Metallica: Frontman James Hetfield enters rehab; cancels Aus, NZ tour

American heavy metal band Metallica has said that its frontman James Hetfield has entered rehab. incident has led band to cancel its upcoming tour in Australia and New Zealand. Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Rob Trujillo who are members of band posted in aforementioned information on Metallica's Twitter p. y ded that anyone who purchased tickets for remaining show dates will receive automatic refunds.
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Metallica's tweets

Metallica was scheduled to tour five Australian cities from October 17-29, followed by four shows in New Zealand. band's statement re that Hetfield has struggled with diction for years and has re-entered a treatment program. Requesting fans to stand by James in his tough times, y ded James will make his way to be part of world tour as soon as his health and schedule permits. Irrespective of this, Metallica’s March 28 benefit concert in San Francisco's schedule remains unchanged, as is a South American tour set to begin on April 2020.

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James' struggle with diction

56-year-old singer-songwriter has previously discussed his struggles with diction and alcoholism, particularly in 2004 documentary “Metallica: Some Kind of Monster”. Podcaster Joe Rogan reout James struggles in which he mentioned that fear was a big motivator for him which me him opt for alcohol and drugs. James was impacted most with loss of his family, he said. His far left when he was a kid, mor passed away which me him live with his bror. This h an impact on his life which was disintegrated since beginning. As a result of his broken life and erratic behaviours and habits, his wife sent him out of house but he did t want that. He wanted to take care of all that and talk it out. His journey to rehab is, in fact, a step towards making it work. 

(With inputs from Associated Press)

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