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Megadeth have issued a statement on bassist David Ellefson, who recently denied allegations that he was grooming an underage girl online.“We are aware of the recent statements regarding David Ellefson, and are watching developments closely,” the band wrote in a statement shared on their social media accounts on May 11.“As it relates to creativity and business, we are all familiar with one another,” the statement continues.

Megadeth’s David Ellefson has denied allegations that he was grooming an underage girl online.The allegations surfaced after several explicit screenshots and videos, which Ellefson said were “some private and personal conversations and interactions”, were shared on social media with some alleging they were with an underage girl.Speaking about the images and videos, Ellefson said the media was “released with ill intention by a third party who was not authorised to have them or share them.

Download Festival has added over 70 bands to its 2022 line-up, including Korn and Deftones.The festival announced the cancellation of its 2021 event last month, confirming it would return to Donington Park next June with headliners KISS, Iron Maiden and Biffy Clyro.Now, a host of new acts have been announced to join the trio from June 10-12 2022.

Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has praised his bandmate Dave Mustaine following the singer’s various life battles, including his diagnosis with throat cancer in 2019 and subsequent treatment.In a new interview with the Real Music With Gary Stuckey podcast (per Blabbermouth), Ellefson said: “Dave’s a fighter, and he’s a survivor. I mean, look – he’s gone through being fired [from Metallica], kicked out, kicked down.

Megadeth bassist David Ellefson has revealed that the thrash metal pioneers are in the “final hours” of recording their next album.The Dave Mustaine-led band released their last album ‘Dystopia’ in 2016, but Ellefson says fans won’t have long to wait for its follow-up.Speaking to Rock Music Star, he said: “I was actually just down there [at the recording studio] last week. I went to Nashville to just put a couple of little, tiny finishing touches on some stuff.

Megadeth have become the latest act to get involved with the growing NFT craze, announcing a new “one-for-one” token.The metal outfit join the likes of Kings Of Leon, Lewis Capaldi, Grimes, Lindsay Lohan, Aphex Twin, M.I.A, HMLTD and Tekashi 6ix9ine in embracing non-fungible tokens (NFTs), a new form of cryptocurrency.Yesterday (April 7) the band shared the news of their team-up with the digital collectibles marketplace Rarible, through which a “one-for-one token” called ‘Vic Rattlehead:

Megadeth‘s new album.The singer has been providing fans with updates on the progress of the follow-up to 2016’s ‘Dystopia‘ for the past year.

Dave Mustaine, co-founder and frontman of Megadeth, says that he has been cleared of cancer, as Rolling Stone notes. He made the announcement during Megadeth’s concert on Friday, January 31 at London’s SSE Arena.

Megadeth rocker Dave Mustaine is free from cancer.