Metallica frontman James Hetfield has said he was taken ill on Sunday (March 8th) after eating a bad oyster.
The rock group were forced to cancel the last date on their European tour in Sweden after Hetfield was hospitalised with a stomach bug.
16,000 fans had already arrived at the Stockholm Globe Arena in preparation for the concert when drummer Lars Ulrich announced the show had been cancelled.
In a statement on
“Yes, hate to admit, an oyster could have taken me down,” he said.
Hetfield was treated in hospital for dehydration but left later in the evening in order to return to the US.
“I acknowledge and apologize for any inconvenience this has caused fans who had travelled near and far for the show,” he said.
“I had done everything possible to make it, and was at the point of falling if I stood up. On a lighter note since my illness, the support band 'Swedish Oyster Cult' will be thrown off the tour. More Cowbell?...More barf bagz!!''
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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, who led his band's lawsuit against music file-sharing site Napster in 2000, has admitted that he illegally downloaded his band's recent album 'Death Magnetic'.
Ulrich told VH1 that he downloaded the album illegally a few days after it leaked online, in September last year. He did not reveal which file-sharing service he used.
"I sat there myself and downloaded'Death Magnetic' from the internet just to try it," he explained. "I was like, 'Wow, this is how it works.' I figured if there is anybody that has a right to download 'Death Magnetic'for free, it's me."
"We found it, this was, like, two or three days after it leaked. I was like, 'You know what? I've gotta try this.' We sat there and 30 minutes later I had 'Death Magnetic' in my computer. It was kind of bizarre."
Ulrich told VH1 that he downloaded the album illegally a few days after it leaked online, in September last year. He did not reveal which file-sharing service he used.
"I sat there myself and downloaded'Death Magnetic' from the internet just to try it," he explained. "I was like, 'Wow, this is how it works.' I figured if there is anybody that has a right to download 'Death Magnetic'for free, it's me."
"We found it, this was, like, two or three days after it leaked. I was like, 'You know what? I've gotta try this.' We sat there and 30 minutes later I had 'Death Magnetic' in my computer. It was kind of bizarre."
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