
“It was this far from his tennis shoe!” Jason Newsted says that a Metallica fan once threw darts at the band during a show
- Jason Newsted recalled a fan throwing darts at Metallica onstage in Canada.
- A dart nearly hit James Hetfield's foot, halting the show.
- Story shared on Rolling Stone's Nashville Podcast with Charlie Starr.
Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted has recounted an incident from a late-1980s Canadian arena show in which a fan threw darts at the band during their performance, one of which narrowly missed frontman James Hetfield. The anecdote highlights the sometimes chaotic touring conditions the band faced early in…








