James Hetfield hospitalized for food poisoning, Stockholm show cancelled

Metallica has been forced to cancel the second show in Stockholm, Sweden tonight after frontman James Hetfield was taken to hospital because of food poisoning. A message from Metallica reads as follows:

“Tonight’s second show in Stockholm has been cancelled due to James falling ill and receiving medical attention at the hospital. The show will be rescheduled sometime this spring, so keep watching this space for more details. We apologize to all our fans who have travelled from near and far and we look forward to coming back soon.”

This is a video of Lars Ulrich announcing the cancellation to the Swedish audience:

{ 4 comments }

1 Bill October 7, 2009 at 2:50 pm

wow they have bad luck in stockholm… R.I.P Cliff

2 AlEjAnDrA December 2, 2009 at 5:18 am

La vida sin james hetfield no seria vida.

3 AlEjAnDrA December 2, 2009 at 5:25 am

La vida sin james hetfield no seria vida.
Q NO MUERA METALLICA

4 Courtney April 13, 2010 at 6:01 am

oh my god that must SUCK BIG TIME!! But I know that they were scincere, and i could tell they were sorry. I cant believe the fans were booing them because of something that cant be helped! Geez! I say all of those who booed metallica arent true fans!!!

P.S: I hope james gets/got better…….

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