We know it reads an awful lot like that “fake news” nonsense many people seem to have only now realised exists, but in REAL, HONEST-TO-GOODNESS NEWS, Tye Trujillo, the 12-year-old son of Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo, is playing bass for Korn during a run of South American shows.

Fieldy, the band’s usual bassist, cannot do the dates for “unforeseen circumstances”, which usually amounts to “old legal problems made getting a VISA impossible” – hopefully 12-year-old Tye’s terrible report card won’t hamper his entry into the country.

Oh, and if you want to check out his chops, Tye is in a band named The Helmets, because they are about three years too young to name their band after an element on the periodic table.

On April 17 Korn is heading down to South America for a run of dates in Columbia, Brazil, Argentina, Chile and Peru. …

Posted by Korn onSaturday, April 8, 2017

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