Kirk Hammett Falls Down and Goes Boom During Detroit Show
Of all the dudes in Metallica, Kirk Hammett probably seems like the chillest one of them all. He surfs on the regular, has an “extreme” meditation habit, and quite possibly has the best weed in metal. But that’s not to say the guitarist doesn’t have his screwups and outbursts from time to time. And as you’ll see in the videos below, people in attendance at the Detroit show this past Sunday got a front-row look at his wrath after he took a tumble on stage.
Now, plenty of people fall on stage and it can be embarrassing or lead to serious injury. But in the case of Hammett’s fall, he kinda got off lucky. It looks like the band had just finished “Moth Into Flame” and was transitioning into “Fight Fire With Fire.” At that point, the intro backing track to the Ride The Lightning classic is playing and the stage lights are low when Hammett hits the deck.
When it happens, Hammett looks like he falls on his side and kinda lays there for a second before getting up and unleashing his fury. Right off the bat, he throws his guitar — which probably costs more than my used 1992 Toyota Celica — to the edge of the stage as fans yell out “Man down!” Then you can see him just…. yelling. Not at anyone or about anything… just kinda yelling. Dude looked pissed.
We don’t know if there was some known problem with the stage and that’s why he fell or if he was just angry because of the embarrassment of falling in front of tens of thousands of people. Either way, it looks like the only thing that he got was a bruised ego in the tumble.
It’s a good thing that was the band’s final show on the first leg of the M72 World Tour. Hammett can dust himself off, take some time with good bud and a good wave, and get back in shape for the next length of shows, the dates and locations of which you can see below.
METALLICA
M72 WORLD TOUR 2023-2024
Friday, May 24 2024 – Munich DE – Olympiastadion [Tickets]
Sunday, May 26 2024 – Munich DE – Olympiastadion [Tickets]
Friday, June 7 2024 – Helsinki FI – Olympic Stadium [Tickets]
Sunday, June 9 2024 – Helsinki FI – Olympic Stadium [Tickets]
Friday, June 14 2024 – Copenhagen DK – Parken Stadium [Tickets]
Sunday, June 16 2024 – Copenhagen DK – Parken Stadium [Tickets]
Friday, July 5 2024 – Warsaw PL – PGE Narodowy [Tickets]
Sunday, July 7 2024 – Warsaw PL – PGE Narodowy [Tickets]
Friday, July 12 2024 – Madrid ES – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano [Tickets]
Sunday, July 14 2024 – Madrid ES – Estadio Cívitas Metropolitano [Tickets]
Friday, August 2 2024 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium [Tickets]
Sunday, August 4 2024 – Foxborough, MA – Gillette Stadium [Tickets]
Friday, August 9 2024 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field [Tickets]
Sunday, August 11 2024 – Chicago, IL – Soldier Field [Tickets]
Friday, August 16 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium [Tickets]
Sunday, August 18 2024 – Minneapolis, MN – US Bank Stadium [Tickets]
Friday, August 23 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium [Tickets]
Sunday, August 25 2024 – Edmonton, AB – Commonwealth Stadium [Tickets]
Friday, August 30 2024 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field [Tickets]
Sunday, September 1 2024 – Seattle, WA – Lumen Field [Tickets]
Friday, September 20 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol*** [Tickets]
Sunday, September 22 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol [Tickets]
Friday, September 27 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol*** [Tickets]
Sunday, September 29 2024 – Mexico City MX – Foro Sol [Tickets]
Show 1 Support Europe: Architects & Mammoth WVH**
Show 2 Support Europe: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills
*Five Finger Death Punch/Ice Nine Kills play show 1 in Paris, Architects & Mammoth WVH play show 2 in Paris
**Volbeat replaces Architects on show 1 in Gothenburg
Show 1 Support North America: Pantera & Mammoth WVH***
Show 2 Support North America: Five Finger Death Punch & Ice Nine Kills
***Greta Van Fleet replaces Pantera on show 1 both weekends in Mexico City
