by Seth Werkheiser | Dec 26, 2014 | News
It was just in September when Jason Newsted left the social media world, but now it seems that the Newsted project is definitely on hiatus. In a recent interview guitarist Mike Mushok (who plays with Staind) spoke about the status of Jason Newsted’s band: “The...
by Bram Teitelman | Sep 24, 2014 | News, Updates
Last year, former Metallica and Flotsam and Jetsam bassist Jason Newsted launched his first solo album as Newsted. One other thing he did in preparation for his solo career was to jump into social media for the first time. He was pretty active on Twitter and Facebook,...
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 Bram Teitelman | Feb 19, 2014 | News, Touring, Updates
[youtube]http://youtu.be/zF5iiMQLgaY[/youtube] Above, you can see Jason Newsted’s new video for “As the Crow Flies.” Speaking of flying though, it doesn’t look like the former Metallica bassist and his band will be making the trip to Australia...
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...