Overview
- Megadeth played Metallica’s Ride the Lightning live for the first time at Bogotá’s 14,000-capacity Movistar Arena on their This Was Our Life tour.
- Fan-shot video shows Dave Mustaine singing while trading parts of Kirk Hammett’s solo with guitarist Teemu Mäntysaari as fans shouted the opening riff.
- The band had already recorded the cover for their self-titled 17th album, a January release that reached Number One, which Mustaine describes as a tribute as he winds down his career.
- Mustaine holds a songwriting credit on Ride the Lightning for riffs he wrote during his early tenure in Metallica.
- The Bogotá set also featured The Mechanix, and the tour now moves to Europe before U.S. arena dates supporting Iron Maiden this summer.