Al Jourgensen already knows how the last Ministry show ends. It's set for October 30, 2027 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California, exactly a year after the band's final album, and he expects the night to turn into "a procession of just people saying goodbye," with musicians he influenced coming up to jam. He also says he'll be home before anyone gets let backstage. Sonic Temple on May 16 was one of the first 2027 dates booked on the farewell run, next to an overseas leg with Die Krupps that starts in April. Jourgensen told Revolver he's looking forward to it "because it's the last tour," and he told Loudwire he's at peace with the end and plans to go raise goats.
The arc he's closing out is a long one. Jourgensen started in Chicago with 1983's synth-pop-flavored With Sympathy, then made the band louder and nastier through 1988's The Land of Rape and Honey, 1989's The Mind Is a Terrible Thing to Taste and 1992's Psalm 69, piling on metallic guitars, processed thrash beats and samples that skewered politicians. Hopiumforthemasses arrived in 2024. The finale, Hate to Go (Take Out Or Delivery), came out on Cleopatra Records on October 30, 2026, with former bassist Paul Barker turning up on "We're Still Here."