Megadeth: Last News

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has revealed that their track ‘A Tout Le Monde’ was originally supposed to feature Lisa Marie Presley.The fan favourite song comes from the band’s 1994 album ‘Youthanasia’ – their most commercial sounding record at the time – and was originally sung by Mustaine alone.13 years later, the band revisited the track with the intention of re-recording it as a duet. This updated version was retitled ‘A Tout Le Monde (Set Me Free)’, and appeared on their 2007 album ‘United Abominations’ featuring Lacuna Coil singer Cristina Scabbia.In a newly recirculated interview with Metal Hammer, Mustaine revealed that Scabbia wasn’t the first person he approached to appear on the new version of the song.

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has launched a new wine brand House Of Mustaine alongside the rest of his family.The endeavour will blend music, culture and fine winemaking and will see the singer work alongside his relatives Pamela Mustaine as president, Electra Mustaine as vice president and sommelier and Justis Mustaine.Based in Nashville, House Of Mustaine will draw grapes from vineyards in Italy, California and emerging regions around the world and will make use of “purist techniques” alongside “modern innovation”.The company has its roots in Megadeth’s collaboration with the San Diego Symphony, which inspired the 2013 Symphony Interrupted Cabernet Sauvignon. The family has now developed a total of ten small-batch limited edition wines, each one named after one of the band’s songs.There will be two events held in Nashville to celebrate the launch of the brand, with Electra and Pamela hosting a reception and tasting menu at the Italian restaurant Yolan with a range of selection of House of Mustaine’s Marche collection.

Slayer‘s Kerry King has opened up about his relationship with Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine, saying he “can’t help but stick his foot in his mouth”.King – who briefly played with Megadeth alongside Mustaine back in 1985 – appeared as a guest on the Lipps Service with Scott Lipps podcast and discussed his relationship with the frontman, sharing that he always has time for him but chooses to “bolt” before long.“Mustaine’s cool, but Mustaine’s one of those guys that he can’t help but stick his foot in his mouth,” King told Lipps(via Blabbermouth). “So, I’ll take my 20 minutes and I’ll bolt just before anything gets uncomfortable.”A post shared by Kerry King (@kerrykingmusic)King also opened up about his relationship with Metallica – which saw Mustaine join in as a lead guitarist from 1981 until 1983.

Megadeth are back in the studio working on a new album.The thrash metal legends’ 17th album will be the follow-up to 2022’s ‘The Sick, The Dying and the Dead!’ but while frontman Dave Mustaine is in the studio already, his bandmates haven’t joined him yet.Mustaine gave an update on X/Twitter, writing: “Right now I’m in the studio working with Chris Rakestraw. And everybody else is gone.

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine once walked out of emergency neck surgery because Metallica’s manager had insulted him.The singer and guitarist shared the story during an appearance on Steve-O‘s Wild Ride! podcast, revealing that the situation arose during the 2010-2011 ‘Big Four’ tour that included the two bands, as well as Anthrax and Slayer.“I remember we were scheduled to play Yankee Stadium [in New York] with the Big Four concert the day that they found out I needed my neck to be fused together,” Mustaine explained.“And so I’m laying on the emergency table and my manager says, ‘Oh, Metallica’s manager called you a pussy because you’re going to get your neck fused together and you’re not going to come out here and play instead.’”Describing the comment as “a gutless thing to say”, Mustaine sat up from the surgeon’s table at the last possible moment, asked to be injected with “steroids and shit”, and went to play the show. “But it turned out great as far as healing is concerned,” he added.Mustaine required the surgery on two vertebrae after sustaining stenosis, which he attributes to decades of headbanging.

Muse, Green Day and Avenged Sevenfold leading the line-up.Taking place annually near the city centre of Oslo, next year’s instalment of the festival will take place between June 25 and June 28. Now, the first wave of artists booked to play have been announced, with four headliners confirmed to be playing at the site for the first time.On the first day of the event (Wednesday June 25), British rock icons Muse will be closing out the night with a headline slot on the main stage.

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine must reportedly pay his former manager over $1million in a new legal settlement.In court documents seen by Rolling Stone, Mustaine is set to pay Cory Brennan over $1.4million (£1.1million). This comes as Brennan’s company 5B Artist Management alleged that Mustaine “unexpectedly and unceremoniously terminated [5B], stating no reason for the termination.” Up until their termination, 5B had managed the legendary thrash metal band since 2014, and currently manages Slipknot, Lamb of God, and other metal heavyweights.In the complaint, 5B suggested that Mustaine wished for his son to manage him, further claiming that the singer, songwriter and guitarist did not pay them for several commissions on over 40 tour dates and merchandise.

