{"id":824216,"date":"2026-08-24T12:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824216\/"},"modified":"2026-08-24T12:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T12:54:11","slug":"i-needed-hope-and-he-gave-me-it-the-vital-advice-iron-maiden-legend-bruce-dickinson-gave-megadeths-dave-mustaine-during-his-cancer-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/824216\/","title":{"rendered":"“I needed hope and he gave me it.” The vital advice Iron Maiden legend Bruce Dickinson gave Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine during his cancer battle"},"content":{"rendered":"

Megadeth<\/a> frontman Dave Mustaine<\/a> has revealed the solid advice a fellow heavy metal<\/a> legend gave him during his cancer battle. Mustaine was diagnosed with throat cancer in February 2019, eventually being declared cancer-free the following October. Speaking exclusively in the new issue of Metal Hammer<\/a> to promote his new book, In My Darkest Hour, the thrash metal hero reveals that none other than Iron Maiden<\/a> singer Bruce Dickinson gave him some inspiring words during his ordeal.<\/p>\n

Dickinson himself was diagnosed with and later cleared from throat cancer a few years earlier, and offered Mustaine some useful thoughts on the matter. “Bruce had some fantastic stuff to say as a cancer survivor,” Dave tells Hammer. “There’s a big difference between someone saying, ‘You’re in my thoughts and prayers’, versus somebody who goes into detail about his treatment and tells you about the outcome. I needed hope, and he gave me it.”<\/p>\n

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Bruce’s advice? A simple but effective mantra: “surround yourself with good people…make sure you’re spending time with people who are upbeat and positive.”<\/p>\n

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Mustaine made his cancer diagnosis public soon after receiving it himself – “to let the people who are my support system know”, he explains – and it prompted an outpouring of well-wishes from many of his peers. Amongst the names to have sent him messages were Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne, Kiss man Paul Stanley and even his former Metallica<\/a> colleague James Hetfield.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t any more significant than the other people who gave their support to me,” Mustaine notes of the messages. “I’ve always looked at that stuff like one beggar giving another beggar a crust of bread. But I appreciate it, because I know how our time is measured out, and to take the time to stop and do something like that means a lot.”<\/p>\n

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Mustaine talks at length about his cancer battle in In My Darkest Hour, which hits shelves September 24 via Constable. Pick up the latest issue of Metal Hammer<\/a> to read more from MegaDave, as well as exclusive new interviews with Motionless In White, Ghost, Five Finger Death Punch, Mastodon and more.<\/p>\n

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