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Metallica singer James Hetfield has lengthy gone into rehab. The information used to be confirmed in an announcement on the band’s net construct of abode by Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo.
The remark be taught, “We’re actually sorry to characterize our followers and friends that we’d like to construct off our upcoming tour of Australia and Distinctive Zealand.
“As most of you presumably know, our brother James has been combating behavior on and off for quite a lot of years. He has now, sadly, had to re-enter a drugs program to work on his restoration all another time.
“We totally need to make our ability to your section of the world as quickly as well being and schedule allow. We’ll let as quickly as we’re ready to. Throughout all another time, we’re devastated that we like inconvenienced so quite a lot of you, specifically our most real followers who generally hump gargantuan distances to experience our shows.
“We worship your determining and toughen for James and, as continually, than you for being a section of our Metallica family.”
All tickets purchased for the Antipodean shows may maybe be totally refunded, with small print on design refunds on the band’s net construct of abode.
Hetfield’s battles with behavior had been documented throughout the 2004 filmSome Type Of Monster,and heentered rehab after the film used to be launched.
Requested in 2014 if the film used to be refined to glimpse, Hetfield talked about, “Slightly a few occasions I’m now not actually contented with myself, seeing myself throughout the eventualities. However, man, I realized fairly a bit about what I don’t love about me, which used to be proper – and I’ve confidence all people clever ravishing indispensable felt the similar ability about themselves.”
On the time of writing, Metallica’s barely a few future plans are restful on schedule, collectively with a charity live performance in March 2020 to delay cash for the band’s All Inner My Fingers Basis, a sequence of South American dates in April, and the World Unbiased Live pronounce in September.
