Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich spoke with CBC Radio One’s program Q about the issue of drummer and health, especially coming from the fact that Rush admitted to retiring from the road largely due to Neil Peart’s tendonitis and diminishing physical abilities. 

Lars said: “Whether we can do the 'Fight Fire's and the 'Battery's and the 'Master Of Puppets' and all that in our mid-60s and our early 70s remains to be seen. And there's kind of a second part to that, which is that if… I mean, we may be able to still play them — do you know what I mean? — but whether we can bring the weight and whether we can bring the energy and whether we can bring the attitude that those songs deserve in our 60s to 70s, I have no idea. Hopefully we'll have enough clarity to be able to tell if it's not working, to walk away from it graciously and respectfully. But right now we're fine, and we've played some of our best shows in the last couple of years, and I think there's still a bit left in the engine. But whether we can do it in our 70s… hopefully we'll get a chance to find out."

On November 29th, Metallica performed an intimate sold out show at Toronto’s Opera House. The show is now available for download via LiveMetallica.com here.

The setlist on the night was as follows:

"Breadfan"
"Creeping Death"
"Battery"
"Sad But True"
- Kirk solo -
"Fade to Black"
"Atlas, Rise!"
"Harvester Of Sorrow"
"Moth Into Flame"
- bass solo -
"One"
"Master Of Puppets"
"For Whom The Bell Tolls"
"Enter Sandman"
"Whiskey in the Jar"
"Hardwired"
"Seek and Destroy"

MetallicaTV have posted this video of the band performing “Fade To Black”, a track from the band’s second studio album, 1984’s Ride The Lightning, in Toronto.

BraveWords’ Martin Popoff was on hand for the Opera House concert. You can read his review of the show at this location. Popoff also interviewed Kirk Hammett during the band’s visit to Toronto. Read the interview here.

In the video below, Banger TV's Sam Dunn, Daniel Dekay and Bradley Zorgdrager check out the scene outside the show: