James Hetfield at Sphere: “Metallica Is Not Here, Like Some Other Entertainers, To Influence You with Their Bullshit”

Metallica frontman James Hetfield took a minute out of the band’s show at Las Vegas’ Sphere on Saturday to let the audience know that the band wasn’t there to preach any “bullshit” agendas, but rather offer an evening of escapism. The legendary metal band is four shows into a 24-date residency at the immersive venue, playing gigs on Thursdays and Saturdays on select weeks through March 2027. Get Metallica Sphere Tickets Here “Unless you live in Vegas, you’ve come a long way to spend some time with Metallica,” Hetfield told the crowd at Saturday’s concert. “We’re grateful for that — your travels, the money you spend, the time it took, thanks for coming to celebrate with us.” He continued, “And I just gotta say, Metallica is not here, like some other entertainers, to influence you with their bullshit, OK? We are here…no bullshit…we’re here to forget about all the outside shit, OK? Metallica’s agenda is love, energy and heavy music, baby!” While Hetfield didn’t name any names, in recent weeks rapper Macklemore made headlines for his pro-Palestine onstage speech that led him to be removed as a support act on Ed Sheeran’s tour. And a week before Hetfield’s onstage speech, Tom Morello st...