WHAT THEY SAID
"We wanted to get them on tour, and they said no. They're doing good on their own already." ¶ That is James Hetfield on his SiriusXM show Riff Life, revealing that Metallica asked Turnstile to come out with them and got turned down ¶, ‡‡. No hard feelings from Hetfield, who spent the rest of the segment telling listeners to go see the Baltimore band live **.
THE DETAILS
- Hetfield said Metallica have watched Turnstile play and hung out with them, calling them super cool guys and praising the vibe they bring onstage ¶, **.
- He name-checked the band's newer guitarist, Meg Mills, as an addition to the lineup ‡‡.
- Turnstile's 2025 album Never Enough hit No.9 on the Billboard chart, and the band has worked with Elton John and Hayley Williams **.
- About a week before the story broke, Turnstile played to roughly 60,000 people on the National Mall in Washington, DC ‡‡, *.
- Metallica are mid Sphere residency with M72 continuing in 2027, Limp Bizkit opening the North American stadium run **, ¶.
WHAT HAPPENS NEXT
Turnstile have not publicly responded, and no one has said which leg or year the offer was for ‡.