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Metallica’s Kirk Hammett has given his approval to 10-year-old Nandi Bushell’s latest cover.Bushell shared her latest cover of Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ last weekend (August 22) and can be seen playing drums, bass and guitar in the video she posted on YouTube.Sharing the post, Bushell wrote: “Enter Sandman by @metallica! This song is so EPIC! Hope you enjoy my tribute to the AWESOME @larsulrich @kirkhammett @robtrujillo and #jameshetfield! You guys ROCK!”After seeing the video, Hammett later

Metallica have reflected on performing with Lady Gaga at the 2017 Grammys, praising the singer as “extremely creative and a fearless artist”.The four-piece were asked about the performance, where they played ‘Moth Into Flame’ with Gaga during the prize-giving ceremony, during an interview on The Howard Stern Show yesterday (August 12).The band admitted that they wouldn’t have considered doing such a collaborative performance back in their early days, but guitarist Kirk Hammett explained that by

Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett has paid tribute to the late Peter Green in a series of social media posts. The Fleetwood Mac founding member passed away at 73 on July 25.Over the weekend, Hammett honoured his longtime friend across four Instagram posts.“No words can describe how I feel right now,” he wrote.“Peter Green lives on through his music and his instrument.

Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett has revealed that when he was asked to join the band he was sat on the toilet.The lead guitarist for the metal legends was reminiscing about the time leading up to joining the band, at which point he was in thrash metal band Exodus, when he received a call on April Fool’s Day.He told Loudersound.com: “It was April 1st, April Fool’s Day, and I was sitting on the toilet.

Metallica is doing its best to keep fans entertained during the coronavirus pandemic.On Friday (May 1), the hard rock band's James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo shared a video of themselves virtually performing a stripped-down version of 1988's "Blackened" from their respective homes."Here’s a little something we cooked up over the last few days. Hope you’re all safe & sound.

"I've just been out-wah’d. A moment in history has just occurred!"

The revolving bill of special guests took turns to cover Fleetwood Mac classics.

This comes as the band announced festival cancellations.

"Maybe some of the older people just don't get it."

More than 300,000 users were banned from the file-sharing service as a result of the legal action

Neil Peart, the legendary drummer of Rush, died earlier this week at the age of 67. Artist and musicians are now reacting to the news of his death. Below, find reactions from the Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson, Metallica’s Kirk Hammett, Questlove, Chuck D, DāM-FunK, Black Sabbath’s Geezer Butler, Jack Black, Superchunk’s Mac McCaughan, Josh Freese, and more.