Mustaine mostra interesse em turnê Metallica - Megadeth (27/08/01)

Em uma mensagem deixada na 'message board' do site oficial do Metallica, Dave Mustaine afirmou ser
fã da banda, dizendo que ainda que tem vontade de voltar a tocar com seus
antigos companheiros. Segundo ele, uma turnê conjunta do Metallica e do
Megadeth seria ótima, para depois da recuperação de James Hetfield.
Mostrando-se bem mais 'amável' do que se apresentava anos atrás, Mustaine deu
apoio ao vocalista do Metallica, comentando que sabe o que está acontecendo,
por já ter passado momentos tão difíceis quanto o atual de James. Embaixo esta a msg completa.

"Metallibangers was what you were called back when I was in this band. I remember someone saying 'bang the head that doesn't bang' and this was our motto. Somehow we have all gotten away from this simple rebel cry.

I am here now, not to try to dissuade you from being a Metallica fan. To the contrary, I am here to say thank you for being a Metallica fan.

I am here to say that I don't condone people coming up to me and saying something negative about my former band mates either. Sure there was a time when both camps were in a cold war, but those 'times' have been over for a long time. And even though the tension is still slight, I wish only the best for Metallica.

My heartfelt best wishes go out to James. I know what he is feeling right now, and I know what people are saying. The people said it about me.

Friends, I would love to do this fantasy Metallica/Megadeth tour, but only after knowing that James is ok.

I would love to play together with James and Lars again, and have said so in interviews. Me and David Ellefson, James and Lars, doing half mega/half meta, James singing my songs and me singing his. That would be a riot. It could suck, it could be great, but I know that it would be fun for us all to get back to the day when metal was a 'way of life' and people looked to us all as their leaders.

I won't take up anymore of your time here. In closing I assure that if we catch people over at megadeth.com slagging Metallica, we try to stop it.

But as you are aware there are assholes everywhere on the Internet. I am sure there are people that come here that aren't even Metallica fans, just to post shit about them.

Not me.

I am a fan. And although I was really hurt by getting fired, I have always been a fan.

Dave Mustaine"