There are few things that can upstage in full flight, but Mother Nature is one of them. The opening night of the latest leg of the metal icons’ M72 tour was lit up – literally – by a series of perfectly timed lightning strikes which occurred during . The band were playing Munich’s open-air Olympiastadion on Friday, March 24 when a storm erupted overhead.
Band and audience were forced to weather torrential rain during the show, visibly soaking and co to the bone. But the storm saved the best to last, as lightning bolts lit up the sky just as the band kicked into set closer (sadly, not the title track of their second album, ). Luckily, several audience members captured this natural pyro display on their phones.
The band’s second show at the stadium two nights later was less meteorologically eventful, but it did mark the , the epic, 11-minute closing track from last year’s 72 Seasons album. James Hetfield recently revealed that he had been “ ” while Metallica have been off the road. The singer told podcast: “[I’ve been] playing guitar pretty much every day.
I have to. It’s like breathing.” He adds: “Whether it’s an escape from life or whatever it is, I love my little music room basement.
I’ve got a computer, a few guitars and a little rig set up. It is my soul-nourishing place, to go in there and just play and write. Not so much practicing, it’s just writing.
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