Watch Metallica and Lady Gaga Survive Mic Problems with Live “Moth into Flame”
Metallica performed “Moth into Flame” with Lady Gaga at the 59th annual Grammy Awards Sunday, February 12, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
James Hetfield suffered mic problems for the first half of the song and couldn’t be heard.
He eventually moved over to Gaga’s mic, but his mic was functional again by the last verse. It was a disappointing and shocking development for such a high-profile live performance. Hetfield was visibly angry about the mishap, knocking over his mic and throwing down his guitar once the performance was completed.
Metallica was nominated for the Grammy category of “Best Rock Song” for their song “Hardwired,” from their 2016 album Hardwired…to Self-Destruct.
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Christopher Scapelliti is editor-in-chief of Guitar Player magazine, the world’s longest-running guitar magazine, founded in 1967. In his extensive career, he has authored in-depth interviews with such guitarists as Pete Townshend, Slash, Billy Corgan, Jack White, Elvis Costello and Todd Rundgren, and audio professionals including Beatles engineers Geoff Emerick and Ken Scott. He is the co-author of Guitar Aficionado: The Collections: The Most Famous, Rare, and Valuable Guitars in the World, a founding editor of Guitar Aficionado magazine, and a former editor with Guitar World, Guitar for the Practicing Musician and Maximum Guitar. Apart from guitars, he maintains a collection of more than 30 vintage analog synthesizers.
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