In an interview with Steve-O’s Wild Ride! podcast, MEGADETH leader Dave Mustaine spoke about his longstanding reluctance to perform the band’s 1986 song “The Conjuring” live, largely due to his Christian beliefs. One of the more memorable tracks from MEGADETH‘s classic “Peace Sells… But Who’s Buying?” album, “The Conjuring” was written about black magic and features instructions for hexes, according to Mustaine, who wrote the track.
Addressing the fact that he eventually decided to play “The Conjuring” live again for the first time since 2001 in June 2018 at the Home Monitoring Aréna in Plzeň, Czech Republic, where the band was the support act for JUDAS PRIEST, Dave said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I wasn’t sure about what effects the lyrics would have on our young fans. And I didn’t wanna mislead anybody. I wanted to make sure if I was singing something and they gave it any kind of importance that I wasn’t …