Ynet’s Or Barnea writes in Hebrew (click here to read the original)…

courtesy of sixconcerts.com

Marty Friedman, Megadeth’s former guitarist, will come to Israel for the third time and stage a performance on May 31, at the Reading 3 Club in Tel Aviv. Friedman lives in recent years in Japan, where he became a television personality.

It will be Friedman’s third visit in Israel, as he came to Israel in the nineties with Megadeth. The inimitable Yishai Sweartz is the producer responsible for bringing him back.

Friedman, a virtuoso guitarist, joined the band “Megadeth'” in the 90s and played on their albums throughout the decade. In 1999, he retired from the band and cultivated a solo career with many albums and became admired from touring around the world. Friedman, a Jew, unfortunately married out of the religion to a Japanese woman after several years of  living in Japan. At the same time as his musical career, he became a television personality because of the music. In addition, the musician became a columnist for a daily Japanese newspaper. His last album, “Bad DNA” was released last year.

In 2007 Friedman appeared in Israel to more than a thousand spectators at The Theater Club in Jaffa. Friedman opened the show playing guitar and the national anthem, “Hatikva.”

In an interview with Ynet, said then: “For me to come here twice and play my music for these people is the ultimate thing. The last time I was in Israel, I did not manage to stay a lot in Tel Aviv. Now I realize how everything is close to the sea and how beautiful it is here.   So when I come next time, I’ll also leave a few days off. “