{"id":2418446,"date":"2026-05-15T17:55:22","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2418446"},"modified":"2026-05-15T17:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T17:55:22","slug":"id-never-been-that-close-to-death-before-ex-metallica-bassist-jason-newsted-opens-up-on-recent-cancer-battle-and-why-hes-determined-to-get-back-to-touring-as-soon-as-possible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/id-never-been-that-close-to-death-before-ex-metallica-bassist-jason-newsted-opens-up-on-recent-cancer-battle-and-why-hes-determined-to-get-back-to-touring-as-soon-as-possible\/","title":{"rendered":"“I’d never been that close to death before.” Ex-Metallica bassist Jason Newsted opens up on recent cancer battle – and why he’s determined to get back to touring as soon as possible"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Metallica<\/a> bassist Jason Newsted<\/a> has revealed more about his cancer diagnosis and ensuing treatment, following the news earlier this month that he had been given the all-clear<\/a> from the disease after treating it in private.<\/p>\n

Newsted, who played with Metallica from 1986 to 2001, received a confirmed throat cancer diagnosis in 2025, but was told that he is now cancer-free earlier this year following laser surgery last year. Newsted returned to the stage in November, making a special guest appearance with Atlanta rockers Blackberry Smoke in Ithaca, New York to jam Black Sabbath<\/a> classic, Children Of The Grave<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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