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    Lars Ulrich Recalls Trying to Hide Behind His Drums During First Metallica Gig

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    The 57-year-old drummer remembers shivering and trying to hide behind his drum kit during the first Metallica gig years ago at Radio City in Anaheim, California.

    Jan 10, 2021
    AceShowbiz – Lars Ulrich still gets chills thinking about his first Metallica gig.
    The 57-year-old drummer – who made his debut on stage as a founding member of the “Enter Sandman” rockers in 1982 – has reflected on the buzz he felt getting behind his kit on that fateful night.
    He told Classic Rock magazine, “Well, the interesting thing about that first gig was it was just Metallica, on a Sunday night at Radio City in Anaheim, California.”
    “And on the very first song, Hit the Lights, Dave Mustaine broke a guitar string, and so the space between the first song and the second song seemed like a never-ending eternity. It felt like my whole life!”
    “I was just sitting up there trying to hide behind these drums. It was the strangest thing.”

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    “But Dave got the guitar back together and we ended up playing the rest of the set. But there was a significant lull there. Trust me, I start shivering just talking about it now.”
    Live music has been largely halted during the pandemic, with many artists having to rely on livestream shows as large audiences are not possible due to the coronavirus.
    Asked how much he’s missed the thrill of watching a great gig, Lars said, “I just think of how lucky I’ve been in the past, all the great shows I’ve seen. I saw Thin Lizzy multiple times between ’76 and ’80 – incredible.”
    “I saw Motorhead multiple times, ’79 to ’81 – insane. I saw AC/DC open for Black Sabbath in 1976. And I saw AC/DC headline in Copenhagen in ’77, and Bon Scott was so great, you couldn’t take your eyes off him.”
    “That was Bon in his heyday, with the tight jeans, the tennis shoes, the shirt off.”
    “And I loved the way he would hold the mic with the cord rolled up two or three times, and he would stand out there at the very edge of the stage when he wasn’t singing, stand over on Malcolm’s side and let Angus bounce around in front of him…”

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      Lars Ulrich Promises Best Ever Metallica Album for Next Studio Installment

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      The next studio album by James Hetfield and his bandmates is described as ‘the heaviest’ and ‘the coolest’ album that the rock band will have ever made.

      Jan 8, 2021
      AceShowbiz – Metallica always want to make the “best record” they’ve ever produced.
      The heavy metal group – who formed in 1981 – can’t imagine ever giving up making music because they love the “creative process” and always strive to make each new album better than the last.
      Asked if they’ve thought about their plans for their next album yet, drummer Lars Ulrich told Classic Rock magazine, “It’s going to be the best album we’ve ever done! Insert the rest of the cliches – it’s the heaviest thing, the coolest…”
      “But all kidding aside, if it wasn’t because we thought that the best record was still ahead of us, then why keep doing it? In Metallica we love the creative process, and it’s hard for me to imagine that we’ll ever stop making records.”

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      The drummer insisted the group – which also includes James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo – never compare their albums to their previous efforts, and he wouldn’t want to change anything about their back catalogue because each record represents a period in time for the band.
      “I don’t think like that at all. Each record to me is a picture of a time period. 1988, …And Justice for All, that was what we did and we made all those choices, and I’m happy accepting it,” he said. “Sometimes I think why did we do that and what were we thinking, without necessarily wanting to change it.”
      “But of the ones that we’ve done, it’s with Hardwired that I have the fewest bewildered questions about the choices we made.”
      With the coronavirus pandemic keeping the band off the road, Lars has kept his skills sharp by playing along to their most recent studio album, 2016’s “Hardwired… To Self Destruct”, as well as Rage Against the Machine’s self-titled 1992 LP.
      “Another record I’ve played along to is Rage Against the Machine, that first album (’92),” he added. “That has been the soundtrack to this pandemic for me. I’m just blasting those songs, and they sound more relevant and more contemporary than they ever have.”

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      Metallica and My Chemical Romance to Headline 2021 Aftershock After This Year's Event Is Canceled

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      The James Hetfield-fronted band and the Gerard Way-led group are set to take the stage at the Aftershock festval next year after this year’s event is scrapped due to pandemic.
      Jul 26, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Metallica and My Chemical Romance have agreed to return as headliners for the 2021 Aftershock festival after this summer’s event was cancelled.
      The music spectacular was scheduled to take place in October (20) at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California, but it has now officially been cancelled due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
      However, James Hetfield and his bandmates have agreed to headline the Friday and Sunday nights of the festival in 2021 and My Chemical Romance will cap off Saturday.
      The 2021 festival will run from 7 to 10 October.
      Announcing the cancellation of the 2020 event on Friday (24Jul20), a festival spokesman says, “After all the harm caused by COVID-19, there is nothing that we wanted more than to be celebrating Aftershock with you this October at Discovery Park for what was going to be a monumental weekend. We, the artists, and Sacramento County all thought we had a shot at being the first post-COVID festival to happen. That really would have been incredible.”
      “We waited as long as we could but, unfortunately, the recent spike of cases now requires that we reschedule this year’s sold-out Aftershock to 2021.”

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      James Hetfield Offers Explanation Behind Metallica's Cancellation of Two Festival Shows

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      The ‘Enter Sandman’ rockers have bowed out of the Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio in May, and of the Louder Than Life bash in Louisville, Kentucky in September.
      Feb 25, 2020
      AceShowbiz – Metallica has pulled out of two upcoming festival gigs to allow frontman James Hetfield to attend “critical recovery events” as part of his battle with sobriety.
      The “Enter Sandman” rockers had been booked to perform a double headlining set at the Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival in Columbus, Ohio in May, and perform at the Louder Than Life bash in Louisville, Kentucky in September, but they have since bowed out of the shows due to a personal diary clash.
      In an open letter to fans, Hetfield, whose rehabilitation treatment last year (19) prompted the group to postpone a planned Australian tour, apologizes to ticketholders and writes, “As part of my continuing effort to get and stay healthy, I have critical recovery events on those weekends that cannot be moved…”
      “The reality is that I have not prioritized my health in the past year of touring and I now know that my mental health comes first,” he explains. “That might sound like a no-brainer for most of you but I didn’t want to let the Metallica team/family down and, I alone, completely compromised myself.”
      The singer goes on to share that he is making good progress with his ongoing treatment, “Looking on the brighter side, my therapy is going well. It was absolutely necessary for me to look after my mental, physical, and spiritual health.”
      He assures fans all other Metallica concerts will go ahead as planned, and concludes his statement with a note of gratitude.
      “Beyond 2020, I am optimistic about the blessings I have been given and what the future brings,” he adds.
      “I appreciate all the great prayers and support from everyone since I went into rehab last September. Like the moth into the flame, being human in this career has its huge challenges and can be difficult. Your understanding helps the healing.”

      The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Tool will step in as replacement headliners for the Sonic Temple Art + Music Festival, while the new Louder Than Life performers are set to be announced soon.
      The cancellation news emerges days after Hetfield returned to the stage for the first time since his rehab stay to honor late rocker Eddie Money.
      The musician made a surprise appearance at a Thursday night (February 20) memorial show at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills, where he was joined by the likes of Sammy Hagar, Rick Springfield and George Thorogood.
      Hetfield performed Money’s tune “Baby Hold On”.
      Proceeds from the Money tribute show benefited the USC Eddie Money Cancer Research Fund.
      Money died in September, aged 70. following a battle with stage 4 esophageal cancer.
      Hetfield will be back onstage with Metallica in April for a show at the Estadio Nacional in Santiago, Chile.

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