Family Credits METALLICA For Saving Their Lives After A Truck Crashes Into Their House

Metallica recently announced their new documentary Metallica Saved My Life about their fans, but that title applies quite literally to one family.

David and Kristin McKee, as well as their daughter Madeleine, went to bed early on May 6 so they’d be all rested up for the Metallica show at Lane Stadium in Blackburg, VA. Usually the family stays up late to watch TV, but y’know – Metallica is more important. That decision ended up saving their lives, as a pickup truck slammed into where their TV room during the early hours of the morning.

“[I asked David] ‘Do you wanna sit up?” And he was like, ‘Nah, I think I just wanna go on to bed.’ I said, ‘I’ll go on to bed, too,'” said Kristin McKee in an interview with local TV news station WDBJ7. “Then, just a few hours later, we heard a loud explosion, glass shattered. It was just madness from that point on.”

She continued: “We were so fortunate that, that night, my daughter could have walked down that hallway and found us in the rubble. I thank God every day, and Metallica, for saving us.”

The family’s home is set to undergo construction over the next six months to fix the damage caused by the truck. As for Metallica, they’re saving lives into 2026 with the below tour dates.

In the meantime, Metallica is on the road playing their M72 2025 tour featuring Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies as openers, as well as Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills. Tickets are available here.

2025

5/28 Landover, MD Northwest Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
5/31 Charlotte, NC Bank of America Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
6/3 Atlanta, GA Mercedes-Benz Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
6/6 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium (w/ Limp Bizkit & Ice Nine Kills)
6/8 Tampa, FL Raymond James Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
6/14 Houston, TX NRG Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
6/20 Santa Clara, CA Levi’s Stadium (w/ Limp Bizkit & Ice Nine Kills)
6/22 Santa Clara, CA Levi’s Stadium (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
6/27 Denver, CO Empower Field at Mile High (w/ Limp Bizkit & Ice Nine Kills)
6/29 Denver, CO Empower Field at Mile High (w/ Pantera & Suicidal Tendencies)
7/5 Birmingham, England Villa Park
11/1 Perth, Australia Optus Stadium
11/5 Adelaide, Australia Adelaide Oval
11/8 Melbourne, Australia Marvel Stadium
11/12 Brisbane, Australia Suncorp Stadium
11/15 Sydney, Australia Accor Stadium
11/19 Auckland, New Zealand Eden Park
12/3 Sakhir, Bahrain Beyon Al Dana Amphitheatre
12/6 Abu Dhabi, UAE Yas Island – Abu Dhabi F1 Grand Prix

2026

5/9 Athens, GR Olympic Stadium (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
5/13 Bucharest, RO Arena Națională (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
5/19 Chorzów, PL Stadion Śląski (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
5/22 Frankfurt, DE Deutsche Bank Park (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
5/24 Frankfurt, DE Deutsche Bank Park (w/ Pantera & Avatar)
5/27 Zurich, CH Stadion Letzigrund (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
5/30 Berlin, DE Olympiastadion (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
6/3 Bologna, IT Stadio Renato Dall’Ara (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
6/11 Budapest, HU Puskas Arena (w/ Pantera & Avatar)
6/13 Budapest, HU Puskas Arena (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
6/19 Dublin, IE Aviva Stadium (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
6/21 Dublin, IE Aviva Stadium (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
6/25 Glasgow, UK Hampden Park (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
6/28 Cardiff, UK Principality Stadium (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
7/3 London, UK Stadium (w/ Gojira & Knocked Loose)
7/5 London, UK Stadium (w/ Pantera & Avatar)