The band announced in an Instagram post that Hetfield, 62, and his partner, Adriana Gillett, are officially engaged after an underwater proposal while the couple swam with sharks. Hetfield is shown holding a sign up that says "Adriana Gillett, you marry me?" as Gillett holds the ring box with one hand and a thumbs up gesture with the other.
"The BEST birthday trip surprise ?Swimming with whale sharks on Friday the 13th ? with the most unique, special, and romantic proposal a Pisces could ever imagine ?In a sea full of fish, we caught each other ?," Gillett wrote on Sunday. "Thank you God for putting us together ??"
View this post on InstagramHetfield's engagement comes just as Metallica is preparing to embark on their M72 tour, which kicks off in Europe in May. The band will also be performing across several dates at the Sphere in Las Vegas for a series of "No Repeat Weekend" shows from October 2026 to March 2027, during which Metallica will never perform the same song twice.
Hetfield founded Metallica in 1981 alongside drummer Lars Ulrich. Over the past four decades, the band has solidified its legacy as one of the most influential acts in heavy metal history, sitting next to Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth as one of the "big four" of thrash metal music. The band has released 11 studio albums over the course of their career. Their most recent album, 72 Seasons (2023), won the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance for its title track.
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