Maya Neelakantan, the 11-year-old metal musician who has been wowing audiences and judges on the reality televation competition show ‘America’s Got Talent‘ with her guitar chops, got to join thrash metal legends Testament onstage last night, September 13th.
Neelakantan earned the early support of Tool‘s Adam Jones, who personally gifted her his signature guitar, and Exodus/Slayer guitarist Gary Holt, who served as guitar tech for her on a past episode of the aforementioned talent show. Testament‘s Alex Skolnick also met with her earlier this summer.
During last night’s set at the House Of Blues in Las Vegas, NV, Testament invited Neelakantan to hit the stage with them. The below fan-filmed footage of that has since emerged. Neelakantan later commented on social media of the experience:
“Just played with Testament @testamentofficial on stage now!!! It was incredible playing with all of them, playing to a metalhead crowd for the first time and meeting Eric Peterson, Alex Skolnick, Chuck Billy, Chris Dovas, Steve DiGiorgio and the amazing Testament crew too. It was all such an incredible experience and I loved hanging with the band as well as jamming with them on stage!!!! So unforgettable! Thank you so much Testament for giving the amazing opportunity and for always being so kind and supportive to me right from the beginning!!!! ❤️❤️❤️ More to come!”
