Watch: ex-METALLICA bassist JASON NEWSTED plays first NEWSTED concert in nearly 10 Years
22-05-2023
Former METALLICA bassist Jason Newsted performed with his NEWSTED project for the first time in nearly a decade last night (Saturday, May 20) at Revolution Live in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Newsted, who plays bass and sings in the project, was joined at the gig by original NEWSTED members Jesus Mendez Jr. (UNDERLORD) on drums and Jessie Farnsworth (UNDERLORD) on guitar, along with new guitarist Humberto Perez.
NEWSTED‘s setlist was as follows (according to Setlist.fm):
01. Heart Of Stone
02. Black Sheep
03. …As The Crow Flies
04. Creeping Death(METALLICA cover) (partial)
05. Soldierhead
06. Whiplash (METALLICA cover)
07. My Friend Of Misery (METALLICA cover) (intro)
08. Jezebel
09. Stranglehold
10. Trance
11. Life’s A Dream
12. Iron Fish
13. Heroic Dose
14. I Just Want To Have Something
15. Burn
16. Love Me Like A Reptile (MOTÖRHEAD cover)
17. (We Are) The Road Crew (MOTÖRHEAD cover)
Last week, Jason told 98.7 The Gater‘s “The Jason & Franny Show”, Jason about his decision to reactivate NEWSTED for the Fort Lauderdale, Florida concert: “We’re very excited about [Humberto‘s addition to the band], because we have a little bit of new, fresh blood in the quartet. But Jessie and Jesus and myself have maybe 16 years together overall. Nothing can replace that kind of chemistry. So we started playing the heavy stuff again. It all came together. I just wanted to do this. I reached out to some people and they said Revolution Live was the place to take the gig. That’s where all the cool bands play.”
Newsted‘s exit from METALLICA was documented in the band’s 2004 documentary, “Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster”, which followed the members of the group through the three most turbulent years of their long career, during which they battled through addiction, lineup changes, fan backlash, personal turmoil and the near-disintegration of the group while making their “St. Anger” album.
During a fall 2021 chat with Apple Music‘s Zane Lowe, Ulrich opened up about Newsted decision to leave the band more than 20 years ago.
“If you think about it, Jason is the only member of METALLICA who’s ever left willingly, and that in itself is a statistic,” Lars said. “And the resentment from James (Hetfield, METALLICA frontman) and I was just so… We felt like you can’t do that. You can only leave if we want you to leave. And then we weren’t equipped at the time to do a deep dive into why he was leaving. And so, of course, now you can see 20 years later, it makes complete sense.
Newsted‘s exit from METALLICA was documented in the band’s 2004 documentary, “Metallica: Some Kind Of Monster”, which followed the members of the group through the three most turbulent years of their long career, during which they battled through addiction, lineup changes, fan backlash, personal turmoil and the near-disintegration of the group while making their “St. Anger” album.
During a fall 2021 chat with Apple Music‘s Zane Lowe, Ulrich opened up about Newsted decision to leave the band more than 20 years ago.
“If you think about it, Jason is the only member of METALLICA who’s ever left willingly, and that in itself is a statistic,” Lars said. “And the resentment from James (Hetfield, METALLICA frontman) and I was just so… We felt like you can’t do that. You can only leave if we want you to leave. And then we weren’t equipped at the time to do a deep dive into why he was leaving. And so, of course, now you can see 20 years later, it makes complete sense.
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