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Metallica Rep Says Hetfield Wasn't Detained At British Airport

posted Jul 10, 2007 at 1:46 PM by Diamond Oz.  (41 Comments)

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Contrary to published reports, METALLICA frontman James Hetfield was not detained by U.K. airport security last week on his way to performing in London for Live Earth.

Britain's The Times claims that Hetfield was held and questioned due to what friends call his "Taliban-like beard." According to the paper, the METALLICA singer was briefly questioned before "red-faced" officials realized he was a rock star.

On Monday (July 9), a rep for Hetfield told Usmagazine.com that none of it ever happened. "It's false. It's not true."

Source: Blabbermouth

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41 Comments on "Metallica Rep Says Hetfield Wasn't Detained"

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1. E-Rock writes:

Maybe next time he'll just "ride the lightning!" I know, cheap laugh, but it needed to be said

# Jul 10, 2007 @ 7:45 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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2. Terminator writes:

^ that "one" was so "sad, but true". you are "unforgiven". but in the end, i guess there was "justice for all" of the parties involved.

# Jul 10, 2007 @ 8:42 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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3. Diamond Oz writes:

It's like a colostomy bag of bad jokes!

# Jul 10, 2007 @ 8:47 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. Terminator writes:

i wonder if james was "frantic" if while being questioned, the authorities would just start "pulling teeth without anesthesia" and with "no remorse". if i were him, i would have tried to "escape" before ..........you know what, im done.

# Jul 10, 2007 @ 8:51 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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5. misskeets writes:

Honestly now, would it be that hard to believe if Hetfield really had been detained? I suppose old rockers have never been detained in customs before. It is pretty unlikely I guess. The truth is obviously out there now and "nothing else matters." Yeah I know I suck.

# Jul 10, 2007 @ 9:30 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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6. brandedcfh420 writes:

the rep. ways he was questioned.....he was questioned about joining the "metal militia" after escaping the "sanitarium".....i had to join in.....

# Jul 10, 2007 @ 10:24 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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7. Terminator writes:

this beginning to make me "stone cold crazy"!

# Jul 10, 2007 @ 10:41 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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8. E-Rock writes:

He's like one of the best metal singers and they're treating him like "King Nothing!" When things like that happen to me "I Disappear."

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 12:15 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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9. Murderface writes:

Nice one, guys. Very cute. lol

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 12:31 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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10. iEATbabies writes:

you guys need a "crash course in brain surgery," okay, im sorry but i had to "jump in the fire." Alright I'm done, sorry, it looked fun.

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 12:49 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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11. Terminator writes:

hey, now, "dont tread on me" dammit! now, "momma said" not to be "wasting my hate", so i will just simply "hit the lights" and lie down "until i sleep".

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 12:57 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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12. BoltThrower writes:

Normally when I see people telling bad jokes I just want to "Kill 'em All" but this time I think I'll "Fight Fire with Fire".

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 8:44 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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13. brandedcfh420 writes:

as we are going "through the never" do we really have to listen to "the thing that should not be"..?....

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 9:15 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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14. deathbringer writes:

My world is frantic, as this thread has turned into some kind of monster. The power is all within my hands to purify these things that should not be. In the end, I guess the joke is in the eye of the beholder, but the more I see I think it's a bit overkill.

(I was bored and couldn't resist - that was a fun way to start off the morning.)

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 9:46 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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15. Red_Chord writes:

You know what, I think that these jokes are sad but true. And you know that the customs in England are on full alert and that's why they try to it you with so much questions that it feels like being hit by a 2 by 4. They act like they are some kind of master of puppets. Ah well we control nothing at all I guess.

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 10:16 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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16. rk writes:

maybe hetfield was being with "One" with his muslim alter-ego and bowing to his "Leper Messiah" while looking at the constellation "Orion" for answers.

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 11:36 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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17. metal 2 death writes:

i heard they stopped him while he was calling his lover, "ktulu", but the "battery" was running low on his phone. so he was having a huge "struggle within", you know, not being able to talk to your girl is painful(kinda like "pulling teeth") so he then went into the bathroom cuse he had to release his "ecstacy of gold". then the security came in and was all like YO! and then hey was like HEYYY HEY HEYYYYYY HERE I GO NOW, HERE I GO ON TO UR FEET.(james was pissing on their shoes![he was drunk]) the authorities where like damn he has "some kind of monster" c***. then james heard the security officers say we need support to take this "frantic" a$$hole to the "sanitarium". thats when sh** got crazy. so james said f*** it man, "nothing else matters". so he was hoagie slapin theese guys with "no remorse". the security guards where gettin thrown around everywhere , which lead to their extreme "whiplash". as of that moment, the back up came in and they where a weird mixture "of wolf and man". they where mocking him bc he was 100% "human" so james retaliated by doing a "devils dance" this dance was know to summon the "four horsemen" for many years. those horsemen first turned out the lights, making everything "fade to black". the first horseman grabbed a guy and gave him a swirly but just then HE FROZE THE TOILET! the werewolves head was "trapped under ice".the other species of half "of wol and man" ran away in fear, and to this day, james hetfield and friends where known as the "hero of the day". man "the memory remains" as if it happend yesterday. TOP THAT lol

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 12:08 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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18. metal 2 death writes:

damn im such a loser lol. and i know there are many gramatical errors lol

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 12:10 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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19. the antihippy writes:

Maybe next time he'll know when to "Load" and when to "reload"!

eh, that doesn't make sense. ?_?

