A household from Virginia have claimed that making ready to attend a Metallica live performance saved them from being killed in a truck crash – discover out extra beneath.
Within the early hours of Might 7, the McKee household escaped being concerned in an accident when a truck crashed into their front room. The household attribute their escape to Metallica, saying that they had gone to mattress early as they have been going to carry their daughter to the band’s live performance later that day.
Talking to the WDBJ7 information station just lately, David and Kristin McKee shared that they sometimes keep up late and watch tv late into the night time in the lounge. Kristin recalled a dialog along with her husband to the station: “[I asked David,] ‘Do you wanna sit up?’ And he was like, ‘Nah, I feel I simply wanna go on to mattress.’ I stated, ‘I’ll go on to mattress too.’ Then, just some hours later, we heard a loud explosion, glass shattered. It was simply insanity from that time on.”
She added: “We have been so lucky that, that night time, my daughter may have walked down that hallway and located us within the rubble. I thank God on daily basis, and Metallica, for saving us.”
The couple’s teenage daughter – who had grown up listening to Metallica right here and there by her father – turned an even bigger fan after their viral inclusion in Netflix’s Stranger Issues. She learn a snippet of an e-mail she despatched to the band to WDBJ7: “You saved my mother and father’ lives, I shall be eternally grateful. Good luck with the remainder of your tour and hope to see you on the street.”
As a result of harm to their dwelling and coping with the fallout of the crash, the McKee household have been unable to attend the Might 7 live performance as supposed.
In different information, Metallica have introduced a brand new UK and European dates for his or her ongoing ‘M72’ tour for 2026. Subsequent Might, Metallica are as a result of hit the street for a string of big stadium gigs in Athens, Bucharest, Chorzów, Frankfurt, Zurich, Berlin, Bologna and Budapest. Then, in June, they’ll return to the UK and Eire for performances in Dublin, Glasgow and Cardiff, earlier than enjoying two nights on the London Stadium on July 3 and 5.
Opening units on the 2026 UK and European ‘M72’ tour will come from Gojira, Pantera, Knocked Free and Avatar. Two-night tickets for the ‘No Repeat Weekends’ and single-night tickets go on normal sale at 10am BST this Friday (Might 30). You’ll be capable of purchase yours right here (UK and Eire) and right here (Europe).
In a four-star evaluate of Metallica’s ‘M72’ tour opener in Amsterdam, NME wrote: “Metallica have all the time been a gateway band for heavy music, however there’s a renewed pleasure round them now. Tonight’s shocking, bold and giddy gig matches that vitality at each flip.
“[…] From the beautiful ‘Nothing Else Issues’ by to the unifying ‘Search & Destroy’, the majesty of heavy music is on full show all through the gig as Metallica show why they’re clearly nonetheless the best metallic band round.”
Metallica are at the moment out on the 2025 North American leg of their ‘M72’ tour, which kicked off final month. In March, they introduced an “immersive” new VR live performance movie, shot in Mexico Metropolis.
