Last Wednesday, the 24th, Megadeth played their new song "We'll Be Back" live for the first time during a show in California.
The band, fronted by Dave Mustaine, made their return in June with the first single from their new album, The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead . This was also the group's first release since the departure of bassist David Ellefson .
Megadeth has already released the singles “Soldier On!” and “Night Stalkers” (a collaboration with Ice-T ) since then, but this is the first time the band has performed “We'll Be Back” live. The other two have not yet had their stage debut.
The album The Sick, The Dying… And The Dead is scheduled for release on September 2nd. Check out the live performance video of “We'll Be Back”:
Happier without David Ellefson
"We'll Be Back" was the first Megadeth single to be released without the participation of former bassist David Ellefson, who left the band after intimate videos of him were leaked online.
In an interview with Rolling Stone at the time of the release, Dave Mustaine didn't let the matter go unnoticed and commented that he is "happier" now, even though the separation was "difficult".
Dave didn't want to talk much about the subject and refused to call Ellefson by name, referring to him only as "our former bassist." The ex-Megadeth member left the band about a year ago after a sex scandal involving him and his extramarital affairs with a young woman caused a major stir online.
“With everything that’s happened in the last 10, 20 years in my relationship with our former bassist, the time has come to… It’s very uncomfortable to talk about this,” Dave Mustaine began. “It was difficult having to part ways with him. But I’m happier today than I’ve ever been.”
