METALLICA’S HETFIELD JUST DID THE MOST SUBVERSIVE THING POSSIBLE:

Metallica is currently playing a Las Vegas, NV residency — OK, that’s not remotely cool but certainly practical. Hetfield took time out of a recent performance to share his approach to live performing.

Unless you live in Vegas, you’ve come a long way to spend some time with Metallica. We’re grateful for that – your travels, the money you spend, the time it took, thanks for coming to celebrate with us … And I just gotta say, Metallica is not here, like some other entertainers, to influence you with their bulls***, OK? We are here…no bulls***…we’re here to forget about all the outside s***, OK?

Shots fired!

Actually, no. Hetfield didn’t name names. And the rockers who insist on lecturing their fans will keep doing just that. It’s good virtue signaling and even better marketing for select circles.

They won’t change. And shame won’t change that fact.

Still, deep down, here’s betting that even The Boss must feel a little guilty for charging fans such exorbitant prices to hear the same lectures Jimmy Kimmel doles out for free four times a week.

Maybe that keeps him up at night? Maybe not.

It probably should: As “Miami” Steve Van Zandt told the London Times in 2024, “‘When Bruce got vocal behind the Democrats, we probably lost half the audience. There’s nowhere we can’t do business.’ But some places feel like enemy territory now? ‘A little bit, yeah. We’re ten times bigger in Europe. We might play six stadiums in America and sixty in Europe.’”

And there was all the money left on the table from the now-obligatory biopic film: Springsteen Lashes Out After Biopic Flops.