Nick Mason Reveals Early Pink Floyd Embarrassment

"In April, I was fortunate enough to be invited to Capitol Records in Hollywood to record with them," explains Proch. "I originally intended on recording Chop Suey! with Metamorphestra for our first official album.

He tells Billboard: "Whether we'll be able to play Master Of Puppets in our 70's, I just don't know. With Metallica, there's a physicality and a weight that has to be part of it.

"You can play it less heavy, slower - or you can realize that the music deserves that physical approach, and if the physical delivery isn't there, then maybe it's better not to do it."

But the co-founding guitarist would rather look towards the follow-up to 2015 album Repentless. King tells KLAQ 95.5 FM: "If I gear-down not to do this, I don't want to come back and do it any more.

For the concert, Walker and his band perform both new songs as well as fan favourites including "East Coast Girl," "Bed On Fire," "Summer of 89," "Wilder In The Heart," "Record Store" and more. Butch also joins host Ted Stryker for an intimate interview delving into his musical history and influences.

Prefacing "American Soldier," the singer brought up a woman whose husband was currently fighting in Afghanistan. Dedicating the song to her husband, Major Pete Cruz, Keith asked her to sing along during his performance.

The show's lineup also includes Jason Aldean, Big & Rich, Brantley Gilbert, Chase Rice, Dan + Shay, Randy Houser, Rascal Flatts and Tyler Farr.

Rice spoke to Radio.com about supporting the troops and what freedom means to him: "To me, freedom means that every day we get to wake up and know that we are not under attack. That we do not have to defend ourselves here on our soil. It also means that you get to wake up and do whatever you want. It's literally up to you. That's the greatest part about freedom: the only things that can stop us is ourselves."

Supporting the military is something that he's passionate about: "I'm a huge, huge advocate of our military; I'm a huge advocate for people who are willing to lay their lives down for me and for my family and friends."

During Amon Amarth's 2009 set at Bloodstock, a number of fans sat down in a rowing formation and invented a much safer - and funnier - form of crowd participation than moshing, circle pits or the notorious 'wall of death.' A video of the rowing stunt from can be viewed below.

And after being announced as Friday night headliners for Bloodstock 2017, Hegg tells Metal Hammer he is counting down the days until his Catton Park return.

Now he says people will always find something to be offended by if they "look long enough through a certain lens." He tells The Classic Metal Show: "If I truly, truly upset anyone with that gesture and those two words, then my apology is sincere. But then there's the flip-side where I get the feeling that if you look through a certain lens long enough and you're desperately trying to spot something, you're gonna eventually find it, no matter what it is.

"No matter how vague it may be, you're gonna find something. I was blatant and doing what I did on purpose, but with a sense of humor behind it. And anyone with a logical mind knows for a damn fact that my love extends to every person in this crazy world of all colors, creeds, kinds, shapes, sizes, sexual preference. You name it, I'm for you. I'm on your side."

They are currently writing the follow up to 2014's The Animal You Are. The band, who were nominated for the Limelight Award at the 2015 Progressive Music Awards, have been steadily growing in stature.