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 12:14 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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20. metal 2 death writes:

its sad to you all of the good ones that actually work like deathbringers and then mine that are soo forced, just to kill a joke hahahahaha.

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 12:16 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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21. Valentine_no_more writes:

um....yeah...i guess. not detained...uh woo hoo?

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 1:57 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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22. Valentine_no_more writes:

HEY...I CAME BACK....(I STILL LUV METALLICA)

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 1:57 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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23. Diamond Oz writes:

Yeah but you f***in win that one!

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 2:08 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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24. Diamond Oz writes:

As in metal 2 death wins

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 2:08 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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25. Kick Ass Duke writes:

One of the best threads EVER. I'm getting "Whiplash" from laughing so hard. It makes me wonder, "Am I Evil?". I just need to "Escape" because "Nothing else Matters."

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 3:11 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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26. Red_Chord writes:

Sorry kick a$$ dude but metal 2 death wins that one by a mile...and it's only a mile because he waited for us for a while but we couldn't catch up...

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 5:47 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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27. JEFF DUDE. writes:

OH YEAH LIKE HETFIELD REALLY LOOKS LIKE A MUSLIM, THAT HAS TO BE THE FUNNIEST THING EVER IF THAT HAPPENED OR DID HAPPEN I MEAN COME ON HE HAS ALMOST BLONDE HAIR AND BLUE EYES. HE COULD BE A ALBINO TALIBAN AHAHAHAHHAH!!!!!

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 6:35 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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28. dmasa writes:

seriously u all need 2 "jump in the fire" ............and die.

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 6:38 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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29. Red_Chord writes:

Why don't you jump in the fire and die ???

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 6:56 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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30. JEFF DUDE. writes:

I ALREADY JUMPED IN THE FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 8:15 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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31. Terminator writes:

dmasa-- "so what" do i care what you think? dont get all "holier than thou" on us, because you're no "prince charming" yourself. you should quit drinking "fuel" because its giving you "motorbreath". why dont you just "slither" away to your "loverman". its time to "turn the page", but i fear that its "too late too late" and your already "helpless".

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 9:30 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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32. E-Rock writes:

I bet Trujillo just slipped through like an "Invisible Kid" while James had to wait until he could "Enter Sandman" Airlines. When they start stopping people who have been in the spotlight for 20+ years, it just plants a "Bad Seed" in my eye. James now needs a new therapist because that "Harvester of Sorrow" security douche. We, the members of the "Metal Militia should ban together to bring down this injustice!

# Jul 11, 2007 @ 11:17 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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33. metal 2 death writes:

im sorry but i do not believe that there is such thing as enter sandman airlines d***weed lol

# Jul 12, 2007 @ 1:56 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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34. brandedcfh420 writes:

yes we know that metal2death......

# Jul 12, 2007 @ 4:47 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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35. Diamond Oz writes:

It's "Sad But True" but the "Battery" for these jokes are starting to run out. I also heard of something that happened at the airport metal 2 death. You see while Hetfield was spraying his "Extacy Of Gold" over the guards, Ulrich was acting all "Holier Than Thou" in the waiting room. It seems he told the staff "Don't Tread On Me" which of course only added "Fuel" to the situation. The staff tried to calm him because he was acting so "Frantic" but like "The God The Failed" they couldn't. Ulrich then jumped out the "Dirty Window" after he "Hit The Lights" to distract the airport staff. He apparantly reffered to the staff as "Disposable Heroes" as he lept out. The staff then notified the security company "Damage Inc." about the "Bad Seed" that Lars had been and to keep their eyes out for a diminunative Dane acting like "King Nothing". However Kirk Hammet had ben noted as "Prince Charming" for his polite and friendly manner but this did not excuse Ulrich's "Attitude".
Lars was then able to escape to "Where The Wild Things Are" before he bumped into "The Thing that Should Not Be". He did a "Devil's Dance" to distract the creature and was then able to "Slither" away. However "The Memory Remains" with him to this day. To ensure that no one else faced this beast, he called the "Metal Militia" to slay it, which earned him the title of "Hero Of The Day".
He eventually came to "The House That Jack Built". When the owner "Ronnie" opened the door, Lars asked for the "Cure" to the "Thorn Within" his side which he had acheived whilst running away from the beast. "Ronnie" agreed to give him the "Cure" in exchange for a "2x4"... go figure.
Whilst drinking some "Sweet Amber", the "Four Horsemen" arrived and judged Lars as "Unforgiven" but he responded by saying "I'm "Better Than You"" which p***ed the horsemen off to no end and they named him the "Outlaw Torn".

To be continued...... if I can be arsed.

# Jul 12, 2007 @ 5:29 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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36. metal 2 death writes:

OMG DIAMOND OZ PWNED ME

# Jul 12, 2007 @ 6:26 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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37. METAL 2 DEATH writes:

and to brandedcfh420 i think we all know that that was a joke.

# Jul 12, 2007 @ 6:27 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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38. Diamond Oz writes:

And I'm a bit drunk! Thus making the pwning greater!

# Jul 12, 2007 @ 6:30 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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39. Terminator writes:

"carpe diem" Oz.

i guess threads like this are inevitable when you have "free speech for the dumb"!

right now i just finnished the rest of the "whiskey in the jar". hey, im only "human".

# Jul 12, 2007 @ 8:00 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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40. brandedcfh420 writes:

once again i forgot to put "lol/jk"....damnit........

# Jul 12, 2007 @ 10:01 PM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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41. Stephen writes:

Being detained as a terrorist = street cred.

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