Kirk Hammett Falls Onstage at Metallica's Detroit Show

November 17, 2023 | 11:45am ET

Guitarist Kirk Hammett has had a few rough moments on Metallica’s “M72 World Tour,” the most recent being a nasty tumble he took onstage during the band’s show in Detroit on Sunday (November 12th).

Video footage shows the guitar legend tripping and falling hard onto the stage right as the band finished playing “Moth Into Flame.” After laying on the ground for a few seconds, Hammett gets up and angrily tosses his purple ESP guitar across the stage toward his guitar tech. He then yells out a couple of profanities while walking off the stage.

He was able to quickly recover mentally and physically, returning to the stage to play the next song, “Fight Fire with Fire,” and finish out the rest of the set.

Prior shows, including the band’s set at the historic Power Trip festival in Indio, California, saw Hammett flubbing the intro to “Nothing Else Matters.” In each of those instances, he was able to laugh off the mistake and restart the song.

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The Sunday concert in Detroit marked Metallica’s final 2023 show on their “M72 World Tour,” but the outing will pick up again next year with a couple more legs in Europe and North America. Tickets for the band’s 2024 shows are available here.

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See clips of Kirk Hammett falling onstage from a couple of different angles below, followed by our photo gallery of Metallica’s two shows in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Photo Gallery – Metallica and support acts at MetLife Stadium August 4th and 6th, starting with the Sunday pics first (click to expand and scroll through):

Metallica at Metlife Stadium (Aug. 6), photo by Kevin RC Wilson

Five Finger Death Punch at Metlife Stadium (Aug. 6), photo by Kevin RC Wilson

Ice Nine Kills at Metlife Stadium (Aug. 6), photo by Kevin RC Wilson

Ice Nine Kills at Metlife Stadium (Aug. 6), photo by Kevin RC Wilson

Ice Nine Kills at Metlife Stadium (Aug. 6), photo by Kevin RC Wilson

Overkill outside Metlife Stadium (Aug. 6), photo by Kevin RC Wilson

Metallica tailgaters at Metlife Stadium (Aug. 6), photo by Kevin RC Wilson

Metallica tailgaters at Metlife Stadium (Aug. 6), photo by Kevin RC Wilson