Respect to Michael Eavis for getting them to headline the Pyramid Stage. People bitched and moaned, but Metallica proved them wrong. They proved that for a genre that is very often dismissed, condemned and stereotyped, metal has the power to move people.
After watching this on the BBC I'd of given anything to have been there, I bought the CD from that night it's nearly worn out, in my opinion one of the greatest appearances Glastonbury has ever seen, makes me mad people welcome all the pop poppettes to a festival but turn up their noses in disgust at the thought of one of the best live acts going performing there.
Hearing that famous bit at 4:40 in Glastonbury, is just amazing haha. The middle class coldplay listening volvo driving Glastonbury crowd wouldn't know what had hit them.
Jamie Smith Kinda understandable really. Glastonbury is mainly a pop/niche festival these days. No-one really expected the biggest metal band ever to headline. I mean, by the time they were announced the tickets were long sold out. Tix for Glastonbury sell out in less than 24 hours usually.
Glastonbury has sadly become more “pop” over the years but I’d hardly call it a pop festival, plenty of rock / alternative acts play it every year. Used to be primary known as a guitar band heavy festival so to speak.
Metallica fucking killed it in Glastonbury, I dont understand the dislikes. Lars was on fire, maybe got a bit sloppy towards the end but the first half was 11/10
I'm not even that big a Metallica fan but this performance has been better than anything else on the lineup. Need more rock/metal bands at Glastonbury. Maybe Slash to headline next year?
It's good to see Glastonbury festival bringing some of the heavier bands. You can tell the band really enjoyed it. There was tears in james' eyes when they turned the lights on.
its crazy people complained about Metallica headlining but they are happy to have stormzy headline lmao . says it all . If you attend a rock festival and would rather see stormzy over Metallica you are a fool
The critical and Glasto fan reaction to this has been hilarious. Like it was a mind blowing performance. As a long standing Metallica fan, this was average by their standards. But at Glastonbury, they're the best there was, the best there is, and the best that audience will ever see. Should have been booked years ago. Metallica's average is Glastonbury's best. Metal up your ass!
I saw Metallica at Milton Keynes Bowl in 1993. It was an additional gig called No where left to roam. It was brilliant. I still have my ticket. Of course this was the last song played.
Anyone slagging Metallica hasn't really got much of a clue, 33 years on the main stage and counting, who cares what some arse who loves Kasabian thinks, yeah Glastonbury is mainly an indie fest but all gigs are now watered down look at Reading etc, its all about commercial viability. Metallica are by far the biggest and best in the world, the likes of even AC/DC are envious of.
I've read lots of comments knocking them last night. I go by what I saw, and the crowd reaction- and I loved them. 30+ years and still going strong. Music critics just irritate me- they should invest some time playing music instead of writing essays about it. See how much better they can do. Thanks Metallica
Of all genres that performed at this years glastonbury metallica proved that heavy metal isnt something to laugh at n involves so much more passion and fan interaction than any 'pop' band or 'indie' act could ever replicate. The talent hits the 10 with metallica n metal in general when the autotuned chart bull we have nowdays require nothing but a vocalist. The metal genre will from now will only become the main attraction in a few years time when people realise theres so much more to the music.
When James opens on anything it's perfect plus I like that little two note extra to the intro, just that little part makes it so epic! But my favorite opening rhythm is Fade to Black
this is the first time i tuned in to watch Glastonbury in a long while. Metallica were the only band worth seeing. oh and Hetfields vocals were fricken awsome!
Metallica are by far the biggest metal band on the planet and by far bigger than all the other bands at glasto put together, Metallica showed all the young whupper snappers how to rock for real, they have been there and done it all over the years, good on you Metallica....
I love indie rock, but as well i love metallica, why there are people who likes indie rock but doesn't like metallica? I mean, I know they are different genres but come on, they are a legend
Never been into Metallica, in fact I've always disliked them. But they fucking smashed it at Glastonbury, showed all the critics right up. Best band of the weekend.
Troll here... I saw these guys on their 2nd tour with Armoured Saint and WASP. Tuned out after Ride the Lightning (when the band wagon jumpers climbed aboard) The only reason the drummer sounds off ,on the double bass drum segment , is because it was played too quickly here. Cut the guy the slack. ( I'm a guitarist)
I remember when someone brought this into our English class at school and played it to all of us and the female teacher. (This was in 1990 or thereabouts.) When it ended she said "thank God for that!". I must say I thought that as well. He got a good laugh when he boasted of it to the others (lot of metalheads in my school). I'm more of a folkie but the guitars here remind me a bit of Full House era Fairport Convention.
I remember a few months before the were announced a music newspaper said ‘Metallica are due to play Glastonbury on what we assume will be the second stage due to not being big enough band for the main stage’ I was like wtf they’ve sold 125 million albums and sell out arenas. Glastonbury literally had someone who sold 100,000 albums headline last year. They are clueless U.K. papers lol
Metallica have sold more albums than most acts that played Glastonbury this year COMBINED. How you could say that they don't belong there is beyond belief. Especially considering they put on one of the best live shows in the world. If you're criticising their involvement in this you're either a snob or ignorant. If Glastonbury is to be considered one of the top and most diverse music festivals, it needs to involve more metal bands.
It's easy to argue that they didn't belong there. It's an Indie festival, not a Metal one. If people wanted Metal that could go to Sonisphere, they're amount of sales has nothing to do with it.
And what about all the other big non-indie acts that played Glastonbury? Skrillex, Dolly Parton, Disclosure, Fatboy Slim, Robert Plant. Seems pretty varied to me, and the turnout for Metallica confirmed a lot of people there wanted to see them.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't mind them being there to say an easy argument to make. Also apart from Dolly Parton all those artists fall under indie/edm/electronica variants. For the record I liked Metalica's performance slow start but nice end.
Glastonbury was already one of the top and most diverse musical festivals out there before this year. It is far more diverse than say Reading or the 'metal festivals' such as Download and Sonisphere. Those festivals and most others would get nowhere near a typical Glastonbury lineup as far as diversity is concerned. To state that it is just an indie festival just because big name metal artists were not previously included is slightly ignorant to say the least.
At last metallica at glasto! about time it was a rock concert again, was getting worried there for a while with the likes of jay-z headlining!! awesome set guys!
Fantastic.to say kirk was bad is ridiculous, he is a truely great guitarist, the offbeat tempo between lead and ryrhmn in some of metallica's songs is an art in itself.to perform it live is amazing.why do people want it perfect.it you want perfect turn the sound down and shove the cd on.
As I am nearing mid 30's everyone around me is getting older... They all wish they still rocked as good as Metallica! Hopefully TooL held up good if only they'd release a new album and tour in my area.
+Someone - nice one keyboard warrior. cant be fucked wasting my breath/ energy on explaining that musics not just about one band. goodbye and open your mind please and thank you.
Slash Rocks I still don't understand how hard is it to you to reply using actual correct english. Are you slow to get things?(Because that would explain a lot.) ;)
Why does everyone fight, I happen to love music ranging from Metallica (favorite band) to Avenged Sevenfold to Johnny Cash to Weezer to Dave Matthews, and I don't argue over which is better..........I just wish ppl wouldn't hate on metallica, they performed the best they could over all the haters. Cut them slack, they are in there 50s and they are doing what they love so why can't everyone just stick to there opinions.
So much for hoping to find some intellectual discussion. That's it, I'm never reading the comments on any UA-cam video ever again. All i see is people pointlessly arguing with each other and people deliberately trying to annoy fans of this type of music.
metallica just rocks man. i dont know why people hate lars ulrich he is a pretty good drummer, plus all the people who call him shit do not know how to appreciate some good fucking music
![Metallica - One [Live In Seattle '89] (2018 Remastered)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/5U-rSxTTgys/mqdefault.jpg)
Respect to Michael Eavis for getting them to headline the Pyramid Stage. People bitched and moaned, but Metallica proved them wrong. They proved that for a genre that is very often dismissed, condemned and stereotyped, metal has the power to move people.
We won't see the likes of Ellie Goulding headlining a stage at Glastonbury 2044, that's for sure.
EXCELLENT comment
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After watching this on the BBC I'd of given anything to have been there, I bought the CD from that night it's nearly worn out, in my opinion one of the greatest appearances Glastonbury has ever seen, makes me mad people welcome all the pop poppettes to a festival but turn up their noses in disgust at the thought of one of the best live acts going performing there.
I was there and they blew me away by far the best performance at Glastonbury that year
Love the fact that the hippies were rejecting Metallica in the media.
Metallica played, rocked the house!
They were angry over the fact that James prefers to hunt his own meat and doesn't buy it packaged from a clean supermarket.
>hippies
you realise this is an anti war song? and hippies fought hard to try and stop anyone from ending up like the guy in this song?
@@jamesduffy7549 well so did the punks
@@Firusdhf metallica aren't punks. Hippies, and punk,s did far more to stop people ending up like this than metallica ever did
@@w-james9277 you think he ate the bears he killed? I am a fan of james but dont go act like he is some kind of man of nature
Hearing that famous bit at 4:40 in Glastonbury, is just amazing haha. The middle class coldplay listening volvo driving Glastonbury crowd wouldn't know what had hit them.
But everyone knew the words to creeping death!! I was impressed.
All the chavs in the dance tent, where they belong!!
I drive a Volvo and am neither a Coldplay fan or middle class 😂
Haha classic comment lol😂
@@colinthebeardi drive a volvo and listen to death metal
FINALLY a sound engineer got lars drums mix set up just prefect you can actually hear his bass drums
Agreed. Gotta have those clicks!
That's all you could hear when you were there though, the crowd was pretty lifeless by me too
JasnoGT Agreed. Nothing from Justice sounds the same without those clicks :D
Jamie Smith Kinda understandable really. Glastonbury is mainly a pop/niche festival these days. No-one really expected the biggest metal band ever to headline. I mean, by the time they were announced the tickets were long sold out. Tix for Glastonbury sell out in less than 24 hours usually.
those engineers polished that turd exquisitely
i love how a metal band walks into this pop festival and absolutely blows every performance that festival has ever seen out of the water.
Glastonbury has sadly become more “pop” over the years but I’d hardly call it a pop festival, plenty of rock / alternative acts play it every year. Used to be primary known as a guitar band heavy festival so to speak.
Metallica fucking killed it in Glastonbury, I dont understand the dislikes. Lars was on fire, maybe got a bit sloppy towards the end but the first half was 11/10
If all the Lars bashing didn't exist, I'd of never noticed his mistakes. I don't think he's terrible though.
Metallica were fuckin' awesome......🖤🖤
I'm not even that big a Metallica fan but this performance has been better than anything else on the lineup. Need more rock/metal bands at Glastonbury. Maybe Slash to headline next year?
slash no more metal, yes.
needs more slayer, megadeth and iron maiden is what you are saying? if so i agree
AnyTechReviews more metal, but no Slash. Much better stuff is out there, like Mastodon
AnyTechReviews I think we need more metal and Rock in everything nowadays
Slash headlined about 5 years ago.
Never been a fan of this kind of music but Metallica at Glasto converted me!!
It's good to see Glastonbury festival bringing some of the heavier bands. You can tell the band really enjoyed it. There was tears in james' eyes when they turned the lights on.
its crazy people complained about Metallica headlining but they are happy to have stormzy headline lmao . says it all . If you attend a rock festival and would rather see stormzy over Metallica you are a fool
Metallica Headlining Glastonbury is probably there best ever headline imo. This band has lasted the test of time, very few bands can do that.
there’s quite a few sets better than this though. David Bowie, Radiohead, Arctic Monkeys, Pulp, The Smiths, etc.
I WAS THERE. Best act on the whole line-up!
Thanks Metallica, great show. Hate to say it, that even as an Arcade Fire fan, this just nailed it.
The critical and Glasto fan reaction to this has been hilarious. Like it was a mind blowing performance. As a long standing Metallica fan, this was average by their standards. But at Glastonbury, they're the best there was, the best there is, and the best that audience will ever see. Should have been booked years ago.
Metallica's average is Glastonbury's best. Metal up your ass!
I saw Metallica at Milton Keynes Bowl in 1993. It was an additional gig called No where left to roam. It was brilliant. I still have my ticket. Of course this was the last song played.
I was also at mk bowl this wasn't the last song played second encore was sandman then so what and it is on you tube 👍👍
Well said pal!!!
When James starts the DARKNESS part, it's probably the best he's done it since 1989 low, fast, heavy Metallica. They kicked ass
Anyone slagging Metallica hasn't really got much of a clue, 33 years on the main stage and counting, who cares what some arse who loves Kasabian thinks, yeah Glastonbury is mainly an indie fest but all gigs are now watered down look at Reading etc, its all about commercial viability. Metallica are by far the biggest and best in the world, the likes of even AC/DC are envious of.
Now this is REAL music !
Life is wonderful when this exists.
The best metal song of all time.
i can second that
My favourite gig at Glasto - it was mind blowing
Amen pal!!!
Finally a reason to check out Glastonbury \m/
I've read lots of comments knocking them last night. I go by what I saw, and the crowd reaction- and I loved them. 30+ years and still going strong. Music critics just irritate me- they should invest some time playing music instead of writing essays about it. See how much better they can do. Thanks Metallica
Of all genres that performed at this years glastonbury metallica proved that heavy metal isnt something to laugh at n involves so much more passion and fan interaction than any 'pop' band or 'indie' act could ever replicate. The talent hits the 10 with metallica n metal in general when the autotuned chart bull we have nowdays require nothing but a vocalist. The metal genre will from now will only become the main attraction in a few years time when people realise theres so much more to the music.
When James opens on anything it's perfect plus I like that little two note extra to the intro, just that little part makes it so epic! But my favorite opening rhythm is Fade to Black
Probably the most gifted musicians to ever grace the pyramid stage
this is the first time i tuned in to watch Glastonbury in a long while. Metallica were the only band worth seeing. oh and Hetfields vocals were fricken awsome!
To be honest this song applies more now than ever. Everyone remember our vets.
Metallica are by far the biggest metal band on the planet and by far bigger than all the other bands at glasto put together, Metallica showed all the young whupper snappers how to rock for real, they have been there and done it all over the years, good on you Metallica....
The music equivalent of full metal jacket. The duality of man.
my favorite band since college days
2:26 holly crap i was missing that double bass! Really amazing part!
still awesome. wish i went to glasto now.they are my fav band ever. last saw them live ten years ago.
I love indie rock, but as well i love metallica, why there are people who likes indie rock but doesn't like metallica? I mean, I know they are different genres but come on, they are a legend
New respect for Metallica i loved the tribute background video. Thanks for posting.
Not gonna lie I'd expect a BBC video to be filmed in HD XD
It was. This upload isn't.
This was kick ass performance!!!
Very impressive all round.....
Did we watch the same video?
we did and I stand by what i say....you are entitled to what you think sir.
Brilliant performance!
Wish I could've been there..
Never been into Metallica, in fact I've always disliked them. But they fucking smashed it at Glastonbury, showed all the critics right up. Best band of the weekend.
Well done for disliking the greatest band of all time!!
@@thehop639 Well done for replying to a 7 year old comment. Metallica are still shit by the way.
I would love to be back there again! So frigging Amazing !!!!!
25 years later and still kick ass
can`t wait to see you at Soniphere
They look very good for there age still rocking \m/ :-)
Effing brilliant. Quality metal is just what Glasto needed.
They still rock the best!
México!!!! And Metallica on Glastonbury!!!!
Troll here... I saw these guys on their 2nd tour with Armoured Saint and WASP. Tuned out after Ride the Lightning (when the band wagon jumpers climbed aboard) The only reason the drummer sounds off ,on the double bass drum segment , is because it was played too quickly here. Cut the guy the slack. ( I'm a guitarist)
I cant believe this was almost 10 years ago..
I must have listened to this 1,000 times haha
I was there. Incredible.
This is METALLICA the voice of us all.
Glastonbury was great. I love Glastonbury. I'm glad also Metallica played. I certainly enjoyed it.
I remember when someone brought this into our English class at school and played it to all of us and the female teacher. (This was in 1990 or thereabouts.) When it ended she said "thank God for that!". I must say I thought that as well. He got a good laugh when he boasted of it to the others (lot of metalheads in my school). I'm more of a folkie but the guitars here remind me a bit of Full House era Fairport Convention.
what?
shutup goon
Metallica FOREVER!!!! Best Metal band of all time. To this day no one can top them. Especially live.
Lek kanggoku metalika ki penak kabeh lagune..senengankuh.....never die
stupid how the BBC only put 1 fucking video of the band that headlined glastonbury!
Hi 2 year younger self.
Hi 2 year younger self
1:56 - the reason why we all love James.
I remember a few months before the were announced a music newspaper said ‘Metallica are due to play Glastonbury on what we assume will be the second stage due to not being big enough band for the main stage’ I was like wtf they’ve sold 125 million albums and sell out arenas. Glastonbury literally had someone who sold 100,000 albums headline last year. They are clueless U.K. papers lol
i thought creeping death was outstanding. really enjoyed their set and can't wait for the new album!
It's like they never getting old. Still awesome!
Metallica is probably my favorite band tbh
That harmony solo. Wow
That's a great performance, good to see them still killing it !
What a night this was I got fuuuucked up 🤘
Awesome Song
Metallica have sold more albums than most acts that played Glastonbury this year COMBINED. How you could say that they don't belong there is beyond belief. Especially considering they put on one of the best live shows in the world. If you're criticising their involvement in this you're either a snob or ignorant. If Glastonbury is to be considered one of the top and most diverse music festivals, it needs to involve more metal bands.
It's easy to argue that they didn't belong there. It's an Indie festival, not a Metal one. If people wanted Metal that could go to Sonisphere, they're amount of sales has nothing to do with it.
And what about all the other big non-indie acts that played Glastonbury? Skrillex, Dolly Parton, Disclosure, Fatboy Slim, Robert Plant. Seems pretty varied to me, and the turnout for Metallica confirmed a lot of people there wanted to see them.
Don't get me wrong, I didn't mind them being there to say an easy argument to make. Also apart from Dolly Parton all those artists fall under indie/edm/electronica variants. For the record I liked Metalica's performance slow start but nice end.
Glastonbury was already one of the top and most diverse musical festivals out there before this year. It is far more diverse than say Reading or the 'metal festivals' such as Download and Sonisphere. Those festivals and most others would get nowhere near a typical Glastonbury lineup as far as diversity is concerned. To state that it is just an indie festival just because big name metal artists were not previously included is slightly ignorant to say the least.
so did micheal jackson. i don't see your point
thancks for MetallicA precious album i love
master piece!!!
At last metallica at glasto! about time it was a rock concert again, was getting worried there for a while with the likes of jay-z headlining!! awesome set guys!
I have been listening Metallica since 1985
Not a huge Metallica fan but gotta admit this is pretty epic.
2014...BBC uploads the videos to 480p...good
lol Loving those haters! ... METALLICA KICKIN' YOUR ASS SINCE 1981 \m/
Can't wait to see them for my 3rd time on Sunday :)
There will never be a better natal band than Metallica
Metal*
LEGENDARY METALICA !!!
Fantastic.to say kirk was bad is ridiculous, he is a truely great guitarist, the offbeat tempo between lead and ryrhmn in some of metallica's songs is an art in itself.to perform it live is amazing.why do people want it perfect.it you want perfect turn the sound down and shove the cd on.
I love this faster version better !
As I am nearing mid 30's everyone around me is getting older... They all wish they still rocked as good as Metallica! Hopefully TooL held up good if only they'd release a new album and tour in my area.
Guns N Roses and Metallica for life
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Using the holly word "Metallica" together with...ugh... Guns N Roses in a same sentence is almost blasphemy. Just don't.
Slash Rocks Please, use you english correctly, and have a good taste in music, for once.
Thank you. ;)
+Someone - nice one keyboard warrior. cant be fucked wasting my breath/ energy on explaining that musics not just about one band. goodbye and open your mind please and thank you.
Slash Rocks I still don't understand how hard is it to you to reply using actual correct english. Are you slow to get things?(Because that would explain a lot.) ;)
Bedankt voor het delen! Liefs Angelique
Why does everyone fight, I happen to love music ranging from Metallica (favorite band) to Avenged Sevenfold to Johnny Cash to Weezer to Dave Matthews, and I don't argue over which is better..........I just wish ppl wouldn't hate on metallica, they performed the best they could over all the haters. Cut them slack, they are in there 50s and they are doing what they love so why can't everyone just stick to there opinions.
So much for hoping to find some intellectual discussion. That's it, I'm never reading the comments on any UA-cam video ever again. All i see is people pointlessly arguing with each other and people deliberately trying to annoy fans of this type of music.
Now this is what I'm talking about!
Seeing those ww1 soldiers In the background brings a tear to my eye R.I.P you brave men
"Bang That Head That Doesn't Bang". Mission accomplished.
Fair play to Lars here, His drumming was the best i have seen in a while
Fantastic!
Harvester of sorrow live 1991 tushino airfield russia is when metallica played live!! You look how many in that crowd.. 500,000 people.
It was more then 500k people.
There was over a million people there that day, not 500,000 man
I love how much the crowd struggled to know any other songs apart from Metallica's most famous ones.
I came from this song It is so good OMG
Awesome !!!!!
Better than some of their other recent performances...
Amazing !!!
This was my favorite Birthday present
oh my god lars slow down i beg
Aguante Metallica carajo!!
Don't care what all the haters are saying! Metallica fucking smashed it and left there mark.... Well done guys!
Damn... Age has gotten the best of them. Great to see them still performing but sad to see them perform it bad.
Lars nailed it!! Nicely done!
metallica just rocks man. i dont know why people hate lars ulrich he is a pretty good drummer, plus all the people who call him shit do not know how to appreciate some good fucking music
Dont know why everyone is hating on this. I think it is brilliant!