Céline Dion Attends Two Metallica Shows in Las Vegas: Viral Air-Bass Moment, Then Backstage Photos: 'We Absolutely Loved the Show'
Canadian singer Céline Dion, 58, became the star of the audience at a heavy-metal show. On November 5 and November 7, she attended two shows of Metallica's 'Life Burns Faster' residency at Sphere in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nevada: first, fans filmed her playing an enthusiastic 'air bass' in a suite; on November 7 she was filmed headbanging along to a signature song, then met the band backstage after the show, and on November 8 she posted the photos to her own Instagram account, writing, 'We absolutely loved the show.'
According to Billboard and USA Today, during the November 5 show, as guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo played their improvised 'doodle' segment, Dion stood up in her suite and mimicked Trujillo's bass playing note for note, completely absorbed. A fan at the show, @theordacityyy, posted the moment to Instagram, where it quickly went viral, and music outlets including Loudwire and Consequence followed up. Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash and members of No Doubt were in the same suite.
November 7 was the closing night of the residency's fall run, and Dion returned, seated alongside actor Jack Black. In footage obtained by TMZ, as the band performed its 1991 classic 'Enter Sandman,' she threw her arms in the air, headbanged along and played air guitar, while Black clapped overhead during a guitar solo. After the show, Dion took her 16-year-old twin sons, Eddy and Nelson, backstage to meet singer James Hetfield, drummer Lars Ulrich, guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo.
On November 8, Dion shared the backstage photos on Instagram: a group shot of her, her sons and the four band members, playful photos with Trujillo, and a black-and-white snapshot of her chatting with Hetfield. 'Thank you James, Lars, Kirk and Rob and everyone from the @Metallica organization for the warm welcome!' she wrote. 'We had such a wonderful time seeing you at the Sphere. We absolutely loved the show.' Fans flooded the comments asking for an actual collaboration, with one writing, 'We need a song of you together.' Her love of Metallica is not new: a personal playlist she shared earlier this year included the band's 1996 song 'Until It Sleeps.'
Dion lives in the Las Vegas area and has deep ties to the city: her two residencies at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace grossed a combined $681.3 million, according to Billboard Boxscore. After announcing in December 2022 that she had been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome, a rare neurological disorder, she stepped away from performing; she returned to the stage in Paris this September, selling out 16 residency shows in her first full-length run in more than six years. Metallica launched the Sphere residency on October 1; its fall run wrapped on November 7, and the band is scheduled to return to the venue in January 2027, with dates extending through March.
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Source: Céline Dion on Instagram
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Photo: 图：席琳·迪翁本人资料图（Linda Bisset摄，CC BY-SA 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons），非本次演唱会画面。/ File photo: Céline Dion (by Linda Bisset, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons); not a photo from the concerts.
