In mid-July, Metallica frontman James Hetfield was interviewed by the band's fan club magazine, So What! The chat has been separated into three video clips, all of which can be seen below. 

Hetfield talks about seeing Iron Maiden in concert at Budweiser Stage in Toronto, Ontario - the night before Metallica played Rogers Centre, also in Toronto - as part of their WorldWired North American tour.

"Well, obviously hanging out with the Maiden guys always brings back great memories," says Hetfield. "I mean, it's just weird to remember, you know, 1981 possibly? Hanging out in Hollywood, California, driving around with (original Metallica bassist) Ron McGovney, me and Lars (Ulrich) in the backseat, and seeing (Maiden bassist) Steve Harris walk down the street and us, you know, dorky, shy metalheads (yelling), 'Hey, Steve!' And he actually turns around and starts walking towards us. That was, like, our first brush with somebody kind of cool and famous, so that always stuck with me. Steve Harris, a super-down-to-earth, really cool guy. And nothing has changed. I mean, he showed up at the show that we did."

"It's really cool when other musicians are hanging out, watching you do what you do. It takes to another level. You've gotta kind of go to Olympic mode — you step it up. Our setlist was at least five minutes faster, the set time. Lars was so nervous: 'Oh, my God! Steve Harris is watching me!'"

"Usually halfway through the show, you figure, 'Okay, he's gone and he's moved on to the next thing,' but no — for the whole show (Steve Harris) was standing there; the whole show, to the very end. And not only was he there the whole time, he got in the vehicles with us, came to the hotel with us. A super cool guy."

Remaining dates on the current North American leg of Metallica's WorldWired Tour with Avenged Sevenfold and Gojira: 

August
9 - Seattle, WA - Centurylink Field
12 - San Francisco, CA - Outside Lands
14 - Vancouver, BC - BC Place
16 - Edmonton, AB - Commonwealth Stadium