Megadeth deny Peter Frampton’s claims they forced his concert to be cancelled
Megadeth’s Dave Mustaine has hit back at claims by Peter Frampton that his band were the reason why his recent show in Virginia was cancelled.
Notably, both acts were scheduled to appear at Virginia Credit Union Live in Richmond, Virginia, but the pair of shows were cancelled. Megadeth, who were set to play the venue on September 15th, cancelled the performance due to “unexpected and unpredictable circumstances”.
Meanwhile, Frampton, who was scheduled to take to the stage on September 17th, announced his cancellation was because of “unforeseen circumstances”.
As these set of shows were due to take place at a 6,000-capacity venue, many fans were left disappointed by the respective cancellations, and Frampton has since issued more information regarding the reasoning.
While performing at The Met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on September 19th, Frampton told the audience, “So, we had a show cancelled the other day because of the weather. And also Megadeth did a soundcheck, I think a couple of days before our show, and after they finished their soundcheck, there was structural damage to the stage.”
Frampton then stated that he didn’t have any issues with Megadeth, but decided to name them for the notion of transparency, adding, “I’m not blaming them – could have been another band – but it looks pretty like it. So, sorry, Megadeth. I had to rat on you.”
Dave Mustaine’s response to Peter Frampton
Mustaine has since issued a statement in response to Frampton and denied his claims. While he accepts there was structural damage to the stage, the former Metallica guitarist said it had nothing to do with a soundcheck from Megadeth.
He shared: “Megadeth did not even get a chance to sound check at all in Richmond, Virginia contrary to what Peter Frampton reports. Megadeth’s rigger was in the venue’s steel grid system above the stage getting ready to hang the lights when he noticed there was damage to the venue’s grid. He pointed this out immediately to the promoters and the venue.”
After the damage was noticed, the Megadeth performance scheduled for September 15th was cancelled for safety reasons, according to Mustaine. The guitarist noted: “It was determined that it was unsafe for Megadeth to hang their production or put the band on stage at the risk of in-house grid failure to support the weight of the touring lighting and sound which could fall on the band, crew members, or audience, as it could cause serious injury or death.”
“Therefore, Megadeth, the local promoter, the venue, and booking agents had no other option than to cancel the show,” he added.
Mustaine then condemned Frampton for speaking on the topic without allegedly knowing the full facts, stating, “It seems Frampton was misinformed about our show being cancelled. The decision was purely based on safety. It’s disappointing when someone you admire talks out their ass about you.”
If Mustaine is correct, then the structural damage became clear ahead of their soundcheck rather than it being caused by Megadeth. However, it’s easy to understand how this information has misinterpreted by Frampton, who didn’t deliberately mean to cause any harm or share falsities with his comments.
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