During Metallica’s show at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam, a boy named Evan got quite a gift for his 13th birthday as he joined the band during the performance of “Seek & Destroy.”
Before the guys started playing, frontman James Hetfield told the crowd:
“Oh, God… Lars shrunk! They put Lars in the wash… I told ’em not to put him in the dryer. He shrunk. Oh, there you are.”
Looking at Evan, who was sitting behind the kit, James jokingly added: “Alright, ‘Dyers Eve,’ ready? [Laughs] I’m not…”
Evan later wrote through his social channels:
“Well well well no words I mean to play drums in front of 68,000 people with my hero’s my favorite band of all time was just the best thing ever and to top it all off it was my bday!”
Metallica Amsterdam 2019 setlist:
1. Hardwired
2. The Memory Remains
3. Ride the Lightning
4. The God that Failed
5. The Unforgiven
6. Here Comes Revenge
7. Moth Into Flame
8. Sad But True
9. No Leaf Clover
10. St. Anger
11. One
12. Master of Puppets
13. For Whom the Bell Tolls
14. Creeping Death
15. Seek & Destroy
Encore:
16. Spit Out the Bone
17. Nothing Else Matters
18. Enter Sandman
Happy 13th Birthday, Evan! ? #MetInAmsterdam pic.twitter.com/P22PwkMlF9
— Metallica (@Metallica) June 12, 2019