{"id":740843,"date":"2026-07-03T12:23:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/740843\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T12:23:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:23:10","slug":"watch-ex-metallica-bassist-jason-newsted-cover-bob-segers-turn-the-page-at-north-american-tour-kickoff-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/740843\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted cover Bob Seger\u2019s Turn The Page at North American tour kickoff this week"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ex-Metallica<\/a> bassist Jason Newsted<\/a> covered Bob Seger<\/a>\u2019s Turn The Page with his Chophouse Band as their North American tour kicked off on Wednesday (July 1).<\/p>\n

The group, where Newsted handles vocals and guitar, performed the 1972 track as part of a covers-heavy set at the Iron Horse Music Hall in Northampton, Massachusetts. They also played tracks by Neil Young, Blue \u00d6yster Cult, John Baez and more.<\/p>\n

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No Metallica original made the cut, but according to setlist wiki setlist.fm<\/a>, the band jammed the bridge of Creeping Death during a musical rendition of Mark Twain\u2019s poem The War Prayer. Turn The Page was also famously covered by Metallica during Newsted\u2019s time in the band, making the tracklisting of 1998 covers project Garage, Inc..<\/p>\n

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Watch footage of Newsted\u2019s live take below.<\/p>\n

Newsted joined Metallica in late 1986 \u2013 shortly after the death of the band\u2019s previous bassist Cliff Burton in a bus accident, aged 24 \u2013 and stayed in the lineup until early 2001. He played on four studio albums of original material, including 1991\u2019s blockbuster Metallica<\/a>, which made the metal giants a household name and has sold upwards of 30 million copies worldwide.<\/p>\n

Newsted quit Metallica due to mounting personal and creative tensions within the group. He initially attributed the exit to \u201cprivate and personal reasons and the physical damage I have done to myself over the years while playing the music that I love\u201d.<\/p>\n

In subsequent interviews, he elaborated that he was banned from pursuing outside musical projects by singer\/guitarist James Hetfield.<\/p>\n

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During a 2001 Playboy<\/a> interview, Hetfield reasoned, \u201cWhen someone does a side project, it takes away from the strength of Metallica \u2026 Where would it end? Does he start touring with it? Does he sell shirts? Is it his band?\u201d<\/p>\n

But, two years later, the frontman admitted that he had been \u201cchoking\u201d his longtime bass player.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were brothers,\u201d he reflected, \u201cand I was trying so hard to keep that that I was choking Jason \u2026 That\u2019s how I was taught to control things: through intimidation and rage.\u201d<\/p>\n

In May, Newsted revealed that substance addiction also contributed to his departure<\/a>.<\/p>\n

He told YouTuber Dean Delray: \u201cThe reason I left Metallica is because I was a horrible addict. I was way up against myself, and if I didn\u2019t get some kind of help, I was going to die. And so I just said, \u2018You guys, can I have a minute? Please give me a minute.\u2019 And they said, \u2018No.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

He also revealed that he had recently undergone treatment for throat cancer<\/a> and been given the all-clear by doctors.<\/p>\n

\u201cMay 8 of 2025, I underwent a procedure for throat cancer,\u201d he remembered. \u201cAnd 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Chophouse Band, named after Newsted\u2019s personal recording studio in San Francisco, will continue their North American tour at Mickey\u2019s Black Box in Lititz, Pennsylvania tonight (July 3). From July 9, the band will support Blackberry Smoke on a string of US shows.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Metallica are gearing up to play the last two shows of their three-year-long M72 world tour in London, UK tonight and on Sunday, July 5.<\/p>\n

Jason Newsted and the Chophouse Band – 7\/1\/2026 Turn the Page – YouTube
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