Download boss Andy Copping has recalled the time that the late Joey Jordison “saved the day” by drumming for Metallica at the festival.Copping took to Instagram earlier today (July 28) to pay tribute to the former Slipknot drummer, whose death was confirmed yesterday (July 27).
He was 46 years old.Sharing an image of the late musician onstage with Metallica, Copping remembered Lars Ulrich being a “no show” for the group’s scheduled headline performance in 2004 (he’d been taken to hospital after falling ill, leading his bandmates to enlist a stand-in).“Download 2004.
The year where there was a no show from Metallica’s Lars Ulrich. I remember receiving a call telling me to go backstage where I was given the news,” Copping wrote.“There were.
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