According to Colombia Reports, METALLICA will play in Colombia as part of the band's 2009/2010 World Magnetic Tour, an anonymous source close to the group told newspaper El Tiempo.

According to the newspaper, the band will perform in :

METALLICA was honored with the "Ballsiest Band" award at the third annual Spike Guys' Choice Awards, which was taped last night (Saturday, May 30) in Culver City, California. METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich and bassist Robert Trujillo were there to collect the award, which was presented to them by the members of the Canadian heavy metal band ANVIL.

The Spike Guys' Choice Awards are based on international voting by fans and viewers of Spike.

The program will air on June 21 at :

METALLICA has posted the following message on the band's official web site:

"There's been a little chatter here and there about us filming a few shows this summer for potential release on DVD and among the countless Internet rumors, these ones are actually true! We thought it would be cool to document a few shows that are unique and sure to be extra memorable for us, and hopefully for you too :

METALLICA's latest album, "Death Magnetic", has been certified double-platinum in Germany for sales in excess of 400,000 copies. The CD, which topped the German Media Control chart upon its release last September, shifted 150,000 units in Germany within the first seven days.

The four members of METALLICA were presented with the "Death Magnetic" double-platinum plaques at the May 17, 2009 "Guitar Hero: Metallica" launch event at the Café in Cologne, Germany. A photo can be viewed below.

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A representative for METALLICA's management company, QPrime, has informed BLABBERMOUTH.NET that the DVD shoot of the band's July 7, 2009 concert in Nimes, France at Arènes de Nîmes will go ahead as previously announced. The resulting DVD, which will be available in France only, is tentatively due in October. According to the representative, it is still not 100 percent confirmed that METALLICA's three headlining concerts in Mexico City, Mexico — which are scheduled for June 4, June 6 and June 7 at Foro Sol — will be filmed or :

According to a post on legendary rock photographer Ross Halfin's official web site, METALLICA's three headlining concerts in Mexico City, Mexico — which are scheduled for June 4, June 6 and June 7 at Foro Sol — will be filmed for a forthcoming DVD. Halfin will attend the shows in order to shoot the DVD cover. Support at the gigs will come from AVENGED SEVENFOLD and the Mexican band RESORTE.

It was previously announced that :

METALLICA's James Hetfield has spoken to Classic Rock about loneliness, his relationships and the drug habits of his band-mates in one of his most revealing interviews ever. The full, warts-and-all interview will be published in their forthcoming issue, on sale May 27.

In this excerpt, the METALLICA frontman speaks about how he dealt with loneliness in his adolescence and how METALLICA became his family after he felt so distanced from his own.

Classic Rock: Were you shy back then?

Hetfield: Very. I was very withdrawn, wasn't really trusting of the world whatsoever because of what had gone on as a child. Then the drinking helped me break out of that a little bit but at the end of the day it was worse. I'd dig a deeper hole for myself.

Classic Rock:

Professionally filmed video footage (courtesy of Metallica.com) from the last two shows of METALLICA's current European tour — on Saturday, May 16 in Oberhausen, Gemany and Sunday, May 17 in Cologne. Germany — can be viewed below. Included are clips from backstage rehearsal jams, fan meet-and-greets and actual performances.

METALLICA's digital "box set" called "The Complete Metallica", featuring the band's entire 163-track recorded catalog, was made available last month :

In the latest issue of France's Rock Hard magazine (see cover below), METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo has confirmed that METALLICA will take part in a DVD shoot of the band's current "Death Magnetic" tour in July in the south of France. The show being filmed is the July 7, 2009 concert in Nimes, France at Arènes de Nîmes, which is part of the sold-out Festival de Nimes.

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Video footage of Anne Roos, who is considered at the top of her field as a Celtic harpist, performing a part of METALLICA's "The Unforgiven" on the March 14, 2009 broadcast of "Good Day Sacramento" on Sacramento, California's KMAX-TV can be viewed below.

Roos is a many-faceted performer who excels in concert, with her years of experience and a wide range of choices from her music list. She is in great demand for :

METALLICA spent this past Sunday afternoon (May 17) at the Hard Rock Café in Cologne, Germany in support of the European release of "Guitar Hero: Metallica". They did some interviews, took part in a small meet-and-greet, and then did a quick autograph session.

"TV Total", a German late-night television comedy talk show that has run since March 8, 1999, has posted a video report from the event, including an interview with the four :

A host of official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's current European tour — including clips from backstage rehearsal jams, fan meet-and-greets and actual performances — has surfaced on YouTube (courtesy of "Eldarion92") and can be viewed below.

METALLICA's digital "box set" called "The Complete Metallica", featuring the band's entire 163-track recorded catalog, was made available last month.

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