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Megadeth Want Big Four Reunion

Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine keeps asking Slayer to "come out of retirement" for a one-off "Big Four" show. The 61-year-old musician has been trying to tempt the 'Raining Blood' band - whose their farewell tour ended...

Dave Mustaine's Oncologist Co-wrote Dogs Of Chernobyl

Dave Mustaine's oncologist co-wrote Megadeth's ‘Dogs Of Chernobyl’.Dr. Anthony J. Cmelak of Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Centre has revealed that after he treated the guitarist for throat cancer in 2019, he was given a songwriting...

Dave Mustaine Vows To Keep Playing Guitar Until He Can't Anymore

Dave Mustaine won't hang up his guitar until he physically can't play anymore.The Megadeth axe-slayer battled throat cancer in 2019, and even when he was going through chemotherapy and radiotherapy, he was still working on...

Dave Mustaine Wouldn't Let Cancer Stop Him Playing Guitar

Dave Mustaine wasn't going to let cancer impact his guitar playing after a doctor told him he would lose "80 per cent use of his arm" to a previous hand injury.In 2002, the Megadeth rocker...

Megadeth Frontman Dave Mustaine 'Predicted Real-life Events'

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine has predicted real-life events in his songwriting.The band is back with a new album called ‘The Sick, the Dying ... and the Dead!', and Dave explained that the title track was...

David Ellefson Is 'Content And Happy' After Megadeth Exit

David Ellefson is "perfectly content and happy" after his departure from Megadeth.The 56-year-old musician - who was a founding member of the band before his exit in May this year - vehemently denied allegations he...

Dave Mustaine Confirms Megadeth Has Re-recorded David Ellefson's Bass Parts

Megadeth has re-recorded David Ellefson's bass parts for the upcoming album.Frontman Dave Mustaine has confirmed the group has replaced the musician's tracks for the release following his exit from the band in May.Speaking to a...

David Ellefson Fired From Megadeth Over Grooming Allegations

David Ellefson has parted ways with Megadeth following grooming allegations made against him.The 56-year-old musician has profusely denied claims he allegedly groomed a girl online after explicit screenshots and video footage surfaced online earlier this...

Korn, Megadeth And More Set To Rock Download Festival 2022

Korn, Megadeth and Deftones have been added to the line-up for Download Festival 2022.The 2021 event was axed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but after it was confirmed that KISS, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro...

Megadeth Close To Completing New Album

Megadeth are just hours away from finishing their new album.The thrash metal titan's bassist David Ellefson has revealed the follow-up to 2016's 'Dystopia' is in "the final hours getting everything done".He told Rock Music Star:...

Megadeth To Play Download 2021

Megadeth are among the latest bands confirmed to play Download Festival 2021.The legendary metal extravaganza will return next summer, between June 4 and June 6, after it was called off this summer due to the...

Megadeth, Trivium, And Stone Sour Sign Up For Slay At Home Lockdown Festival

Megadeth, Trivium, and Stone Sour are among the bands who have signed up for a new digital festival, Slay At Home. The free-to-watch event, which carries the tagline ''a virtual metal music and art festival'',...

Megadeth Ready To Record New Album Once Coronavirus Lockdown Is Over

Megadeth have got all the songs ready to be recorded for their next album once the coronavirus pandemic is over.The thrash metal band's bassist David Ellefson has revealed that they are set to enter the...

Six Unexpected Things Musicians Are Doing To Help While Quarantined

Plenty of artists have been donating money to various organisations, and plenty more have been taking part in virtual concert series as we all do our best to navigate the uncertain, isolating waters of the...

Top Seven Megadeth Albums

If you know absolutely anything about thrash metal then the name Megadeth probably isn't new to you. Alongside Metallica, Slayer and Anthrax they make up the fabled Big Four of thrash metal, and are hailed...

Ex-megadeth Drummer Nick Menza Dies On Stage After Massive Heart Attack

Former drummer for Megadeth Nick Menza has died suddenly following a collapse on stage in Los Angeles where he was performing a show with his band OHM. He was just 51-years-old, and while he hasn't...

Dave Mustaine Urges Axl Rose To Include Steven Adler & Izzy Stradlin In Guns N' Roses Get Together

Rose will hit the stage with Slash and Duff MCKagan at this year's (Apr16) Coachella festival in California, but it is not officially known who will be joining the trio. Reports suggest...

Dave Mustaine Fires Guitar Technician After Disastrous Australian Gig

The furious heavy rocker took to social media on Thursday (22Oct15) to apologise to fans at the concert, insisting they deserve "way better" that "what this jerk-off did tonight". Mustaine doesn't go...

Brazilian Guitar Great Kiko Loureiro Joins Megadeth

The former Angra star joins Lamb of God's Chris Adler as the group's new recruits following the departures of Shawn Drover and Chris Broderick at the end of last year (14). Welcoming...

Lamb Of God Star To Replace Shawn Drover In Megadeth

Dave Mustaine has confirmed the rock news in a statement, revealing Adler will sit behind the drums for the band's 15th album. The frontman says, "Chris is a tremendous talent and an...

Dave Mustaine Treats Former Deaf Fan To First Rock Show

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine arranged a special trip for a deaf woman who regained her hearing so she could experience her first ever rock show.Sarah Churman, who suffered severe hearing impairment since birth, became an...

George Jones Honoured By The Stars Of Country At Nashville Tribute Concert

The great George Jones was honoured by some of the biggest names in country and western music this week, as the stars came out in force to the George Jones Tribute Concert at Nashville's Bridgestone...

Nashville Pays Its Respects To The Late George Jones With Star-studded Concert

The late, great George Jones was honored this Friday at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena Friday. The night was originally intended to celebrate the country icon’s retirement, but after his death last April, it was held as...

More Than 100 Artists Honour George Jones At Tribute Show

More than 100 artists including Garth Brooks, Dierks Bentley, Kid Rock, Megadeth and Brad Paisley took to the stage in Nashville, Tennessee on Friday night (22Nov13) to honour late country legend George Jones.The date at...

Slayer's Jeff Hanneman Dead At 49: Guitarist Dies Of Liver Failure

Slayer guitarist and songwriter Jeff Hanneman is dead at 49 after suffering liver failure. The revered musician died on Thursday (May 2, 2013) at the Hemet Valley Medical Center near his home in South California's...

Slayer Guitarist Jeff Hanneman Dies

Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman has died aged 49.The heavy metal rocker succumbed to liver failure in a Californian hospital on Thursday (02.05.13), two years after contracting a rare skin disease, leaving his bandmates ''devastated''.Jeff -...

Dave Mustaine Opens Soup Kitchen In Haiti

Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine is fulfilling his New Year's resolution to be more charitable by funding a soup kitchen in Haiti.The rocker recently vowed to change his life and do more for those in need,...

Metallica To Perform Black Album In Full At Download Festival 2012

Download Festival is now in its tenth year and to celebrate the milestone, the festival has announced that they are adding a further fourteen acts to the line-up. Joining the headliners Metallica; Black Sabbath and...

Dave Mustaine Risked Paralysis At Big Four Show

Heavy metal star Dave Mustaine risked paralysis by pressing ahead with Megadeth's concert in New York on Wednesday (14Sep11) - because he needed urgent surgery to fix a painful neck injury.The headbanging rocker played through...

Metallica And The Big 4 Open Soniphere

Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax appeared on stage together in England last night (08.07.11). The 'Big 4' of heavy metal joined forces at the Sonisphere festival in Knebworth, Southern England, to play a cover of...

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