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Ministry Announces Final Album and Farewell Tour

Al Jourgensen is ending the Ministry project through a politically charged final record followed by a planned farewell touring cycle.

Overview

  • The band announced on Friday that Hate To Go (Take Out Or Delivery), Ministry’s 17th and final studio album, will be released Oct. 30 on Cleopatra Records.
  • The lead single and Joshua Bradford-directed video for “Burned Out” was released with the announcement and features topical samples and lyrics that critique government, corporate power and recent global events.
  • Longtime collaborator Paul Barker returns for a final contribution on the album closer “We’re Still Here,” framing the record as an intentional endpoint for the project.
  • Ministry published the full tracklist and multiple physical formats for preorder, including several vinyl variants and box-set packages, and said limited U.S. dates remain for 2026 with a full North American run to be announced.
  • An international Goodbye Europe tour with Die Krupps begins April 2, 2027, and European dates will offer special fan experiences; Jourgensen’s statement that he is retiring the project signals a formal wind-down of Ministry’s decades-long influence on industrial music.