Untitled Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 METALLICA rescued their headline appearance at DOWNLOAD 2004 on Sunday (June 6) with an eleventh-hour mercy mission to fill in for sick drummer LARS ULRICH.The legendary metal outfit's drummer was taken to hospital with an undisclosed illness just hours before the band were due to headline the rock weekender at Donington Park.And rather than pull the show and risk a revolt from fans, they called upon their co-stars to rescue the gig, roping in Slipknot and Slayer drummers Joey Jordison and Dave Lombardo alongside one of Ulrich's long-standing drum techs. Jordison played in his Slipknot mask.The emergency stand-in meant Metallica arrived 40 minutes late, having been practising in the backstage area until just minutes before showtime.A statement on the bands website reads: "Word filtered through that Lars suffered a medical emergency and frankly, I don't like to ask too many questions when the boys are preparing to deliver in unusual circumstances. The CD players were out, the guys were ripping through jams and the clock was ticking. "Before the guys went onstage their energy was high high high, and with the show having been delayed without announcement, James stepped out and filled in the crowd on what had been going on, informing them of the Lars situation and that the guys had some friends stepping up to fill in. "Thus it was that Lombardo bashed out a brutal Battery, a crushing statement that this show was not going to do anything less than deliver. The uniqueness got even greater after Lombardo drilled out Horsemen, when Jordison appeared clad in his Slip-mask to deliver For Whom The Bell Tolls before tearing through Creeping Death and Seek and Destroy. Otherwise, Download 2004 - the modern answer to the traditional Monsters of Rock festival on the same site was a huge success, with rock fans enjoying brilliant sunshine for the first major UK festival of the summer. For an exclusive report on the event, see this weeks NME which is out tomorrow in London (June 8) and Wednesday nationwide. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Untitled Posted June 7, 2004 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 as u can guess this heavily effected the set list which came out asBattery w/ Dave Lombardo from SlayerThe Four Horsemen w/ Dave Lombardo from SlayerFor Whom The Bell Tolls w/ Joey Jordison from SlipknotCreeping Death w/ Joey Jordison from SlipknotSeek And Destroy w/ Joey Jordison from SlipknotFade To Black w/ Flemming (Lars' Drum Tech)Wherever I May Roam w/ Joey Jordison from SlipknotLast Caress w/ Joey Jordison from SlipknotSad But True w/ Joey Jordison from SlipknotNothing Else Matters w/ Joey Jordison from SlipknotEnter Sandman w/ Joey Jordison from Slipknot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Found Power Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 They should've played more with Dave Lombardo.And how fucking small is Joey? He looks like a little kiddie next to Hetfield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hog Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 lol, Im convinced that Joey is 6 years old Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acey Trixx Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 that woulda been quite kool to see actually. joey with tallica. be pretty kool to fill in for the drummer(or whateva instrument u play) in one of yer fav bands i would imagine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon Of The Fall Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 They should've played more with Dave Lombardo.And how fucking small is Joey? He looks like a little kiddie next to Hetfield.to be honest joey was better on the night, it was a little short but i feel i got my money's worth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Tank Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 yeahIt would of better to see that at Download in scotland as well, would of been less boring to watch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dayeth Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 It was fucking ace.full stop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest haigyman Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 when the wait for metallica was so long i was like "what the f...!" but then when i realised there would be funky guest drummers i thought it was kinda cool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottST Posted June 7, 2004 Report Share Posted June 7, 2004 sweet, there wis no st anger, load or reload songs played....shud have imagined really that the drummers would only know decent metallica songs! lol*not to be taken too seriously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mouse Posted June 8, 2004 Report Share Posted June 8, 2004 Ok Metallica set was short, but 100% brilliant. Loved the setlist, even minus MOP! Can't wait to see them again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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