The gift only piqued Lars' interest in Rock and Roll, and further diminished his aspirations to be a proffessional tennis player. When Lars was thirteen he begged his grandmother to buy him a drum set, eventually getting a Ludwig kit from her. The concert had a profound impact on Lars and inspired him to get into making his own music. Toben decided to give the pass to the then eight year old Lars. After the concert, Deep Purple quickly became one of Lars' favorite bands, with Lars having bought the album Fireball the day after the Deep Purple show.

In 1973, Toben was given a set of five backstage passes to a Deep Purple concert in the very same stadium as one of his tournaments, but one of his friends was unable to go.

Born in Gentofte, Denmark on December 26, 1963, to father and tennis prodigy Toben Ulrich, Lars began showing an interest in music at an early age, however he was pressured by his father to become a professional tennis player. Lars Ulrich is the drummer of the iconic thrash metal band Metallica.

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