Anthrax’s Frank Bello Is All-In for More “Big Four” Shows: “Talk to Metallica”

In 2010 and 2011, the “Big Four” of thrash metal — Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax — played a historic run of 14 shows together, culminating with a final concert at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York. It’s been 15 years since that last show, and Anthrax bassist Frank Bello tells Heavy Consequence he’d love to do it again. With Slayer back playing concerts again after calling it quits in 2019, and Megadeth in the midst of a farewell tour, it seems like any new “Big Four” shows would have to happen in the next few years. “It’s certainly not up to me,” Bello told us of the possibility of more “Big Four” shows in the video interview below. “Talk to Metallica. I would do it in a heartbeat. If it’s meant to be, it’ll be. They know our number. We’re friends.” He continued, “I was just talking to James [Hetfield] at [last year’s] Back to the Beginning [concert]. We haven’t talked in forever, so it was a great, great reconnect, and we talked for a good half an hour.” Bello concluded, “That was a real special time. It was great for fans, and there’s a whole generation that hasn’t seen that. Of course, we’d do it. But, yeah, we’ll wait for the call.” The bassist also discussed tha...