Re: Bizarre Story of the Day: Metallica Singer's Beard Spooks Brits

["Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>]

On 7/10/07, David Lodge <dave () cirt net> wrote:
> On Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:55:57 +0100, Paul Ferguson <fergdawg () netzero net>
> wrote:
> > Due to his "Taliban-like beard", rock group Metallica's frontman, James
> > Hetfield, was detained at the Luton Airport in London on Thursday.
> >
> > On his way to play at the Live Earth concert, Hetfield was interrogated
> > by
> > officials who suspected he was a terrorist. Fortunately, he was able to
> > convince authorities that he was actually a rock star rather than a
> > member
> > of al-Qaida.
>
> If we dig back to the original article in The Times:
> (http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2034109.ece)
> James Hetfield, the frontman with US metal rockers Metallica, was
> apparently questioned by security officials at Luton airport when arriving
> for the Live Earth gig at Wembley. Friends put it down to his
> "Taliban-like beard". We're thinking of a particular scene in This Is
> Spinal Tap.
>
> The only reference to terrorism is by his mates... It looks like he was
> just questioned; this could have been for many reasons (e.g. visited dodgy
> country, was drunk, had form in the UK, looked like he was carrying drugs
> ad nauseam).

Thats just _Insane_...you wont sell any papers with that kind of reporting! ;-)

-JP
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