>>2974This statement from Hetfield could be perfectly paraphrased as "Is Robert Kraft in the audience tonight? This message goes out to you, Mr. Kraft: please don't cancel any of our shows, we're completely safe."
A lot of commentators are, interestingly, focusing on how the "we don't talk about stuff" statement sounds hypocritical in light of their old music, but, yeah, it's obviously even more hypocritical in light of the very obvious messaging and stances they've been doing and taking since the '90s.
>>2977Dave is weird, because I remember it coming up that he was a "build the wall" guy in the 1980s, which makes his politics seem noticeably insane - maybe the moreso because he was even more upfront about the "anti-establishment, anti-war" image than Metallica at that time. I haven't kept up with what his beliefs are supposed to be more recently, I almost thought he might be the kind to go anti-Trump after seeing the kind of shit Trump is doing globally in term 2 - but then I wouldn't be surprised if he didn't, either. Sometimes the really crazy guys end up being the first ones to come to their senses, other times they don't.