Dave Mustaine stopped MEGADETH‘s live performance in Bloomington, Illinois final night time (Wednesday, September 27) to defend a fan who had been “bullied” by safety.

Towards the top of “Symphony Of Destruction”, which was the second-to-last music of MEGADETH‘s set at Grossinger Motors Area, the MEGADETH frontman berated a number of safety guards mid-song to guard a fan within the crowd.

“I am not gonna play anymore till these guys are escorted out of the constructing, so simply grasp on a second,” Mustaine informed the viewers after he and his bandmates stopped enjoying. Addressing the safety guards straight, he continued: “That was so fuckin’ pointless. That was so fuckin’ pointless, you guys. You are presupposed to make… What’s on the again of your shirt? Security? It ought to say, ‘No Fuckin Security’, since you guys are punks, and also you should not have fuckin hit that man. 4 of you on one man. What a bunch of pussies… Get ’em out of right here or I am leaving. I do not wanna fucking hear that they are within the again. I would like them out of right here.”

After the safety guards in query had been apparently escorted out of the venue, Mustaine returned to the mic and mentioned: “These motherfuckers wrecked my music,” earlier than including, “Sorry, that stuff simply makes me so mad. I hate bullies. I fucking hate bullies.”

MEGADETH went on to play yet another music, “Holy Wars… The Punishment Due”, to complete out the set.

This isn’t the primary time Mustaine has admonished an overzealous safety guard at one in every of MEGADETH‘s gigs. Again in Might 2022, he acquired mad at a guard who started climbing on the barricade to direct followers to cease when there have been some our bodies bouncing across the pit as MEGADETH performed. Dave straight referred to as out the guard from the stage earlier than launching into “She-Wolf”, saying: “Hey, mister safety dude. You there. Cease interfering with our present. Okay? You needn’t go up on the fucking barricade and level at individuals. Everyone’s having enjoyable. Cool it or I will ask so that you can be taken out of the pit. Do you perceive me? Do we’ve got a fucking understanding right here? Do not do it once more.”

MEGADETH performed its first live performance with new touring guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari on September 6 at Enjoy Albuquerque, New Mexico. Teemu is filling in for the band’s longtime axeman Kiko Loureiro, who introduced earlier this month that he would sit out the following leg of MEGADETH‘s “Crush The World” tour with the intention to keep dwelling together with his youngsters again in Finland.

The 36-year-old Mäntysaari was born in Tampere, Finland and commenced enjoying guitar on the age of 12. In 2004, he joined the band WINTERSUN. He has additionally been a member of SMACKBOUND since 2015.

Loureiro formally joined MEGADETH in April 2015, about 5 months after Chris Broderick‘s exit from the group.

Along with Mustaine andLoureiro, MEGADETH‘s present lineup contains former SOILWORK drummer Dirk Verbeuren and bassist James LoMenzo.