MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine, who has lived exterior Nashville, Tennessee for the previous 9 years, has revealed that he lately bought a brand new house in Italy.

Throughout MEGADETH‘s August 27 efficiency on the AMA Music Pageant in in Vicenza, Italy, the 61-year-old Mustaine instructed the group partly (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’ve one thing very particular I must let you know guys… A few weeks in the past I simply purchased a home in Italy. So take into consideration that — you get up tomorrow morning and also you see me out your window, and I am strolling with my containers. And also you go, ‘Fuck, man, that appears like Dave Mustaine. Take a look at all these guitars. Shit, that is gotta be him.'”

He continued: “I’ve gotta let you know, I’m so excited to have the ability to name Italy a brand new place for us to reside. And I wanna thanks all on your graciousness and serving to educate me how one can be a superb resident right here and to discover ways to reside the Italian life.”

Later within the live performance, Mustaine added: “What I stated about me shifting over right here is true. And I am actually excited to reside in Italy once we do. We’re gonna maintain our residency within the States, however we are gonna be residing right here. And we actually stay up for assembly plenty of you. And I believe we’re gonna have plenty of enjoyable collectively.”

Home Of Mustaine, a boutique wine firm run by Dave‘s daughter Electra and spouse Pamela, was launched lower than a decade in the past in Southern California and lately expanded to Le Marche, Italy. It produces proudly “undiscovered” wines from a spread of sustainable, natural, to historical vineyards.

Again in Might 2019, Mustaine bought his Fallbrook, California property for $2,000,000. Dave put the home in the marketplace in October 2015 for $5.375 million — greater than 5 instances what he paid for it three years earlier — however that worth got here down in June 2016 by nearly 1,000,000 and a half to $3.895 million, in January 2017 by one other $700,000 to $3.195 million, in June 2017 by $20,000 to $3.175 million, in December 2017 by $375,000 to $2,800,000, in July 2018 to $2,650,000 and in January 2019 to $2,325,000.

Mustaine and his household moved to Tennessee in October 2014 after residing in Fallbrook for a few years.

In September 2019, Mustaine put his household’s Franklin, Tennessee house in the marketplace for $2.5 million, however eliminated it in April 2020 because the coronavirus outbreak swelled.

Mustaine was instructed he was cancer-free in October 2019, 5 months after receiving his throat most cancers analysis.

The MEGADETH guitarist/vocalist revealed his most cancers battle in June 2019 on social media, saying the docs had given him a 90 p.c probability of beating the sickness. He later stated that he underwent 51 radiation remedies and 9 chemo remedies earlier than being declared cancer-free.

MEGADETH‘s present lineup contains Mustaine, Belgian-born-and-now-Los-Angeles-based drummer Dirk Verbeuren, who had performed with SOILWORK for greater than a decade earlier than becoming a member of MEGADETH, Brazilian guitarist Kiko Loureiro, who was beforehand finest recognized for his work with ANGRA, and bassist James LoMenzo. James was MEGADETH‘s bass participant within the mid-2000s and stepped again in as a touring member for the 2021 leg of “The Metallic Tour Of The Yr”. In Might 2022, it was introduced that Lomenzo was formally rejoining the MEGADETH household.

Final September, MEGADETH‘s newest album, “The Sick, The Dying… And The Lifeless!”, debuted on the high of the charts throughout its first week of gross sales, taking the No. 3 spot on the Billboard 200 in addition to quantity ones on High Album Gross sales, High Present Albums Gross sales, High Rock & Different Albums, High Rock Albums and High Laborious Rock Albums. “The Sick, The Dying… And The Lifeless!” was the highest-charting MEGADETH album of all time all over the world, notching No. 1 In Finland, No. 2 in Australia, Poland, Switzerland, and Scotland, No. 3 within the U.Okay., and extra.

MEGADETH‘s earlier high 10 entries on the Billboard 200 had been “Countdown to Extinction” (No. 2, 1992),“Youthanasia” (No. 4, 1994),“Cryptic Writings” (No. 10, 1997),“United Abominations” (No. 8, 2007),“Endgame” (No. 9, 2009),“Tremendous Collider” (No. 6, 2013) and “Dystopia” (No. 3, 2016).

MEGADETH lately acquired its thirteenth Grammy nomination for “Finest Metallic Efficiency” for the tune “We’ll Be Again” from “The Sick, The Dying… And The Lifeless!”.

MEGADETH received the 2017 Grammy Award for “Finest Metallic Efficiency” for the title monitor of the band’s 2016 album “Dystopia”. This marked the group’s twelfth Grammy nomination on this class (together with nominations within the discontinued “Finest Laborious Rock/Metallic Efficiency” class).