Peter Frampton is wondering if Megadeth played a role in the cancellation of his show last Tuesday at the Virginia Credit Union Live in Richmond, Virginia, due to “unforeseen circumstances.”
During his show on Thursday at The Met in Philadelphia, he said, “So, we had a show canceled the other day because of weather. And also Megadeth did a soundcheck [two days before] ... and after they finished their soundcheck, there was structural damage to the stage. I’m not blaming them — could have been another band — but it looks pretty like it. So, sorry, Megadeth. I had to rat on you.”
Megadeth also had to cancel their show.
This led to the following from Megadeth:
"Based on Peter Frampton’s recent statement, Megadeth feels it’s important to clear up some misinformation about the group’s recent show cancellation (Sunday, September 15th at Virginia Credit Union Live! at Richmond Raceway in Richmond, Virginia). As recently reported, Frampton stated that Megadeth’s soundcheck damaged the venue, forcing Frampton to also cancel his show there a few days later.
"Megadeth did not even get a chance to soundcheck at all in Richmond, Virginia contrary to what Peter Frampton reports. Megadeth's rigger was in the venue's steel grid system above the stage getting ready to hang the lights when he noticed there was damage to the venue's grid. He pointed this out immediately to the promoters and the venue. It was determined that it was unsafe for Megadeth to hang their production or put the band on stage at the risk of in-house grid failure to support the weight of the touring lighting and sound which could fall on the band, crew members, or audience, as it could cause serious injury or death. Therefore, Megadeth, the local promoter, the venue, and booking agents had no other option than to cancel the show."
And Mustaine chimed in, saying, "It seems Frampton was misinformed about our show being cancelled. The decision was purely based on safety. It's disappointing when someone you admire talks out their ass about you.”
We reached out to Frampton in regard to this statement and he tells us, “It was a joke. I made it up in the moment! I’m so sorry people took me seriously. This was a critical situation. My humble apologies to Megadeth, their crew and their audience.”