Open Post: Hosted By The Baby Born At A Metallica Concert
On Saturday night Metallica played a show in Curitiba, Brazil. This concert was originally scheduled for April 2020, but it kept getting COVID-postponed. Tattoo artist Joice FigueirΓ³ and her husband Jaime bought their tickets nearly three years ago, and were determined to go, hell or high water! So what if Joice was 39 weeks pregnant? If her unborn child knew what was good for him, he’d stay put in her belly. Baby FigueirΓ³ laid dormant for the two opening bands, but when Metallica took to the stage, all bets were off. Joice started having contractions! With just three songs left in the band’s set, her husband called the fire department. But it was too late; when medics arrived, they helped deliver the baby as Metallica played “Enter Sandman.” Look, the child’s first language is Portuguese and his tiny ears were being squeezed by his mother’s birth canal, all he could make out was “Enter.”
Joice’s healthy baby boy was born at 11:15 PM. He weighed 6.7 pounds. Joice joked that she would name him “James Ulrich,” after lead singer James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich, but, in the end, she went with Luan. Here’s a picture of the little rocker:
According to the always-totally-correct Google Translate, this is Joice’s caption in butchered robot English:
When would I imagine that I would be at the @metallica show at 39 weeks pregnant and this boy decides to be born right there, 3 songs before the show ends, at Couto Pereira to the sound of Enter Sandman?
In every show I go to something has to happen, but this time I think I’ve outdone myself haha. Luan FigueirΓ³ came into the world on 05/07/2022 at 23:15 shaking all metal structures haha
She shared more info to her Instagram story, and Metallica reposted it:
And, if you speak Portuguese, here’s a news report about Luan’s birth:
All signs point to little Luan becoming a metalhead like his parents. But if he’s really into big surprises, might I suggest deep-diving into the headbangin’ world of Broadway show tunes?
Pic: Sulo Press/Dalle/INSTARimages.com