Megadeth have performed ‘Liar’ live for the first time since 2006 – watch footage of the performance below.Last Friday (August 9), while performing in Inglewood California, the legendary Dave Mustaine-fronted thrash metal band broke out the ‘So Far, So Good… So What!’ song live for the first time in 18 years.The song, takeen off their 1988 third studio album, ranks among the least-performed tracks in the band’s repertoire – it has only been played live 10 times in the 2000s, 27 times in the 1990s, and 36 times in the 1980s.Before launching into the song, Mustaine asked the California crowd: “I have a question for you – I have a question for everyone tonight. How’d you like us to play a song that we have played in about 20 years.”Watch Megadeth perform ‘Liar’ below.In June, the band’s newest bassist James LoMenzo revealed that Megadeth are “actively” working on new music.

Slash has opened up about which metal bands he would consider to be his favourites.As you can tell from his style of playing, the guitar icon and Guns N’ Roses star is most famously a fan of blues and classic rock. In fact, he has a blues album on the way, ‘Orgy Of The Damned’, which will include a number of blues covers.However, in a new interview ahead of the release, the guitarist has opened up about other artists he is vibing with at the moment – in particular, those from the metal scene.Speaking on the YouTube channel Coffee With Ola, he was asked about what he has been listening to lately, to which he revealed he is mainly listening to older bands who have been sharing new material.“AC/DC had a new record that was really good, Queens of the Stone Age have got a new record,” he said, referring to the 2020 album ‘Power Up’ and last year’s ‘In Times New Roman…’ respectively.Going on, he went on to name some heavier artists, including the eco-conscious French metal band Gojira, and thrash veterans, Metallica, as some of his current favourites.“I love Gojira, it’s great, and the new Metallica record [‘72 Seasons’] is fucking amazing,” he explained.

David Ellefson has opened up about the sex scandal that led to him being fired from Megadeth.In 2021, allegations against the former Megadeth bassist surfaced after several explicit screenshots and videos – which Ellefson said were “some private and personal conversations and interactions” – were shared on social media with some claiming that he’d groomed an underage girl.Ellefson denied any wrongdoing at the time saying explicit text messages were between consenting adults and that the woman was not underage at the time.That same year, he filed revenge-porn charges against the person whom he alleged illegally leaked a video and screenshots that prompted the allegations against him, and he met police in Scottsdale, Arizona, pursue the charges.The situation has now been resolved and the ex-bassist took the time to reflect on the incident. “There’s two sides to it.

Foo Fighters, Queens Of The Stone Age, Royal Blood and Megadeth topping the bill.The rock and metal festival is due to take place from June 27-30, 2024 in Clisson, France, where The Offspring, Dropkick Murphys, Babymetal, Nova Twins, The Interrupters and many more will play.“We still have over 160 bands to announce by the end of the year,” HellFest said in a social media statement. “Be patient.

Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine kicked several security guards out of the band’s gig in Illinois earlier this week for harassing a fan.Mustaine had to directly address the security guards towards the end of the band’s set, as they were playing ‘Symphony Of Destruction’. He even went as far to stop the song, shouting at security: “Dudes, don’t be fucking hitting people. That is totally uncool.

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has revealed that has purchased a property in Italy and will be relocating to the country.According to Blabbermouth, during the band’s performance at the AMA Music Festival in Vicenza, Italy on Sunday (August 27) the singer told the crowd: “I have something very special I need to tell you guys… A couple of weeks ago I just bought a house in Italy. So think about that – you wake up tomorrow morning and you see me out your window, and I’m walking with my boxes. And you go, ‘Fuck, man, that looks like Dave Mustaine.

Megadeth drummer Dirk Verbeuren has performed his own take on The Killers‘ ‘Mr. Brightside’ after hearing the track for the first time.For a Drumeo series on YouTube, the thrash metal drummer was tasked with listening to a song – without drums – once before recreating the track’s drums. In this instance, Drumeo’s team selected The Killers’ ‘Mr.

