{"id":203501,"date":"2025-12-27T00:46:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/203501\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T00:46:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T00:46:07","slug":"megadeths-dave-mustaine-explains-how-his-struggles-with-dupuytrens-contracture-influenced-his-decision-to-retire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/203501\/","title":{"rendered":"Megadeth&#8217;s Dave Mustaine Explains How His Struggles With Dupuytren&#8217;s Contracture Influenced His Decision To Retire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Megadeth vocalist\/guitarist Dave Mustaine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2025\/12\/08\/news\/dave-mustaine-admits-his-health-concerns-played-a-role-in-ending-megadeth-my-hands-were-letting-me-down\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">recently made mention of issues with his hands<\/a> playing a part in his decision to retire the band. Ahead of laying the multi-platinum thrash metal pillar to rest, he intends to release the group\u2019s self-titled final studio album on January 23rd, which will be followed by a farewell run that is expected to unfold over roughly 3 to 5 years.<\/p>\n<p>Mustaine has had well-documented cases of injury over the years, including radial neuropathy in his left hand that previously forced him to call it quits back in 2002. He\u2019s also suffered from spinal stenosis and overcame a bout with throat cancer. His <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2025\/12\/14\/news\/megadeths-dave-mustaine-has-newly-earned-a-black-belt-in-brazilian-jiu-jitsu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lifelong passion for martial arts<\/a> has no doubt also added to the wear and tear on his body.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MariskalRockTV\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MariskalRockTV<\/a>, he opened up a bit further about the current issues he faces with his hands: Dupuytren\u2019s contracture. That progressive condition results in a thickening of skin at the base of one\u2019s fingers, ultimately causing the fingers to curl towards the palm. While the condition isn\u2019t curable, invasive treatments such as surgery, injections or other options can help slow or alleviate the symptoms. Mustaine said of the matter in the below interview:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026You can look right here on this hand. There\u2019s a line right there that\u2019s sticking up. That\u2019s something called Dupuytren\u2019s contracture, and it\u2019s gonna make my finger come down like this. It\u2019s already started, where it\u2019s kind of bunching up a little bit. And then if you look at the tips of my fingers, they\u2019re severely arthritic. So, all those bumps makes it really painful to play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When quizzed about potentially undergoing surgery for the issue, he said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m gonna wait for that until I\u2019m ready to try it, because if I try it now and I\u2019m 95 percent, and I do a surgery and it sets me back, that would\u2019ve been a bad decision. If I wait until my hands are causing a problem and I try it and it doesn\u2019t work, well then I\u2019ve toured everywhere, I\u2019ve said farewell to everybody and I\u2019m not leaving stuff unsaid or unfinished.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>[via <a href=\"https:\/\/blabbermouth.net\/news\/megadeths-dave-mustaine-opens-up-about-his-battle-with-hand-condition-known-as-dupuytrens-contracture\" target=\"newindow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Blabbermouth.net<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Megadeth vocalist\/guitarist Dave Mustaine recently made mention of issues with his hands playing a part in his decision&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":203502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[78427,156,78428,157,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-203501","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-dave-mustaine","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-megadeth","11":"tag-music","12":"tag-new-zealand","13":"tag-newzealand","14":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203501","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=203501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/203501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/203502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=203501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=203501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=203501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}