Metallica frontman James Hetfield has laughed off reports he was temporarily detained by security officials at a British airport. It was rumored the rocker was interrogated by officials at Luton airport ahead of Saturday's Live Earth London gig because he had a "Taliban-like beard".

But a spokesman for Hetfield says, "It's false. It's not true."

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