Dave Mustaine is “still bitching” about getting kicked out of Metallica 40 years ago.Mustaine, Megadeth frontman and former guitarist for Metallica, was ousted from the latter band in 1983 due to problems with alcoholism, drug abuse and personal clashes with James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich.Mustaine formed Megadeth the same year, with Ellefson playing bass in the band from its inception through to 2002, and again from 2010 until 2021 before being sacked after claims emerged that he had groomed an underage girl online.He had denied any wrongdoing at the time, saying that explicit text messages were between consenting adults and that the woman was not underage when the encounters happened.He subsequently filed revenge-porn charges against the person whom alleged illegally leaked a video and screenshots that prompted the allegations.Ellefson has now reflected on the musicians’ respective firings in a new interview with online Brazilian show Heavy Talk, explaining how he personally handled the news that he was sacked from Megadeth.“I got one call: ‘You’re fired,’” he said [via Blabbermouth]. “And I said, ‘What the fuck, man?’ I said, ‘Some shitty fucking people just dropped a bomb on my house.

Megadeth will have a one-off reunion with their long-serving former guitarist, Marty Friedman, at their upcoming Tokyo show at the Nippon Budokan.Per a report from Rolling Stone, Friedman will join the band for their three-song encore at the February 27 show – marking his first time performing with the band in over 23 years. Friedman himself has lived in Tokyo for over 15 years, but Megadeth never performed at the Budokan while he was part of the line-up.In a statement to the publication, founding member and band leader Dave Mustaine described the imminent reunion as “like a gigantic birthday and Christmas present” for him.“When Marty said [he] can play at this gig, I thought, ‘This is so magnificent’,” he said.

Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine has said that he hopes to one day work with Metallica‘s James Hetfield again.In an interview with Andrew Daly of Vinyl Writer Music, the Megadeth frontman spoke about his approach to songwriting and his longevity in music.“Well, I have to think that my longevity might just be stubbornness,” he said. “I have been secretly hoping there’d be a day where James [Hetfield] and I can write together again.

Dave Mustaine’s throat cancer has revealed he co-wrote the lyrics to the Megadeth song ‘Dogs Of Chernobyl’.Dr. Anthony J.

Megadeth‘s Dave Mustaine has reflected on the “horrifying” climate that pervaded following news that David Ellefson had sexual encounters with a teenager.Ellefson, who was falsely accused of grooming an underage girl in 2021 and subsequently sacked from the thrash metal band, played bass in the group from its inception in 1983 through to 2002, and again from 2010 until 2021.He had denied any wrongdoing at the time, saying that explicit text messages were between consenting adults and that the woman was not underage when the encounters happened.

Megadeth and Killswitch Engage have been announced to headline next year’s Bloodstock festival.Both acts will perform at the bash, which is due to take place from August 10-13, 2023 at Catton Park, in Derbyshire.Making their first ever appearance at the festival, Killswitch Engage will headline the Ronnie James Dio main stage on Friday (August 11), while Megadeth will close the event on the same stage on Sunday (August 13).Other bands set to grace the stage next summer include Devildriver, Fit For An Autopsy, Knocked Loose, and Gatecreeper.Tickets to next year’s festival are on sale now and can be purchased here.This year’s event saw the likes of Behemoth, Mercyful Fate and Lamb Of God perform. The Kunts also appeared.Meanwhile, Megadeth recently shared their new single called ‘Soldier On!’.The song is the latest track taken from their upcoming new album, ‘The Sick…The Dying…And The Dead’, which arrives on September 2.Megadeth previously shared the first track from their new album, – ‘We’ll Be Back’.

Megadeth have today (August 12) shared a thundering new single called ‘Soldier On!’ – check it out below.The new song is the latest track taken from their upcoming new album, ‘The Sick…The Dying…And The Dead’, which arrives on September 2.Megadeth recently shared the first track from their new album, – ‘We’ll Be Back’. It is first record the band have released since vocalist Dave Mustaine recovered from throat cancer.The latest single opens with images of war and Frontman Dave Mustaine singing: “Of all the battles won and lost / The lives and treasures that it costs / I know I’ve got to soldier on / Watching mankind destroy itself / Walk straight into the mouth of hell / I know I’ve got to soldier on.”You can listen to the track here:Speaking about album, ‘The Sick, The Dying…And The Dead’, Mustaine said: “For the first time in a long time, everything that we needed on this record is right in its place.