See James Hetfield phone up fan who gave birth at recent Metallica gig

Joice M. Figueiró, who gave birth during a Metallica show in Brazil last weekend, received a sweet phone call from frontman James Hetfield. The metal legend phoned up Joice and her husband Jaime to give them his well wishes on May 10, congratulating them on the birth of young Luan Figueiró – who was born as the band played Enter Sandman during their encore in Curitiba on May 7. “This is James from Metallica,” he says in the short, 15-second clip (though the conversation lasted seven minutes according to Joice), ​“Congratulations, you guys.” In an interview with The Washington Post, Joice said that the whole experience of giving birth at the gig was ​“a mix of emotions”: ​“Since it wasn’t planned, I was scared that the medical team wouldn’t be ready. But there’...

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