Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Will Perform at Event With Steven Tyler & David Gilmour & He’s ‘Completely Blown Away By That’

The show will also feature ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Billy Wyman, and more.

Metallica's Kirk Hammett Will Perform at Event With Steven Tyler & David Gilmour & He's 'Completely Blown Away By That'

In a new blog post on his Fear Evil site, Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett talked about his upcoming performance at an all-star tribute concert to Peter Green.

The event will take place today (February 25) at the Palladium in London, UK. It will be curated by Green’s fellow Fleetwood Mac co-founder Mick Fleetwood.

The show will also feature additional appearances by ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, Pink Floyd guitarist David Gilmour, John Mayall, Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler, Bill Wyman, Jonny Lang, Andy Fairweather Low, Christine McVie, and Zak Starkey. Kirk now wrote:

“I’m going to be in England where I’m honored to be playing a part in the Peter Green Celebration Show being staged by Mick Fleetwood at the London Palladium.

“Between Mick, Billy Gibbons and Dave Gilmour I am going to be in the presence of some severe legends, and in truth, I’m completely blown away by that.

“When I acquired Greenie, I bought her because she sounded great. She’s a very unique sounding guitar. I had no idea it would lead to all these different opportunities, all these different experiences, and meeting all these different people.

“It was coming up on 50 years since Peter Green left Fleetwood Mac, this tribute was happening, but no one called me until Ross Halfin called Mick Fleetwood’s manager and kind of informed him about my owning the guitar and suggested I should be part of it.

“So Mick Fleetwood got a hold of me at the beginning of the ‘Hardwired…’ tour and asked if I was interested in doing this tribute to Peter Green. At the time I had to tell him I had no idea what my schedule was gonna be like with Metallica because we were literally on the eve of our first shows for ‘Hardwired…’

“But then three years passed and the tribute show started to develop more. Ross had kept me abreast on how it was taking shape, so I contacted Mick Fleetwood, and he was gracious enough to say I could still be part of it.

“So that’s how I’ll get to play ‘Green Manalishi’ at the Peter Green tribute! It’s just amazing, seeing and hearing all the people committed to the tribute. The majority of them are all people I’ve been well aware of ever since I was a young musician, so to be playing with some of them now, it’s a mind blower… A Mind Blower!!”