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DAVE MUSTAINE: METALLICA Was Planning To Fire LARS ULRICH Before CLIFF BURTON Died
- July 29, 2009
Greg Prato of RollingStone.com recently conducted an interview with MEGADETH mainman Dave Mustaine. A couple of excerpts from the chat follow below.
RollingStone.com: "Endgame" is certainly one of MEGADETH's most riff-heavy releases. Mustaine: Making this record, there was a lot :
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METALLICA played "The Ecstasy of Gold" live for the first time ever last night (Tuesday, July 28) at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. "The Ecstasy of Gold" is the song from the classic film "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" which has been opening :
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METALLICA performed the "Death Magnetic" track "Suicide & Redemption" for the first time ever last night (Monday, July 27) at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark. Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. Earlier tonight (July 28), the band treated the Copenhagen audience to another word premiere — METALLICA's live performance of "The Ecstasy of Gold", the song from :
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METALLICA frontman James Hetfield says in a new video interview posted at DazedDigital.com that the darkness in most of his lyrics over the years comes out of "a combination of things," adding, "A lot of it stems from the traumatic things that happened to me in my childhood, some alienating factors, you know." Now that Hetfield has turned his life around since 2001, getting sober and forming a closer bond with his family and bandmates :
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METALLICA is among music's biggest stars who will come together on October 29 and October 30 at Madison Square Garden for two unique concerts celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The shows, presented by American Express, will be packed with guest stars and unique collaborations designed to tell the story of rock and roll.
Each night will feature entirely different lineups, with artists performing their own songs and the music that inspired them — tracing the history of genres ranging from soul to hard rock. All proceeds :
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Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's July 16, 2009 concert in Zurich, Switzerland — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances — can be viewed below.
METALLICA filmed its July 7, 2009 concert in Nimes, France for an upcoming DVD release, but the catch is that the disc will be available only in France and through METALLICA's official website, Metallica.com. Since it's a French product, you'll also need :
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Tonight's (Monday, July 20) METALLICA concert at the Forum in Copenhagen, Denmark will be recorded for Danish national radio P3 and broadcast this Wednesday, July 22 at 6 p.m.
METALLICA has confirmed that it will play a benefit concert in Northern California's Marin County, where the group has been headquartered for decades and where several members make their :
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According to Billboard.biz, AC/DC, METALLICA and IRON MAIDEN are among the artists dominating Billboard's midyear touring charts.
The time period for the midyear numbers is Dec. 6, 2008, through June 20, 2009. When :
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Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's July 14, 2009 concert in Madrid, Spain — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances — can be viewed below.
METALLICA filmed its July 7, 2009 concert in Nimes, France for an upcoming DVD release, but the catch is that the disc will be available only in France and through METALLICA's official website, Metallica.com. Since it's a French product, you'll also need an all-region DVD player in order to watch it in North America. The DVD will :
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According to Roger Friedman of Showbiz411.com, METALLICA will take part in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 25th anniversary event this fall at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The two-day extravaganza will be held on :
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Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's July 11, 2009 and July 13, 2009 concerts in Barcelona and Madrid, Spain (respectively) — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances — can be viewed below.
METALLICA filmed its July 7, 2009 concert in Nimes, France for an upcoming DVD release, but the catch is that the disc will be available only :
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METALLICA has issued the following update:
"We have made Marin County in Northern California our home for many years, so we were more than honored when the Marin History Museum asked us to participate in their benefit concert as they prepare to launch the exhibit 'Marin Rocks'. "That's right, finally, a show in our own back yards... something that has NEVER happened! So we're hoping you can join us at the Marin Veterans' Memorial Auditorium on Friday, September 11 as we rock the :
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METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich is offering a reward for the return of a pendant that he says he lost earlier this week in Spain.
Approximately an hour before METALLICA's July 14, 2009 concert in Madrid, Ulrich went for a jog along the city's Jorge Juan street. Around 300 meters from the indoor sporting arena where the concert was being held :
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Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's July 9, 2009 concert at the Optimus Alive! 09 festival at Passeio Marítimo de Algés in Oeiras, Portugal — including clips of the pre-show tuning-room jam and the actual performance — can be viewed below.
