Megadeth Concert History

Megadeth is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by vocalist and guitarist Dave Mustaine. The group is known for complex guitar work and precise musicianship and is regarded as one of the big four bands of American thrash metal along with Slayer, Anthrax and Metallica. Its music features fast rhythm sections, dual lead guitars and lyrics addressing topics such as war, politics, religion, mortality and personal relationships.

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Upcoming Megadeth Tours & Concerts (Updated for 2026)

Date Concert Venue Location
Jul 31, 2026
Upcoming
Megadeth / Obituary

Altra Rocks 2026

Oktoberfest Grounds La Crosse, Wisconsin, United States
Aug 01, 2026
Upcoming
Megadeth / Obituary EPIC Event Center Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States
Aug 08, 2026
Upcoming
Megadeth

Sturgis Bike Rally

Buffalo Chip Sturgis, South Dakota, United States
Show Duplicate for Aug 08, 2026
Aug 22, 2026
Upcoming
Megadeth

Alaska State Fair

Borealis Theater Palmer, Alaska, United States
Aug 29, 2026
Upcoming
Iron Maiden / Megadeth / Anthrax

Run for Your Lives World Tour

Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Aug 30, 2026
Upcoming
Iron Maiden / Megadeth

Run for Your Lives World Tour

Scotiabank Arena Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Sep 03, 2026
Upcoming
Iron Maiden / Megadeth / Anthrax

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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Parc Jean-Drapeau Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Sep 05, 2026
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Iron Maiden / Megadeth / Anthrax

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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Sports Illustrated Stadium Harrison, New Jersey, United States
Sep 06, 2026
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Iron Maiden / Megadeth / Anthrax

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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Sports Illustrated Stadium Harrison, New Jersey, United States
Sep 09, 2026
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Iron Maiden / Megadeth

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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TD Garden Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Sep 11, 2026
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Iron Maiden / Megadeth

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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Jiffy Lube Live Bristow, Virginia, United States
Sep 12, 2026
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Iron Maiden / Megadeth

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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Truliant Ampitheater Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Show Duplicates for Sep 12, 2026
Sep 15, 2026
Upcoming
Iron Maiden / Megadeth

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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Hersheypark Stadium Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
Sep 17, 2026
Upcoming
Louder Than Life 2026 (Day 1 of 4)
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Highland Festival Grounds, Kentucky Exposition Center Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Sep 17, 2026 –
Sep 20, 2026
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Louder Than Life Festival 2026
My Chemical Romance / Iron Maiden / Ice Nine Kills / Jimmy Eat World / Bilmuri / Killswitch Engage / Loathe / Sleep Theory / Get Scared / Sunami / PRESIDENT / Bowling For Soup / Spite / Sabaton / Josey Scott / Chad Gray / Hot Mulligan / Dance Gavin Dance / Volumes / GWAR / Vana / The Pretty Reckless / Megadeth / Alice Cooper / Anthrax / Suicidal Tendencies / Metal Church / The Violent Hour / Pantera / Danzig / Machine Head / Mac Sabbath / Chained Saint / Rise Against / Alkaline Trio / Lit / The Ataris / Skillet / Starset / From Ashes to New / RED / The Rasmus / Adelitas Way / Zero 9:36 / Fit for a King / Currents / ERRA / Make Them Suffer / Like Moths to Flames / Cane Hill / Chelsea Grin / After the Burial / The Acacia Strain / Emmure / Born of Osiris / Thousand Below / Chained Saint / Elijah / Holy Wars / Signs Of The Swarm / Archers / King 810 / The Violent Hour / Dark Divine / Sent By Ravens / Set For Tomorrow / Pierce the Veil / A Day To Remember / The Used / Coheed and Cambria / Taking Back Sunday / Sleeping With Sirens / Cavalera / The Warning / Badflower / We The Kings / Palaye Royale / L.S. Dunes / Soulfly / Lacey Sturm / The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus / Holding Absence / Haywire / Ivri / Scene Queen / Caskets / Rain City Drive / Mushroomhead / Angel Du$t / Jeff Hardy / Wind Walkers / Twitching Tongues / Powerman 5000 / Butcher Babies / Nevertel / Dry Kill Logic / Koyo / Primer 55 / Missing Link / SHOWING TEETH / Earshot / 40 Below Summer / Gates to Hell / Death Valley Dreams / Sublime / BABYMETAL / Papa Roach / Halestorm / Circa Survive / In This Moment / Chiodos / Nothing More / Lindsey Stirling / Tom Morello / Kublai Khan TX / Coal Chamber / P.O.D. / Thursday / Set It Off / Blood For Blood / Orianthi / Boundaries / Agnostic Front / Alien Ant Farm / Bodysnatcher / The Funeral Portrait / Peelingflesh / Hail the Sun / Madball / Scary Kids Scaring Kids / The Barbarians of California / H₂O / Soil / Kami Kehoe / Icon for Hire / Codefendants / Texas Hippie Coalition / Emarosa / Gemini Syndrome / Shaman's Harvest / Fox Lake / Many Eyes / Tantric / TX2 / Diamante / Otherwise / Doobie / Heavy//Hitter / Tool / Gojira / Danny Elfman / The Prodigy / The Mars Volta / Mastodon / Black Label Society / Killswitch Engage / Ministry / Dethklok / Black Veil Brides / Underoath / Alexisonfire / Animals as Leaders / Thrice / The Home Team / Sleep Theory / Atreyu / Filter / Between The Buried And Me / Toadies / Escape the Fate / Jutes / Haste the Day / Holywatr / Locked Shut / I See Stars / The Word Alive / Emery / Maylene and the Sons of Disaster / Arrows in Action / Austin Carlile / The Pretty Wild / End It / Rivers of Nihil / 200 Stab Wounds / 156/Silence / Sace6 / Greyhaven / Aviana / He Is Legend / Vianova / Future Palace / Corpse Pile / Bodybox / Boltcutter / Resolve / Dreamwake / Billy McNicol / Limp Bizkit / Alissa White-Gluz Show all bands
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Highland Festival Grounds, Kentucky Exposition Center Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Sep 19, 2026
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Iron Maiden / Megadeth

