On June 6, 2004,
Metallica
were scheduled to play the
Download Festival
at Donnington, England.
However, drummer Lars Ulrich had a medical problem en route and
ended up in a hospital.
Did Metallica cancel?
Of course not.
With not much time before the show, the band
auditioned drummers from the other bands at the festival and
chose
Dave Lombardo
from
Slayer,
Joey Jordison
from
Slipknot,
and
Flemming Larson,
Ulrich's drum tech.
The result, while not Metallica's greatest show ever,
is an interesting curiosity for fans.
Since they needed to stick with songs their new drummers knew,
it was a night for songs from the Black Album and earlier.
Metallica is making recordings of virtually all the shows from this tour
available for purchase as digital downloads.
You even get unique CD artwork for each gig.
It took them a while to get the European dates up but they're finally available,
including the Donnington show.
Check out
Battery
with Dave Lombardo and
Creeping Death
with Joey Jordison.
Lars who? :-)
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