Metallica has canceled their tour so James Hetfield can return to rehab.
The bay area rock band was due to perform in Australia and New Zealand on their upcoming tour but Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo announced the tour cancelation via social media. Continue on to get more on James Hetfield Returns To Rehab…
CelebNMusic247.com has the latest on the down under leg of the Metallica tour being canceled so James Hetfield ca get the help he needs in rehab.
The guys of Metallica (Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo) released a statement via Instagram.
It starts off stating “we are truly sorry to inform our fans and friends that we must postpone our upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand.”
The letter to all fans reads as follows:
A Note from Lars, Kirk, and Rob
We are truly sorry to inform our fans and friends that we must postpone our upcoming tour of Australia and New Zealand.
As most of you probably know, our brother James has been struggling with addiction on and off for many years. He has now, unfortunately, had to re-enter a treatment program to work on his recovery again. ???
We fully intend to make our way to your part of the world as soon as health and schedule permit. We’ll let you know as soon as we can. Once again, we are devastated that we have inconvenienced so many of you, especially our most loyal fans who often travel great distances to experience our shows. We appreciate your understanding and support for James and, as always, thank you for being a part of our Metallica family.All tickets purchased to the shows in Australia and New Zealand, including Enhanced Experiences and Black Tickets, will be fully refunded. Links to more details on how to obtain your refund are posted on Metallica.com.
The tour was due to begin October 17th in Perth, Australia and conclude November 2nd in Auckland, New Zealand. As for the band’s 2020 commitments, they’re still scheduled to go ahead, including a March 28th benefit show in San Francisco and a South American tour in April.
James’ battle with addiction was documented in the 2004 movie ‘Some Kind Of Monster’, and he spent time in rehab after the film was released.
The 56-year-old Metallica frontman said:
A lot of times I’m not really comfortable with myself, seeing myself in the situations. But, man, I learned a lot about what I don’t like about me, which was good – and I think everyone involved pretty much felt the same way about themselves.
2017 marked 15-years sober for Hetfield.
James said back then:
Fear was a big motivator in that for me. Losing my family, that was the thing that scared me so much, that was the bottom I hit, that my family is going to go away because of my behaviours that I brought home from the road.
He added:
I got kicked out of my house by my wife, I was living on my own somewhere, I did not want that. Maybe as part of my upbringing, my family kind of disintegrated when I was a kid. Father left, mother passed away, had to live with my brother, and then kind of just, where did my stuff go? It just kind of floated away, and I do not want that happening. No matter what’s going on, we’re going to talk this stuff out, and make it work.
We hope that James can pull it together again for his family and himself.
