Metallica Praises Ado's Summer Sonic 'Enter Sandman' Bookends
Metallica's direct social media praise of Ado's festival bookends shows the band's approval of a younger artist's large-scale use of their song across two major festival dates.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
Metallica praised Ado on social media for opening her Summer Sonic 2026 Tokyo set and closing her Osaka set with the band's song "Enter Sandman." The band said watching younger generations find their way to their music never gets old and that they had never seen it done quite like Ado did. Ado quote-reposted the comments, saying she was so happy.
Metallica took to social media on Wednesday to praise Ado for her Summer Sonic 2026 performances of "Enter Sandman." The band wrote that watching younger generations find their way to their music never gets old, and that they had never seen it done quite like Ado did it, noting she opened and closed the festival with the song.
Ado quote-reposted the comments minutes later, writing that a message from Metallica was huge and that she was so happy. She appeared at the Tokyo date on August 15 and the Osaka date on August 16, opening the Tokyo set with the song and closing the Osaka set with it.
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- Anime News Network Interest Metallica Praises Ado's Summer Sonic Performance of 'Enter Sandman'