Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted has revealed more about his cancer diagnosis and ensuing treatment, following the news earlier this month that he had been given the all-clear from the disease after treating it in private.
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 classic, Children Of The Grave.
