth won a Grammy Award in the "Best Metal Performance" category, before making a thunderous debut at number one on the Billboard 200 with their latest album, Megadeth.

For 20 years, Megadeth has been a fixture on the Hellfest line-up (they even played two weeks in a row on the double edition in 2022). You can also relive their latest concert on replay on Arte.

Next stops: 21 March at the Zénith Paris – La Villette, where the band will finally return as headliners (after a completely sold-out Olympia in 2023), and 8 April at the Halle Tony Garnier in Lyon, where Dave Mustaine has not played since 2018.

It will be an opportunity for fans to sing along, and probably for the last time, to the famous À tout le monde, à tous mes amis… Testament, another thrash pioneer (already on the bill with Megadeth on the Clash of the Titans tour in 1990), will kick things off, followed by Black Label Society, the band of Zakk Wylde, long-time guitarist of Ozzy Osbourne.