Metallica have reportedly been hacked by cryptocurrency scammersas indicated Loudwire.
A few hours ago, the band’s Twitter/X account began promoting Solana’s METAL coin.
The suspicious activity began on Metallica’s X account yesterday afternoon with a series of Tweets promoting “a new dynamic token on the Solana blockchain set to revolutionize the way you experience online events and shopping“. The messages claimed that this was a collaboration with Ticketmaster.
The posts also claimed that a firm called MoonPay was involved, but that firm’s president, Keith Grossman, warned people to be careful, saying: “MoonPay does NOT support METAL”.
The fans, however, have been alert and have realized, almost immediately, that it was all a scam. Already in 2022, when the launch of ’72 Seasons’ and the “M72” tour, the band became a trend on social networks, which many scammers took advantage of to try to get hold of people’s money.
At that time, several unofficial live streams and YouTube channels, as well as “Metallica Crypto” giveaways, were launched to mislead fans and potentially cause financial harm. The band was forced to release a statement warning fans not to fall for scams.
Metallica, in Madrid
The time is coming! We are counting the days until he arrives in Madrid. “M72 WORLD TOUR 2023-2024” by Metallica. Presented worldwide by Liquid Death and Blackened American Whiskey (US only) and promoted by Live Nation, This tour will include two concerts in each city with two different setlists and different guest artists for each night.
Metallica will visit the Cívitas Metropolitano stadium in Madrid on Friday, July 12, 2024 with Architects and Mammoth WVH and on Sunday, July 14, 2024 with Five Finger Death Punch and Ice Nine Kills.
A percentage of the proceeds from each ticket will go to the Metallica All Within My Hands Foundation whose purpose is to raise funds to help create sustainable communities through education and the fight against hunger. Since its launch in 2017, All Within My Hands has already raised more than $13 million.
Metallica’s last visit to Madrid was at Mad Cool 2022. This was our chronicle of the event.
