James Hetfield as well as Lars Ulrich of Metallica execute on the first day of 2022 Lollapalooza at Grant Park on July 28, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Barry Brecheisen/ WireImage
Metallica offered the very first online efficiency of their brand-new tune “Lux Æterna” throughout the epic rock band’s Helping Hands advantage show in Los Angeles on Friday (Dec 16).
After launching “Lux Æterna” in late November, the track launched at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot Hard Rock Songs chart and topped Mainstream Rock Airplay. “Lux” previews the metal legends’ 11th workshop cd, 72 Reasons, which is set up for launch on April 14, 2023.
“We thought that this is such a special gig here that we’d play ‘Lux Æterna,’ which is the first single from it,” Metallica’s James Hetfield informed the barking target market. “We’ll play that for the first time here live. How about that?”
The sold-out advantage program, held at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater, was held by late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel as well as included an opening established byGreta Van Fleet
During Metallica’s established, the band shocked concertgoers with acoustic covers of Thin Lizzy’s “Borderline” as well as UFO’s “It’s Killing Me.” The team was additionally signed up with onstage by unique visitor St. Vincent for an efficiency of “Nothing Else Matters.”
Proceeds from this year’s Helping Hands Concert & Auction will certainly profit Metallica’s All Within My Hands structure, which concentrates on producing lasting areas by dealing with concerns such as appetite as well as labor force education and learning.
72 Reasons is Metallica’s very first workshop cd given that 2016’s Hardwired … to Self-Destruct, which debuted as the band’s 6thNo 1 on the Billboard 200 graph. The rockers will certainly hit the road on behalf of the upcoming cd in April 2023.
Watch Metallica’s very first online efficiency of “Lux Æterna” here.
Source: billboard.com
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