Jason Newsted Joins Metallica at Anniversary Concert

This week, Metallica are hosting a series of concerts to celebrate their 30th anniversary as a band. At Monday night’s kick-off show at the Fillmore in San Francisco, they brought out a number of special guests, including former bassist Jason Newsted, according to Rolling Stone.

Frontman James Hetfield announced Newsted as “someone who lived with us, and toured with us and did stuff with us for 14 years.” Newsted then played “Harvester of Sorrow” with the band, including his replacement Robert Trujillo. Afterward, Hetfield begged Newsted to stay for another song, and he and the band played “Damage Inc.”

Other guests at Monday night’s concert included host/comedian Jim Breuer, members of Diamond Head, John Marshall from Metal Church, Apocolyptica and Soul Rebels.

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Steve Miller, Jason Lee Confirmed for Blues Music Awards

The 32nd Annual Blues Music Awards will start with bang—or at least, a bingo—this year, as it has just been announced that the Steve Miller Band will open the festivities on May 5. Miller’s latest album, Bingo!, garnered the Space Cowboy his first-ever BMA nomination this year. Miller is no stranger to the blues, having cut his teeth as a sideman on Chicago’s famous blues scene, playing alongside the likes of Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters.

Also appearing at the awards, as a presenter, will be actor Jason Lee, star of the TNT show, Memphis Beat. Lee himself closes many episodes of the show performing blues songs and Elvis covers live on stage. BMA winner Keb’ Mo’ arranges and performs much of the program’s music. The show also features Steve Cropper playing guitar on the theme song.

The 32nd Annual Blues Music Awards will take place at the Cook Convention Center in Memphis, Tennessee. The presenting sponsor of the awards is The Gibson Foundation. For more information, visit the official Blues Foundation website.

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