{"id":620520,"date":"2026-05-03T05:24:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:24:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/620520\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T05:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T05:24:08","slug":"ex-metallica-bassist-jason-newsted-opens-up-on-his-successful-2025-battle-with-throat-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/620520\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Metallica Bassist Jason Newsted Opens Up On His Successful 2025 Battle With Throat Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Former Metallica bassist\/vocalist Jason Newsted has spoken publicly about his battle with throat cancer last year. Newsted addressed the matter in conversation with comedian\/musician, etc. Dean Delray on the latter\u2019s \u2018Let There Be Talk\u2018 podcast [via Blabbermouth.net<\/a>.] Newsted spoke candidly about the ordeal after Delray had mentioned that Newsted wasn\u2019t available to play Delray\u2018s all-star tribute show to late AC\/DC vocalist Bon Scott<\/a> this past February.<\/p>\n

Newsted, who is set to embark upon his first headlining tour with his The Chophouse Band<\/a> this year, went on to say:<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I could have been there, I would\u2019ve been there. And so I will talk about this a little bit. I decided that this week, as I\u2019m beginning to roll out the promotion for the shows and stuff and let everybody know I\u2019m gonna be back around, and you already know it \u2014 you\u2019re, probably, in the 24 people that I told.<\/p>\n

So, let\u2019s see \u2014 in one week, it\u2019s gonna be a year. So one week from today, it\u2019ll be a year. May 8th of 2025, I underwent a procedure for throat cancer. And so they took a bunch of shit outta here and then they went in with lasers this way and took a bunch of shit out. So the cavern inside my head is different than it was, but we got it early. And I got my \u2018free and clear\u2019 about three weeks ago. So I beat it.\u201d<\/p>\n

I promised myself I was going to rest, and that was the first time I\u2019ve done that in my life. I\u2019m usually just on or off. And so I promised myself I was gonna take the gravity off and lay down for the right amount of hours. And there\u2019s no way, with my arrogant, spoiled ass that I would\u2019ve stopped smoking weed, that I would\u2019ve stopped drinking, that I would\u2019ve stopped doing all the things.<\/p>\n

But the great spirit got my attention and said, \u2018That\u2019s not good right now, man.\u2019 And so it pulled me off it. And so now I\u2019m more clear-headed than I\u2019ve been in my entire adult life. And so there\u2019s blessings within everything. The lemonade I\u2019m making this summer, bro \u2014 mm. Sweet. Ooh.\u201d<\/p>\n

Newsted\u2018s aforementioned live plans this summer include:<\/p>\n

07\/01 Northampton, MA \u2013 Iron Horse Music Hall
07\/02 Albany, NY \u2013 Empire Underground
07\/03 Lititz, PA \u2013 Mickey\u2019s Black Box
07\/05 Wayne, PA \u2013 118 North
07\/06 Alexandria, VA \u2013 The Birchmere
07\/09 Wilmington, NC \u2013 Greenfield Lake Amphitheater (feat. Blackberry Smoke)
07\/10 Durham, NC \u2013 Durham Performing Arts Center (feat. Blackberry Smoke)
07\/11 Charlotte, NC \u2013 Ovens Auditorium (feat. Blackberry Smoke)
07\/12 Charleston, SC \u2013 Charleston Music Hall
07\/15 Lewiston, NY \u2013 Artpark (feat. Blackberry Smoke)
07\/16 Utica, NY \u2013 Saranac Brewery (feat. Blackberry Smoke)
07\/17 Farmington, PA \u2013 Timber Rock Amphitheater (feat. Blackberry Smoke)
07\/18 Columbus, OH \u2013 Newport Music Hall (feat. Blackberry Smoke)
07\/20 Grand Rapids, MI \u2013 Pyramid Scheme
07\/21 Newport, KY \u2013 Southgate House Revival
07\/22 Knoxville, TN \u2013 Open Chord
07\/24 Nashville, TN \u2013 Ryman Auditorium (feat. Blackberry Smoke)
07\/25 Nashville, TN \u2013 Ryman Auditorium (feat. Blackberry Smoke)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Metallica bassist\/vocalist Jason Newsted has spoken publicly about his battle with throat cancer last year. Newsted addressed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,44591,19854,216],"class_list":["post-620520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-jason-newsted","tag-metallica","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}