Metallica Fans Rock 'Too Heavy for Halftime' T-Shirts

A Bay Area slogan is born.

San Jose Mercury News music critic Jim Harrington states it plainly and clearly at the top of his review of Saturday night’s two-hour Metallica extravaganza at AT&T Park in San Francisco:

Metallica, the biggest Bay Area band of all time, would’ve been the perfect choice to headline the Super Bowl 50 Halftime Show.

Yet, the NFL obviously had other ideas…

Saturday night’s concert was promoted as “The Night Before.” But from the stage, Metallica lead singer and guitarist James Hetfield announced the band was dubbing the concert “Too Heavy for Halftime.”

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