ENRAGED METALLICA FANS TWEET OUT AGAINST THE "HORRIBLE" LIVE PERFORMANCE AT 2017 GRAMMYS
On Sunday, the 59th annual Grammy Awards ceremony aired live on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles. Beyonce, Adele, and Bruno Mars all performed live. The evening had several live mishaps including Adele who had a meltdown center stage and pleaded with the audience to let her start over during her tribute performance to the late great George Michael. Yet, the real train wreck of the night was the collaboration between Metallica and Lady Gaga. Metallica’s performance was eagerly awaited by fans after the band announced their appearance back in January, saying they had “something very unique and special planned.”
Gaga and Metallica performed Moth Into Flame together, but lead singer James Hetfield’s microphone did not work initially. Hetfield could be seen mouthing the lyrics, but the audience could not hear his voice. The audio mishap led Lady Gaga to share her mic with Hetfield, and the two worked hard to make-up for the mishap. By the song’s second verse, Hetfield’s mic was back in working condition.
Afterwards, Hetfield appeared visibly upset by the audio mess-up and threw his guitar off the stage, where someone on the side managed to catch it. Twitter user Troy Hughes caught the moment on camera:
A pissed off James Hetfield tosses his guitar 😡😡😡😡😡 #Metallica #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/6BXzFvnFZR
— Troy Hughes™ (@TommySledge) February 13, 2017
Actress and LGBTQ activist, Laverne Cox added to the mayhem when she initially introduced the highly anticipated rock performance and just threw it to Lady Gaga leaving out any mention of Metallica on stage. Earlier today, Cox tweeted an apology:
I am so sorry to #Metallica and all their fans. I am told I didn't say their names during the intro. Love you Metallica. You Rock. #Grammys
— Laverne Cox (@Lavernecox) February 13, 2017
Fans were outraged with how Metallica’s Grammys performance played out. Many took to Twitter to express their disdain at the technical issue and show their support of Metallica. Fans anticipated how someone would be “getting fired,” and others insisted the Grammys should “get it together.” THE WANNA has gathered the most entertaining reaction tweets below!
someone is FIRED!!! wtf... horrible audio engineers! #grammys #gaga #metallica
— trentonnn (@confessionkills) February 13, 2017
Someone just lost their job🙃 lol #GRAMMYs #LadyGaga #Metallica
— CODERED 🥀 (@codered9299) February 13, 2017
#CBS audio get it together !!! James mic is out!!! #Metallica #Grammys
— Chrissy Fontana-Hurd (@SoxGirl1512) February 13, 2017
Not introducing @Metallica and then not having the microphone on should be punishable by life in prison. #GRAMMYs
— Louis James (@LouisJamesMusic) February 13, 2017
the #Metallica sound tech guy right now #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/HhXIBKzfO1
— Kyle Maki (@Kyle_Maki) February 13, 2017
Someone's getting fired. You had one job. #metallica #GRAMMYs
— Cameron McPhail (@Cameron_McPhail) February 13, 2017
Come on #GRAMMYs! How could you do that to James Hetfield? First, @Lavernecox only introduces @ladygaga forgetting @Metallica, then broken 🎙
— Ana (@ana_lopezk) February 13, 2017
I think #Metallica is owed one huge apology #GRAMMYs
— Michelle Macdonald (@mdmacdonald167) February 13, 2017
Nice #Grammys. Don't bother remembering to turn a MICROPHONE on for #Metallica! Audio SHOULD be concern #1 for a MUSIC show
— Nash Overstreet (@NASHOVERSTREET) February 13, 2017
So #GRAMMYs promoted @Metallica in ads, but forgot to mention them,their song/album in scripted intro, & didn't have singers mic on? Insane!
— Eddie Trunk (@EddieTrunk) February 13, 2017
Umm #grammys you forgot to plug in Metallica
— Tommy McFLY (@TommyMcFLY) February 13, 2017
Mic guy after cutting off Adele's co-writer and screwing up the Gaga/Metallica performance #GRAMMYs pic.twitter.com/UXFx65VWVT
— Kasper (@KasperShow) February 13, 2017
Would've been the performance of the night if it was for James' mic mishap, still love @Metallica and @ladygaga. #GRAMMYs
— LaKeena McGee (@KeenaMcGee) February 13, 2017
Ya Know You Wanna!