Metallica’s James Hetfield falls through hole on stage in Amsterdam

James Hetfield took a painful tumble during Metallica’s show at Amsterdam’s Ziggo Dome last night (4th September).

The heavy metal monoliths were performing ‘Hardwired... to Self-Destruct’ single ‘Now That We’re Dead’ when James fell through a hole that had opened up while he was prowling the stage. The hole is where one of four rectangular percussion tables emerges from during Metallica’s performances.

Upon falling, Metallica’s crew members rushed over to help a clearly hurt James while the palpably concerned Kirk Hammett, Lars Ulrich and Robert Trujillo looked on.

The consummate pro that he is, once he was helped back on his feet, James continued to play the track while grimacing with pain.

You can see fan-filmed footage of the fall from below. Skip to 3mins 55seconds on the first video and 4minutes and 10 seconds on the second.

Metallica’ kicked off the European leg of their WorldWired Tour in Lars’ native Denmark on Saturday night (2nd September) and the tour hits the UK for five sold out shows next month.

The setlist in Amsterdam was as follows:

Hardwired

Atlas, Rise!

Seek & Destroy

Through the Never

The Day That Never Comes

Now That We're Dead

Dream No More

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Halo on Fire

Am I Evil?

The Memory Remains

Moth Into Flame

Sad But True

One

Master of Puppets

Encore:

Blackened

Nothing Else Matters

Enter Sandman

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