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METALLICA Frontman Interviewed On Australia's 'The 7PM Project' (Video)

December 3, 2010

Fitzy of Channel Ten's "The 7PM Project" conducted an interview with METALLICA guitarist/vocalist James Hetfield during the band's recent Australian tour. You can now watch the chat below.

METALLICA wrapped up its two-year-long "World Magnetic" tour on November 21 with the last of three shows in Melbourne, Australia, bringing to an end a trek that began on September 12, 2008 in Berlin to support the band's ninth studio album, "Death Magnetic". The group issued a statement compiling the tour's numbers, which included "45 countries, 143 arena shows, 34 festival shows, 29 stadium shows, four club/theater shows, three TV/radio shows, two Hall of Fame shows, 3790 songs, and not a single setlist was the same."

The group played a total of 216 shows in 800 days.

Drummer Lars Ulrich joked that no gig is too big or small for METALLICA. "When I say we'll show up and play stadiums, arenas, you know, basements or backyard barbecues, I mean that seriously," he said. "METALLICA may begin working on new material in the spring of 2011, and also has tentative plans to bring the Big Four tour — also featuring SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX — to the U.S.

The band is already confirmed to headline Rock In Rio next September in Brazil.

METALLICA turns 30 in January. The earliest version of the group was formed by Lars Ulrich and frontman James Hetfield in January 1981 after Ulrich answered a newspaper ad from Hetfield.

The band threw an end-of-tour party on November 19 in Melbourne for its 120-member crew, which was described as "surprisingly tame" by Heraldsun.com.au. The band flew home to the U.S. on a private jet immediately after coming offstage.

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