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Anthrax Turned Down This Year's Mayhem Festival

09/25/2015
. (TeamRock Radio) Scott Ian has revealed that Anthrax were approached about starring at this year's Mayhem festival - but turned it down as there wasn't enough money on offer.

The tour was headlined by Slayer, with guitarist Kerry King becoming embroiled in a war of words with promoter Kevin Lyman over the quality of the bill. Lyman previously accused "old, fat and bald" metal bands of inflicting long-term damage on the genre.

The future of the touring event is up in the air, with co-promoter John Reese saying the 2015 edition would be the last ever. Ian tells The Jasta Show: "We turned them down because the money was too low. We were like, 'No, that's ridiculous.' They said, 'Well there's no money.' That's not our problem. Why are we going to go out and get paid less than we're worth? That's insane." Read more here.

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