Mammoth WVH frontman Wolfgang Van Halen says he can’t believe he’s opening for Metallica.
In an interview, Wolfgang said, “Walking into the stadium [to play the first show in Amsterdam], it was just, like, ‘We’ve never done anything like this before.’ We were all just kind of shocked during even soundcheck. We were just, like, ‘This is really what we’re doing here?’”
He went on to explain, “And then you do the show with the actual people there, and that’s when it’s just, like, ‘Oh my gosh. This is unreal.’ It’s the most extravagant form of a concert, of a stage I think I’ve ever played on. Absolutely crazy.”
Touring with Metallica isn’t the only thing keeping Wolfgang busy. Fans can hear him perform during the new “Barbie” movie soundtrack.
Van Halen made the announcement on Twitter writing, “My buddy Mark Ronson hit me up earlier this year needing my ‘mammoth guitar sound’ and I happily obliged. If anyone is curious about specifics, I have a lot of textural stuff throughout the film with two major spots where I do some soloing. One in particular is pretty cool because it’s the big song that Ryan Gosling sings and Slash plays on it as well!”
He also noted “a specific moment in this song that’s only in the movie where l’ve got this fun solo with some tapping and stuff.”
Barbie is in theaters now.
