{"id":413669,"date":"2026-04-27T19:05:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/413669\/"},"modified":"2026-04-27T19:05:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T19:05:10","slug":"megadeth-perform-metallicas-ride-the-lightning-live-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/413669\/","title":{"rendered":"Megadeth Perform Metallica’s “Ride the Lightning” Live for First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

Megadeth<\/a> performed the Metallica<\/a> song \u201cRide the Lightning\u201d live for the first time during their Sunday show in Bogota, Colombia.<\/p>\n

The song, co-written by Dave Mustaine while he was in Metallica, is the title track of the seminal 1984 album Ride the Lightning.\u00a0Mustaine, however, had never played the song live with Megadeth until this past weekend.<\/p>\n

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It contains riffs written by Mustaine during his time in the band in the early \u201980s, but was largely composed by James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich after Mustaine\u2019s departure from the group.<\/p>\n

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The song appeared in the live setlist just after \u201cMechanix,\u201d which Mustaine also co-wrote with Metallica. The track appeared on Megadeth\u2019s 1985 debut album Killing Is My Business\u2026 and Business Is Good!, but was previously slowed down and rewritten as \u201cThe Four Horseman\u201d from Metallica\u2019s 1983 debut, Kill \u2018Em All.<\/p>\n

Megadeth\u2019s version of \u201cRide the Lightning\u201d appeared on the band\u2019s self-titled final studio album released earlier this year, closing out the record as a bonus track<\/a>. Mustaine described the choice as a \u201cfull-circle\u201d moment, ending his career where it began over 40 years ago.<\/p>\n

Megadeth are in the midst of a farewell tour that is expected to last a few years. The band will support Iron Maiden on a 2026 North American run<\/a> that launches in late August (pick up tickets here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Metallica will launch a 24-date residency at Las Vegas\u2019 Sphere<\/a> in early October, with tickets available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Watch Megadeth\u2019s performances of \u201cRise the Lightning\u201d and \u201cMechanix\u201d below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Megadeth performed the Metallica song \u201cRide the Lightning\u201d live for the first time during their Sunday show in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":413670,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-413669","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413669","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=413669"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/413669\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/413670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=413669"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=413669"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=413669"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}