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Twitch replaces Metallica performance with twee stock music

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Metallica’s performance as part of a livestreamed gaming convention on Friday was rudely interrupted for some viewers by an incongruous glockenspiel and accordion duet.

As hacker pranks go, it would have been a pretty good one. Although this seems to have actually been the result of Twitch’s ongoing battle with the music industry over its general lack of music licences.The band were booked to perform as part of the opening of this year’s BlizzCon – a conference for players of Blizzard Entertainment video games, such as ‘World Of Warcraft’ and ‘Diablo’.

However, as they tore through the opening bars of ‘For Whom The Bell Tolls’, Metallica’s sound dropped out and was replaced by some twee stock music.Only a portion of viewers were left.

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