Staying hydrated is a vital a part of performing stay, and for Metallica frontman James Hetfield that may be tough as he sings and performs guitar on the similar time. His proposal: a microphone with a built-in straw.
In a latest episode of the band’s official weekly podcast, The Metallica Reporthosted by Steffan Chirazi and Renée Richardson, Hetfield was requested if any improvements might be made to Metallica’s stage present because the band continues its “M72 World Tour” in 2024.
“The best way our stage is — and me being a guitar participant and singer — I’m not holding the mic,” remarked Hetfield. “I’m not capable of go wherever. So there’s mic stations all over the place. And for our monitor man to chase me round to all of the mics, he can’t have all of them open, ’trigger it sounds insane, particularly in an indoor stadium … It might be good to have some form of [device] the place [I’m] carrying one thing and if [I’m] inside two toes of the microphone, it turns it on.”
He then added, “That, and have the ability to possibly sip some water whereas I’m enjoying, some form of straw on the microphone … I don’t know, one thing else like that. There’s all the time one thing that could possibly be cool.”
In fact, right here’s the place we hit you with the track puns: “Sip & Destroy,” “Liquid Gasoline,” “Creeping Thirst,” “For Whom the Straw Tolls” … we might go on.
Right here’s hoping somebody invents a mic with a built-in straw in time for Metallica’s 2024 tour dates, which embody one other North American run. Decide up tickets to the band’s upcoming concert events right here.
Metallica have been simply named Consequence‘s Heavy Band of the 12 months for 2023, that includes an unique interview with guitarist Kirk Hammett. The band additionally made our lists of the 30 Greatest Metallic & Arduous Rock Albums of 2023 and 30 Greatest Metallic & Arduous Rock Songs of 2023.
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See a photograph gallery from Metallica’s 2023 North American tour kickoff and listen to James Hetfield speaking about including a straw to his microphone in Episode 22 of The Metallica Report under.
Picture Gallery – Metallica and assist acts at MetLife Stadium August 4th and sixth, beginning with the Sunday pics first (click on to develop and scroll by means of):
