Newsted‘s Jason Newsted has fallen ill and will be missing a number of the bands immediate shows on the ‘Gigantour‘. Newsted himself said of his condition:
“Hey friends…I’d been feeling a bit under the weather while performing the most recent Gigantour shows so I went to the Dr. on my day off today & I was diagnosed with walking pneumonia!!! So under doctor’s orders, I’m taking a week to rebuild…my apologies to our Canadian brothers & sisters in regions where we will not be appearing this week. I’m gonna work on keeping me alive so together we can keep the metal alive!!!! Cheers to all!! Jason“
Newsted‘s debut album “Heavy Metal Music” is due for a release on August 06th.
