Mustaine Calls Journalist a Dickhead | Music News

Music News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Jul 3, 2026 · 1m

Dave Mustaine went off-stage in Helsinki after a journalist asked him who’d win in a fight between him and James Hetfield — a question he called “dumb” and responded to by calling the reporter a “fucking dickhead.” He joked about dedicating a song to the interviewer, then played a new track instead. The incident reignites the decades-long feud between Megadeth and Metallica — Mustaine was kicked out in 1983, but the two have since shared stages and even performed a cover of his co-written Metallica classic “Ride The Lightning.” Despite past accusations of riff-stealing and bitter history…