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Roger Waters Criticizes Metallica's James Hetfield
Roger Waters reacted sharply to James Hetfield following comments made on stage at The Sphere about political statements.
On Saturday, October 10 in Las Vegas, James Hetfield stated that Metallica was not there to influence people like some other showmen, implying his band did not want to influence listeners with political statements. Metallica will complete their concert series at The Sphere venue in March.
Roger Waters appeared on the podcast program The Katie Halper Show to evaluate Hetfield's past statements, reacting sharply to the frontman. Hetfield had previously stated during the 2007 Live Earth benefit concert that politics drove him crazy. Claiming Hetfield is not a musician, Waters said he found the band playing acoustic instruments terrible. In 2023, Rolling Stone magazine named Fade To Black, on which Hetfield plays acoustic guitar, the 35th greatest metal song of all time.
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