This is the incredible moment Metallica invited a 10-year-old superfan to get on stage in front of 60k people.

Russell Watson has seen the heavy metal band 10 times with his mum, Anne, 45.

The pair bonded over the band's music after the death of Russell's dad, Tim, 57, in February 2021.

In August 2024, Anne and Russell visited Chicago, Illinois, US, to watch Metallica put on two shows at Soldier Field Stadium.

Midway through the second concert, Russell wanted to move closer to the band, Anne said he could so Russell sprinted to the stage.

Russell then got onto a friends shoulder at the edge of the stage when Lars Ulrich reached out and pulled him onto the stage.

Worried Anne lost sight of Russell for a moment and started asking people in the crowd if they had seen him.

A member of the crowd then pointed to the stage and asked "is that your kid?". "

To Anne's surprise, Russell was on stage sitting on Lars Ulrich's drum kit while he was drumming to 'The Unforgiven'.

Anne, a photographer, from San Diego, California, US, said: "It is really hard to put into words, there was a brief moment where I thought I was hallucinating."

"I can't stress enough of how rare it is that the band get people on stage."

"He was up there for eight minutes, it was surreal and so beautiful."

"When he got down off the stage, he was smiling and then he cried."

"It was a big emotional release for him - it was deeply healing."

Russell added: "It's hard to describe in words how I felt, it was crazy and had so much meaning to me. "

"It was pure stillness, up there with Metallica in front of all those people. "

"It was the greatest time I've ever had and I felt really honored. I can't wait to play guitar on stage when I have a band one day."