Lars Ulrich Proud Metallica's Playing Glastonbury Despite Protests
. Ever since Metallica were announced as the headliners for the Saturday night at Glastonbury, June 28, there has been a backlash from fans and disparaging comments from bands such as Mogwai, Arctic Monkeys and Bombay Bicycle Club. But Ulrich says that the negative reaction has no impact on his band. Following Friday's widely-viewed video interview, the drummer has talked to us in more depth about the reaction. "To be totally honest," he says, "I don't know how serious I can take all of it. I don't sit glued to the iPad following whoever is the next person who has an opinion about Metallica. I know that almost on a daily basis there is some musician somewhere who gets asked what he thinks about Glastonbury and Metallica, and I find the good in that - that after more than thirty years, we can still get talked about. I guess it's fun that you can still make some waves, without doing anything other than saying yes to an invitation to a festival. So, happy days!" Ulrich says that for Metallica, playing at Glastonbury will be a proud moment in the band's history. "First of all, it's the one festival that's eluded us over the years, so it's nice that they have decided to finally invite us. And, you know, it's not exactly like it's our first dance on this particular floor. There are, I think, sixteen European festivals that are similarly to Glastonbury - festivals that sell out the day the tickets go on sale, six months before any bands are even attached to play. That's a festival environment that we've been playing in for years, all over Europe. So, you know, this is not a new concept (laughs). This is just the first time that this is happening in England for us." A lot more with Lars. Classic Rock Magazine is an official news provider for antiMusic.com.
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