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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Mystic Lake Amphitheater Shakopee, Minnesota, United States
Sep 22, 2026
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Iron Maiden / Megadeth

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre Tinley Park, Illinois, United States
Sep 25, 2026
Upcoming
Iron Maiden / Megadeth / Anthrax

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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BMO Stadium Los Angeles, California, United States
Sep 26, 2026
Upcoming
Iron Maiden / Megadeth / Anthrax

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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BMO Stadium Los Angeles, California, United States
Sep 27, 2026
Upcoming
Iron Maiden / Megadeth / Anthrax

Run for Your Lives

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BMO Stadium Los Angeles, California, United States
Sep 29, 2026
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Iron Maiden / Megadeth / Anthrax

Run for Your Lives World Tour

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Alamodome San Antonio, Texas, United States

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Sep 5, 2026
 Harrison, New Jersey, United States
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Sep 6, 2026
 Harrison, New Jersey, United States
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Sep 9, 2026
 Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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Nov 15, 2026
 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sep 17 - 20, 2026
 Louisville, Kentucky, United States
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Sep 29, 2026
 San Antonio, Texas, United States
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Sep 12, 2026
 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Sep 12, 2026
 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Sep 12, 2026
 Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
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Sep 19, 2026
 Shakopee, Minnesota, United States
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Sep 19, 2026
 Shakopee, Minnesota, United States
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Nov 13, 2026
 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Genres:

Rock
United States
Metal
Hard Rock
Album Oriented Rock (AOR)
Heavy Metal
Thrash Metal
Alternative Metal
Nu Metal
Speed Metal
Estados Unidos
California
Melodic
Thrash
NWOBHM
Old School Thrash
Political
Technical
Melodic Thrash
Angry
Metallica
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Latest Setlist (07/19/2026):

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  1. Tipping Point
  2. Skin o' My Teeth
  3. Hangar 18
  4. Sweating Bullets
  5. I Don't Care
  6. She-Wolf
  7. Puppet Parade
  8. Poison Was the Cure
  9. Mechanix
  10. Ride the Lightning
  11. Let There Be Shred
  12. Tornado of Souls
  13. Peace Sells
  14. Symphony of Destruction
  15. Holy Wars... The Punishment Due

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Concerts Per Year:

2026 84 concerts
2025 23 concerts
2024 70 concerts
2023 73 concerts
2022 93 concerts
2021 34 concerts
2020 31 concerts
2019 14 concerts
2018 31 concerts
2017 71 concerts
2016 117 concerts
2015 25 concerts
2014 66 concerts
2013 86 concerts
2012 115 concerts
2011 77 concerts
2010 136 concerts
2009 73 concerts
2008 86 concerts
2007 101 concerts
2006 39 concerts
2005 101 concerts
2004 30 concerts
2001 117 concerts
2000 84 concerts
1999 98 concerts
1998 131 concerts
1997 108 concerts
1995 136 concerts
1994 18 concerts
1993 60 concerts
1992 80 concerts
1991 115 concerts
1990 80 concerts
1989 1 concert
1988 136 concerts
1987 88 concerts
1986 84 concerts
1985 52 concerts
1984 16 concerts
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Comments & Reviews:

Jul 19, 2025

I saw a few years ago people asking about the set list for Megadeth on June 12, 1987 at the Santa Monica Civic. I never had a chance to dig out the old set list, which i do have, but for now, how about watching the show live that night? https://jbweinstock.com/videos/m... Enjoy!

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