Metallica frontman James Hetfield has an attention-grabbing proposition for inventors: create a microphone with built-in straws.

Talking on a latest version of the band’s podcast The Metallica Report, Hetfield spoke about instruments which may assist enhance the band’s reside exhibits transferring ahead: “With the ability to perhaps sip some water whereas I’m taking part in, , some type of straw on the microphone… That might be cool.”

Nonetheless, hydration doesn’t appear to be the one factor the band can enhance on whereas performing, in response to the frontman. As he explains it, his arms are all the time full whereas riffing, so he can’t transfer round with a microphone, limiting his motion and interplay with the viewers.

“I’m not holding the mic, I’m not in a position to go wherever. So there [could be] mic stations in all places,” Hetfield stated. Nonetheless, he acknowledged that this may include its personal set of challenges. “Our monitor man [would have to] chase me round for all of the mics, he can’t have all of them open as a result of it sounds insane, particularly in an indoor stadium.”

To keep away from the chaos of regularly turning mics on and off, Hetfield additionally introduced one other progressive proposition; “If you happen to’re carrying one thing and also you’re inside two ft of the microphone, flip it on, one thing like that. So it could make [the monitor’s job] a bit of simpler and mine as nicely.”

Metallica will hit the highway once more in Could 2024 for an additional leg of their M72 World Tour, for which they’ll play two nights in every metropolis with two distinctive “no repeats” setlist and totally different assist acts. The tour will wrap in Mexico in September 2024.

The band’s bassist Robert Trujillo, in the meantime, just lately revealed why they tweaked their ‘M72’ tour setlist.