A household from Virginia have claimed that making ready to attend a Metallica live performance saved them from being killed in a truck crash – discover out extra under.
Within the early hours of Could 7, the McKee household escaped being concerned in an accident when a truck crashed into their lounge. The household attribute their escape to Metallica, saying they’d gone to mattress early as they had been going to convey their daughter to the band’s live performance later that day.
Chatting with the WDBJ7 information station not too long ago, David and Kristin McKee shared that they sometimes keep up late and watch tv late into the night time in the lounge. Kristin recalled a dialog together with her husband to the station: “[I asked David,] ‘Do you wanna sit up?’ And he was like, ‘Nah, I believe I simply wanna go on to mattress.’ I mentioned, ‘I’ll go on to mattress too.’ Then, only a few hours later, we heard a loud explosion, glass shattered. It was simply insanity from that time on.”
She added: “We had been so lucky that, that night time, my daughter might have walked down that hallway and located us within the rubble. I thank God day-after-day, and Metallica, for saving us.”
The couple’s teenage daughter – who had grown up listening to Metallica right here and there by way of her father – grew to become a much bigger fan after their viral inclusion in Netflix’s Stranger Issues. She learn a snippet of an e-mail she despatched to the band to WDBJ7: “You saved my mother and father’ lives, I will likely be without end grateful. Good luck with the remainder of your tour and hope to see you on the highway.”
Because of the injury to their house and coping with the fallout of the crash, the McKee household had been unable to attend the Could 7 live performance as supposed.
In different information, Metallica have introduced a brand new UK and European dates for his or her ongoing ‘M72’ tour for 2026. Subsequent Could, Metallica are as a consequence of hit the highway for a string of giant stadium gigs in Athens, Bucharest, Chorzów, Frankfurt, Zurich, Berlin, Bologna and Budapest. Then, in June, they’ll return to the UK and Eire for performances in Dublin, Glasgow and Cardiff, earlier than enjoying two nights on the London Stadium on July 3 and 5.
Opening units on the 2026 UK and European ‘M72’ tour will come from Gojira, Pantera, Knocked Free and Avatar. Two-night tickets for the ‘No Repeat Weekends’ and single-night tickets go on normal sale at 10am BST this Friday (Could 30). You’ll be capable to purchase yours right here (UK and Eire) and right here (Europe).
In a four-star overview of Metallica’s ‘M72’ tour opener in Amsterdam, NME wrote: “Metallica have all the time been a gateway band for heavy music, however there’s a renewed pleasure round them now. Tonight’s stunning, bold and giddy gig matches that vitality at each flip.
“[…] From the attractive ‘Nothing Else Issues’ by way of to the unifying ‘Search & Destroy’, the majesty of heavy music is on full show all through the gig as Metallica show why they’re clearly nonetheless the best steel band round.”
Metallica are at the moment out on the 2025 North American leg of their ‘M72’ tour, which kicked off final month. In March, they introduced an “immersive” new VR live performance movie, shot in Mexico Metropolis.