Former Metallic a bassist Jason Newsted has revealed that he recently battled throat cancer, but thankfully it was caught early and as of a few weeks ago he’s cancer-free. Newsted disclosed the news in an interview with comedian-musician Dean Delray’s Let There Be Talk podcast . The bassist explained why he wasn’t able to make it to Delray’s Bon Scott/AC/DC tribute show in February. Get Jason Newsed Tickets Here “If I could have been there, I would’ve been there,” began Newsted (as transcribed by Blabbermouth ). “And so I will talk about this a little bit. I decided that this week, as I’m beginning to roll out the promotion for the shows and stuff and let everybody know I’m gonna be back around, and you already know it — you’re, probably, in the 24 people that I told.” He added, “So, let’s see — in one week, it’s gonna be a year. So one week from today, it’ll be a year. May 8th of 2025, I underwent a procedure for throat cancer.…