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Metallica replaces cover band's stolen gear

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Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/entertainment/05/01/050117_metallica.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Two days after a Metallica cover band&#x27;s gear went missing, the original rock legend James Hatfield (R) and the rest of the band paid to replace all of the band&#x27;s stolen equipment. <cite>AFP</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>A Metallica cover band distraught after its equipment was stolen has been able to return to stage after a gift from surprise benefactors -- the metal legends themselves.</p><p>Blistered Earth, a four-piece band from Spokane, Washington that covers Metallica classics and emulates the group&#x27;s headbanging look, said a trailer with all its gear was snatched after a show last week in Portland, Oregon.</p><p>After two days, the band -- which lost three guitars, two bass guitars and a drum-kit plus an array of amplifiers and pedals -- said everything had been replaced.</p><p>&quot;Sometimes when bad things happen it really brings out the best in people,&quot; Blistered Earth wrote on Facebook.</p><p>James Hetfield &quot;and the rest of the guys in Metallica (thanx guys) have seen fit to replace our equipment. Thank you guys!!&quot;</p><p>There was no immediate word from Metallica. The band on May 10 begins in Baltimore an extensive tour of North America and Europe after completing a leg in Latin America.</p>

<p>A Metallica cover band distraught after its equipment was stolen has been able to return to stage after a gift from surprise benefactors -- the metal legends themselves.</p>

A Metallica cover band distraught after its equipment was stolen has been able to return to stage after a gift from surprise benefactors -- the metal legends themselves.