Jason Newsted

What should have been a fairly straightforward trip to Australia has unraveled into controversy and social media finger-pointing between Megadeth and the promoter of the Soundwave Festival, with the band's Australian fans caught in the middle.

If you've been struggling over who to support in the rumored Megadeth/Jason Newsted feud, take it easy. According to a rep for Megadeth, the rumors surrounding Newsted's recent exit from the Megadeth tour aren't true.

Given that they are both former members of Metallica, one would think Dave Mustaine and Jason Newsted would get along famously. However, that appears not to be the case, as we learn that Newsted's self-titled band has been thrown off an Australian tour by headliners Megadeth.

With two former members of Metallica touring the continent together as part of Gigantour 2013, it was pretty much a given that Megadeth's Dave Mustaine and Jason Newsted would share a stage at some point. It took a while, but that collaboration finally took place last night (Aug. 11) in Toronto.

a Rafflecopter giveaway The eponymous band led by former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted has just released their highly anticipated new album, 'Heavy Metal Music.' Ultimate Classic Rock has teamed up with Chophouse Records and our sister sites Loudwire and Noisecreep to give away a prize pack consisting of the album on vinyl, CD and a poster.

Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted has been diagnosed with walking pneumonia, forcing his current band Newsted to pull out of this week's Gigantour dates. Newsted and group will miss Canadian tour dates.

In 1988, Metallica recovered from the bassist Cliff Burton's death to unleash '...And Justice For All.' Although it sometimes seems as if they forgot to plug new recruit Jason Newsted's gear into the mixing board, the album takes the complex songwriting of their previous two classics to some interesting new places, particularly on the slow-building wounded soldier epic 'One...

As you can tell by their matching titles and artwork, 1997's 'Reload' was originally intended to be half of a double-album version of Metallica's 1996 record 'Load.' While the band decided to split the material in half and release the albums more than a year apart, it's  clearly all cut from the same cloth -- a messier, more complex and Southern-rock inspired stew than their 1991 self-titled mega-

Former Metallica members Dave Mustaine and Jason Newsted are heading out on tour together -- Mustaine with Megadeth and Newsted with his new band Newsted. And the two metal giants say there's a possibility that they may play some tunes from their old group.

Of all the indignities Jason Newsted put up with during his time as Metallica's bass player, the fate of his tracks on the band's 1988 album ' ... And Justice for All' rank among the most infamous. But 25 years later, Newsted has made peace with what went down during those sessions.