Metallica singer detained at airport

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http://www.stuff.co.nz/4122952a1860.html

 

UK airport officials believed Metallica singer James Hetfield could have been a terrorist because of his new "Taliban-like beard", according to reports.

 

British newspaper The Times reported Hetfield was barred entry to Luton airport and questioned by staff over his appearance.

 

He was interrogated briefly and was allowed to leave the airport when he persuaded officials he was a rock star.

 

Hetfield's new beard was considered to be "Taliban-like", the paper reported.

 

Metallica performed at the London leg of the Live Earth concert series over the weekend, and played at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday night.

 

[Guest The Minor Threat]

Racial profiling is metal.

[NoCalMike 0]

He's been terrorizing radio stations for a good 15 years now.

[Obi Chris Kenobi 0]

HAfuckingHA! Awesome a 'terrorist beard', how 'racist' can you get, really.

[Toshiaki Koala 0]

A much better Metallica story.

[dubq 0]

This is what he gets for sucking so much since the black album.

[Guest benoitwasmurdered]

I read on Fark that he's saying it didn't happen.

[Red Baron 0]

This is what he gets for sucking so much since the black album.

 

Load > Black Album

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

This is what he gets for sucking so much since Master of Puppets.

Edited for accuracy.

 

Wow...wonder what they'd do if Kerry King was in the airport and they didn't realize his eyebrows were pierced...and his arms covered in tattoo's...and...yeah, that went nowhere.

[luke-o 0]

This is what he gets for sucking so much.

 

Edited for truth.

[iggymcfly 0]

This is what he gets for sucking so much.

 

Edited for truth.

 

Agreed. I think Metallica is the single most overrated rock band in the history of music. Their music's super repetitive and it's just a few basic melodies to begin with. Maybe music was just that bad in the '80s that people had low standards?

[Corey_Lazarus 0]

There was actually a lot in Metallica's 80's material that was sorely lacking from the majority of mainstream music, and is even lacking in most music today, that made (makes) their back catalogue pretty damn great. It's along the same lines of The Ramones (obviously to a much greater degree): people were doing it before them, but for some reason they added something to it that made it WORK. It's not perfect, it's not great, but it's better than a lot of other shit from the same era.

[TheShooter 0]

Hetfield's new beard was considered to be "Taliban-like", the paper reported.

 

Classic.

[haws bah gawd 0]

Hetfield's new beard was considered to be "Taliban-like", the paper reported.

 

Classic.

 

That forked viking beard look is carrying-over to many groups these days.