Editing Megadeth (section)

===2023–present: Kiko Loureiro's departure and upcoming seventeenth studio album===
On September 6, 2023, it was announced that lead guitarist [[Kiko Loureiro]] would temporarily be leaving the North American portion of the tour and that he would be replaced by [[Teemu Mäntysaari]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/megadeth-kiko-loureiro-pulls-out-tour-temporary-replacement-announced-1234819072/|title=Megadeth's Kiko Loureiro Pulls Out of Tour, Temporary Replacement Announced|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|first=Charisma|last=Madarang|date=September 6, 2023|accessdate=November 25, 2023}}</ref> On November 20, 2023, Mäntysaari joined Megadeth as their lead guitarist, after Loureiro announced he would be extending his absence from the band.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 20, 2023 |title=DAVE MUSTAINE: We Will Move Forward With TEEMU MÄNTYSAARI As Guitar Player For MEGADETH|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/dave-mustaine-we-will-move-forward-with-teemu-maantysari-as-guitar-player-for-megadeth |access-date=November 25, 2023|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |language=en}}</ref> Loureiro said in a November 28, 2023, podcast interview that he was no longer in the band.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/kiko-loureiro-opens-up-about-decision-to-leave-megadeth |title=KIKO LOUREIRO Opens Up About His Decision To Leave MEGADETH |date=November 29, 2023|access-date=November 30, 2023|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref> Loureiro explained his departure in a January 2024 interview with ''[[Guitar World]]'', saying: “I had two viable options: to be in Megadeth or not. I chose my personal life. No regrets”.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Andrew|last=Daly |date=January 10, 2024 |title="I had two viable options: to be in Megadeth or not. I chose my personal life. No regrets": Kiko Loureiro opens up on what he meant by "freedom," how he trained up his replacement, and why he suggested Marty Friedman should return |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/kiko-loureiro-megadeth-departure |access-date=May 20, 2024 |website=[[Guitar World]] |language=en}}</ref>

In a December 2023 interview on ''The SDR Show'', Mustaine revealed his intention to release at least three more studio albums as Megadeth, with the first to be released in 2025: "If it takes two years between an album — let's just say it does, if I'm able to put them out fast — it'll probably be three years, but let's just say it's two years. And I put an album out. We've still got about a year left on this one, at least. So that'll take us into '25."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/megadeths-dave-mustaine-i-see-myself-living-till-im-in-my-80s-or-maybe-90s |title=MEGADETH's DAVE MUSTAINE: 'I See Myself Living Till I'm In My 80s Or Maybe 90s' |date=December 15, 2023|access-date=December 30, 2023 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref>