Metallica
Twickenham Stadium
The state of the soulless stadium art.
★The WorldWired tour hits the capital, and Metallica downsize a stadium show in style. Blame the soulless stadium venue, maybe, but at first on Metallica’s return to London, they resemble four remote figures walking around on scaffolding while flickering video footage plays either side. We lap up and but something’s missing. And at first, when they decamp to the lower stage for Rob and Kirk’s covers spot, we remained unmoved – a reading of Iron Maiden’s is received with mild bafflement (did Eddie die, and rise from the