The band's setlist was as follows:
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Italy's Rock TV conducted an interview with METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich when the band played Milan on June 22, 2009. Watch the chat in two parts below.
Regarding METALLICA's future plans, Ulrich said, "Right now the only plan in METALLICA is we're more or less trying to survive this tour. We've got another 14 months — we're going out through August 2010. It's difficult for me to think about another record, so there are no plans. But the experience with [producer] Rick Rubin [who worked on 2008's 'Death Magnetic'] was a very positive one that I'm pretty sure that we're going to make another record with :
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According to SFGate.com, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has donated $15,000 to San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom's gubernatorial campaign.
Previously best known around the California state for legalizing gay marriage early in his first term at :
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Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's July 7, 2009 concert in in Nimes, France — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets :
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Irish rockers GLYDER will support METALLICA on August 1 at Marlay Park in Dublin, Ireland. Also scheduled to appear are ALICE IN CHAINS, MASTODON and AVENGED SEVENFOLD.
GLYDER's third album, entitled "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow", is scheduled for release in October. The CD features a guest appearance by Y&T mainman Dave Meniketti (who plays a guitar solo on the CD's title track). Over the past four years, GLYDER has opened/toured with THIN LIZZY, DIO, W.A.S.P. and THUNDER, among many others. GLYDER's debut album, produced by :
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Bassist Jason Newsted (VOIVOD, METALLICA, FLOTSAM AND JETSAM) will be the featured guest on this weekend's (July 10-12) edition of Full Metal Jackie's nationally syndicated radio show.
To see a full list of stations carrying the program and when it airs, go to FullMetalJackieRadio.com. Newsted was interviewed on the June 26 edition of the "Bone Metal Zone" show with host :
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METALLICA has posted the following message on the band's official web site, Metallica.com:
"While we are still enjoying our European summer vacation, a quick note here about the fall shows in North America. Our French friends GOJIRA will be joining us, along with LAMB OF GOD, for shows September 14 - October 18, while Lars' [Ulrich] brethren from Denmark VOLBEAT will hanging for the shows October 26 - December 12. One other quick thing — unfortunately :
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On August 11, ECW Press will issue the 300-page book "Rick Rubin: in the Studio" by biographer Jake Brown. Nearly three years of meticulous research went into the making of the book, which documents the roots of Rubin's rise as one of the industry's most singularly influential record producers and A&R men, chronicles the making of such :
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Tonight's (July 7) METALLICA concert in Nimes, France at Arčnes de Nîmes was professionally filmed for a forthcoming DVD release. The disc will be made available on October 19 through French music stores and online shops only, as well as via the band's official web site, Metallica.com.
According to :
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METALLICA's July 5, 2009 concert at the Rock Werchter festival in Werchter, Belgium was made available for listening and/or viewing via live radio and webcasts.
An audio recording of the entire performance can be streamed at this location. A couple of the tracks can be heard below (courtesy of "jerredk14"). The band's setlist was as follows :
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METALLICA played a snippet of MICHAEL JACKSON's "Beat It" before going into QUEEN's "Stone Cold Crazy" during last night's (July 4) Sonisphere concert in Hockenheim, Germany. Frontman James Hetfield stated that "Beat It" features "a main influence" on METALLICA guitarist Kirk Hammett's playing, presumably referring to Eddie Van Halen, who is featured in the original version of the track.
Fan-filmed video footage of the performance can be viewed below. The show was METALLICA's final German gig of 2009 and according to :
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Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's July 4, 2009 Sonisphere concert in Hockenheim, Germany — including clips of pre-show meet-and-greets, tuning-room jams and the actual performances — can be viewed below.
METALLICA, SLIPKNOT, LAMB OF GOD, MASTODON Among KERRANG! AWARDS Nominees
- July 1, 2009
The show was METALLICA's final German gig of 2009 and according to MetOnTour, drummer Lars Ulrich stated, "The best crowd was saved for last." METALLICA's setlist was as follows :
The 2009 Kerrang! Awards will be held at a top secret London location on August 3 and this year's event will be hosted by SLIPKNOT vocalist Corey Taylor and ANTHRAX guitarist Scott Ian.
SLIPKNOT and METALLICA head up the nominations for the Kerrang! Awards 2009 : |
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