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The 2013 Gigantour trek will be minus a band for at least a week. Newsted revealed they are bowing out of the run as frontman and band namesake Jason Newsted has stated that he is under the weather and has been ordered to give it a rest.

Theo Wargo / Daniel Boczarski, Getty Images Black Sabbath continued their seemingly unstoppable momentum, as the revered Brit band received the Best Album trophy for '13' at last night's (June 17) Metal Hammer Golden Gods Awards ceremony. The celebration, which took place at London's Indigo 2, also had the icons winning for Best UK Band. Rock legends were a huge theme at the event, as Motorhead al

Life on the road can lead to surprising and highly anticipated collaborations, and the upcoming Gigantour will feature a trip down memory lane with Dave Mustaine and Jason Newsted. The former Metallica members, who were part of the band during different periods, are in cahoots to play a song from the metal band's laundry list of hit songs. As for the actual track, that choice may be up to the fans

Chophouse Jason Newsted teased some great hard rocking music earlier this year with the release of his self-titled band's 'Metal' EP, but that was just the beginning. Brace yourselves and strap in as Newsted are back with new album called 'Heavy Metal Music' and a propulsive new song called 'Heroic Dose,' as heard below...

Newsted Band Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted's latest project, his band Newsted, is gearing up for a summer album release, and is about to hit the road on an intimate club tour. The band recently announced that guitarist Mike Mushok of Staind fame had joined their ranks ...

Jason Newsted is in the fourth decade of his career as a full-time musician and he's not showing any signs of slowing down. "I'm spending 90 minutes a night on my Facebook page answering each and every message I get there from the fans. I'm a people person...

Newsted "The lyrics for 'Soldierhead' deal with what I would imagine would go through the head of a soldier in the middle of the desert in the Middle East, with bombs going off everywhere around them. It's horror," Jason Newsted tells Noisecreep about "Soldierhead," the lead off track off his brand new (and appropriately titled) Metal EP...

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted is making his much-anticipated and much-needed return to the metal scene with his eponymous new project. The musician has been making the press rounds as of late and admitted an addiction to painkillers that stemmed from a shoulder injury that nearly 86ed his career...

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted says he'd rejoin the group but with one condition, that it would be for a Dr. Evil-like amount: a "squillion dollars." In an interview with Swedish blog Metal Shrine, Newsted was asked if current Metallica bassist Rob Trujillo broke his leg on the cusp of a Metallica tour would he consider teaming up again with Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield... Read

Epic Records The State Department has offered a generic, form letter response to a fan-driven petition to make the White House aware of the plight of Lamb of God's Randy Blythe, who was imprisoned in the Czech Republic this summer and has since been indicted on manslaughter charges after the death of a fan at a show.