11-year-old Maya Neelakantan has performed a cover of Metallica‘s ‘Master Of Puppets’ on America’s Got Talent – the first time the band have permitted for their music to appear on the show.
Last week, Neelaknatan performed at the quarter finals of America’s Got Talent, where she ripped through a cover of Metallica’s ‘Master Of Puppets’. It marks the first time that the thrash metal legends have ever allowed their music to be performed on the show.
She said in a pre-performance vignette: “I’m the first act Metallica have ever given permission to play on AGT. I really want to make Metallica proud.”
For her performance, Maya incorporated her classical Indian music influences into the cover, playing a segment on the electric guitar that was tuned to sound like a sitar. Judge Simon Cowell said after the performance: “You’re just one of these people who’s got a god-given talent… this is something you’ve got to do for the rest of your life because you’re so good at this.”
Neelakantan said after the performance: “Thank you Metallica, and also thank you to the Cliff Burton family for making this possible.”
