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Kirk Hammett’s Anti-Swift Shirt Sparks Backlash, Stage Fall

6/26/2026

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Kirk Hammett sparked backlash by wearing a “Taylor Swift Is A CIA Psyop” T-shirt during Metallica’s June 2026 Budapest concert.
In a Dublin interview with The Irish Times, he called today’s songwriting and pop music “crap.”
On June 19 he fell off the Dublin stage and posted “Slip & Destroy,” which some Swift fans labeled “karma.”
The “M72” tour will resume in Glasgow on June 25 before continuing to Cardiff and London Stadium.

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Kirk Hammett sparked backlash by wearing a “Taylor Swift Is A CIA Psyop” T-shirt during Metallica’s June 2026 Budapest concert.
In a Dublin interview with The Irish Times, he called today’s songwriting and pop music “crap.”
On June 19 he fell off the Dublin stage and posted “Slip & Destroy,” which some Swift fans labeled “karma.”
The “M72” tour will resume in Glasgow on June 25 before continuing to Cardiff and London Stadium.