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METALLICA Soaking Up The Rays In Miami

October 6, 2009

U.K.'s The Sun has uploaded photos of METALLICA members James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett soaking up the rays on a Miami beach during a break on the band's current U.S. tour. A posting on the web site reads, "Hetfield showed off his abundantly-tattooed arms and strange choice of headwear as he dipped his feet into the sea. Joining him was . . Hammett, who was all smiles as he unveiled his significantly less inked torso to the bathing masses."

Check out the pictures at TheSun.co.uk.

An 85-year-old METALLICA fan got to meet the band on Saturday night (October 3) before their show in Tampa, Florida, according to TampaBay.com. After a story in last Thursday's (October 1) St. Petersburg Times about the woman, named Margaret Priebe, spread throughout the Internet, representatives of the band invited both Priebe and her 48-year-old son Jim backstage, where she spent quality time with all four members of the group. Hetfield also dedicated the song "Nothing Else Matters" to Margaret in front of 18,000 people at that night's concert.

Drummer Lars Ulrich greeted Priebe as "The number one METALLICA fan," while Hetfield asked if he could hug her. The band members autographed her copy of their latest album, "Death Magnetic", and also gave her a road crew shirt.

After meeting the band, Priebe said, "They were just like what I'd thought they'd be — very nice."

Priebe first got into METALLICA nine years ago, when she heard a cut from their live "S&M" album on the radio. During a successful battle with cancer last year, Priebe kept herself going by listening to the band — along with JUDAS PRIEST, OZZY OSBOURNE and others — on her MP3 player.

Priebe told the Times, "People think I'm weird. But I'm sorry, I like it loud."

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