00:05On Easter Monday, April 20, 1992, Metallica performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute
00:11Concert for AIDS Awareness at Lumbly Stadium in London, England in front of over 70,000
00:16spectators.
00:2372,000 tickets sold out within just a few hours, and those who couldn't get and watch
00:29the for a show live across 76 countries with an estimated global audience of 1 billion.
00:34Metallica took a break from their North American tour to fly to England and paid tribute to
00:39Freddie Mercury, while also sharing the stage with the very legends they grew up idolizing.
00:45Just look at James' almost childlike excitement at the sight of Tony Yomi, Brian May, John
00:50Deacon, and Roger Taylor.
00:52Rumor has it that during rehearsals, James even pretended to struggle with his voice just
00:57to run the song again.
00:59Simply for another chance to play alongside them.
01:01When Metallica opened the show, much of the audience, unaware of the still-secret guest
01:06lineup, was caught completely off-guard.
01:09Hetfield stood out that night, he only wanted to use foul language.
01:26But it wasn't just attitude, it was nerves and excitement.
01:30Without his guitar, he looked slightly out of place.
01:33Even mixing up some lyrics along the way.
01:35The officially released version of Stone Cold Crazy also differs from the live broadcast.
01:40In the middle of the song, the new supergroup momentarily lost its rhythm.
01:45And the sound engineers had to edit this fragment.
01:48This concert also featured David Bowie.
01:51Spinal Tap, Def Leppard, Guns N' Roses fans tried to boycott them for their homophobic remarks.
01:57Extreme U2, Elizabeth Taylor, Robert Plant, Elton John, George Michael, and many others.
02:02Just two months earlier, Metallica had won a Grammy for their cover of Stone Cold Crazy.
02:07And that day at Wembley, they played it alongside their heroes.
02:17Can't wait to get home.
02:21Wow.
02:22Fucking useless figure.
02:23Scheduling.
02:24No, I need to sleep.
02:25No, I need to sleep.
02:29Wow.
02:47They've arrived.
03:01You're up in your hotel room on the phone with your manager or you're arguing about something
03:06and you're really, you know.
03:22Yeah, I was like, right.
03:24Ah, yeah.
03:25Yeah.
03:26Yeah.
03:27Yeah.
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