Metallica closed out its go to to Mexico on Sunday (Sept. 29) with a remaining tribute to the nation. Bassist Robert Trujillo and guitarist Kirk Hammett as soon as once more stunned the gang who gathered on the GNP Seguros Stadium (previously often known as Foro Sol) with a efficiency of one other basic from the Mexican well-liked songbook: “Los Luchadores” by the legendary tropical music group La Sonora Santanera.
“El Santo, el Cavernario, Blue Demon y el Bulldog,” sang Trujillo, who’s of Mexican origin, whereas Hammett delighted the 65,000 followers gathered on the venue along with his difficult riffs, in response to figures offered by the promoter OCESA.
With the band’s distinctive interpretation of La Sonora Santanera’s basic track, the quartet ended a collection of performances in Mexico Metropolis that marked its return to the nation after a seven-year absence. In whole, Metallica gathered 260,000 attendees throughout 4 sold-out exhibits, in response to OCESA.
The legendary Californian steel band, additionally made up of vocalist and guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, visited Mexico as a part of its M72 World Tour. The group promoted its 4 dates —Sept. 20, 22, 27 and 29 — with images of guitar picks with drawings of Mexican popular culture similar to the enduring wrestler “El Santo” and a colourful piñata.
Every present included a track in Spanish by a Mexican act, all carried out by Trujillo accompanied by Hammett. On Friday (Sept. 27), the band performed its personal model of the Mexican group El Tri’s basic “A.D.O.” The gesture was reciprocated hours later by the Mexican band’s frontman, veteran rocker Alex Lora, in a video posted on social media.
“Thanks, Metallica, for making my basic A.D.O. yours! Thanks, Trujillo! Thanks, Hammett! And lengthy reside rock n’ roll!” Lora stated in a video on Instagram, during which he additionally performed the primary few verses of his celebrated track.
Beforehand, in the course of the band’s first night time on Sept. 20, Metallica paid tribute to the norteño music group Los Tucanes de Tijuana by taking part in “La Chona.” Two days later, the rockers paid tribute to rock group Caifanes with their cumbia-themed hit “La Negra Tomasa.”
Metallica’s historical past with Mexico started three a long time in the past whereas selling its Black Album (1991), once they carried out 5 exhibits on the Palacio de los Deportes in 1993. Since then, the band has maintained a detailed relationship with the nation, together with recording the reside DVD Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria (2009), which portrays three spectacular nights in June 2009 on the Foro Sol (now the GNP Seguros Stadium).
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