Metallica postpone tour as James Hetfield enters rehab
Metallica frontman James Hetfield has entered a therapy program for dependancy, forcing the band to postpone their upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand.
The steel icon famously struggled with alcohol abuse all through the band’s profession however entered rehab within the early 2000s, and was sober for a few years. Sadly, the band divulged this night (September 27th) that Hetfield has relapsed.
The remainder of Metallica — Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo — issued the next assertion through the band’s official web site:
We’re really sorry to tell our followers and buddies that we should postpone our upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand.
As most of you most likely know, our brother James has been combating dependancy on and off for a few years. He has now, sadly, needed to re-enter a therapy program to work on his restoration once more.
We totally intend to make our technique to your a part of the world as quickly as well being and schedule allow. We’ll let you understand as quickly as we are able to. As soon as once more, we’re devastated that now we have inconvenienced so lots of you, particularly our most loyal followers who typically journey nice distances to expertise our exhibits. We admire your understanding and help for James and, as all the time, thanks for being part of our Metallica household.
All tickets bought to the exhibits in Australia and New Zealand, together with Enhanced Experiences and Black Tickets, will probably be totally refunded.
Metallica have been hitting all areas of the globe on their “Wordwired Tour”, which has earned greater than $400 million up to now. In reality, Pollstar just lately dubbed Metallica the “largest touring all-time touring band” with $1.four billion in tickets gross sales over their profession.
Slipknot have been set to help Metallica on the Australian and New Zealand dates, which was scheduled to start on October 17th. Hyperlinks for refunds are posted at Metallica.com.
As of now, Metallica’s spring South America tour with Greta Van Fleet remains to be on schedule. That outing is about to kick off April 15th in Santiago, Chile.
Metallica’s most up-to-date exhibits have been their pair of “S&M2” concert events in San Francisco earlier this month. We coated the primary of these exhibits, the place the band sounded in advantageous kind. See our evaluation and photograph gallery.
Metallica 2019-2020 Tour Dates:
10/17 – Perth, AU @ Optus Stadium ^
10/20 – Adelaide, AU @ Adelaide Oval ^
10/22 – Melbourne, AU @ Marvel Stadium ^
10/24 – Melbourne, AU @ Marvel Stadium ^
10/26 – Sydney, AU @ ANZ Stadium ^
10/29 – Brisbane, AU @ QSAC ^
10/31 – Auckland, NZ – Mt. Sensible Stadium ^
11/02 – Auckland, NZ – Mt. Sensible Stadium ^
04/15 – Santiago, CL @ Estadio Nacional #
04/18 – Buenos Aires, AR @ Campo Argentino de Polo #
04/21 – Porto Alegre, BR @ Enviornment do Grêmio #
04/23 – Curitiba, BR @ Estádio Couto Pereira #
04/25 – São Paulo, BR @ Estádio do Morumbi #
04/27 – Belo Horizonte, BR @ Estádio do Mineirão #
^ = w/ Slipknot
# = w/ Greta Van Fleet