by Bram Teitelman | Feb 21, 2014 | Cancellations, Touring, Updates
When we last checked in with Jason Newsted, he’d cancelled his plans to play at this weekend’s Soundwave Festival in Australia. Or had he? A tweet from the promoter said that the band’s gear had arrived in Brisbane, but a since-deleted message on the...
by Zach Shaw | Feb 9, 2014 | Cancellations, News
Megadeth found themselves in a bit of drama down under after Australian festival Soundwave’s organizers claimed the band requested that former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted’s band not play a show with them. Dave Mustaine was quick to deny that claim. However, in a...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 6, 2014 | News, Touring
Yesterday, the Metallica vs. Megadeth debate was dragged kicking and screaming back into the spotlight as Australian festival Soundwave’s Facebook page said that Megadeth requested that former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted’s band not play a show with...
by Bram Teitelman | Feb 5, 2014 | Beefs, Touring
From the look of the Big 4 shows a few years back, any bad blood between Metallica and Megadeth was water under the bridge. That seemed to be confirmed when Newsted was selected as one of the bands to play Megadeth’s Gigantour last year. However, according to...
by Matt Brown | Jan 20, 2014 | New(ish) Music, News, Releases
[youtube]http://youtu.be/DDFPe8dTPcY[/youtube] Back in 2006, Flotsam and Jetsam remixed and remastered their debut album Doomsday For The Deceiver (a.k.a. the one with Jason Newsted on it). Instead of doing the same for their sophomore album, the band just decided to...