METALLICA has announced a special show on September 22 at CBS Canterbury Arena in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Commented the band: "Our production team scoped it out over the last couple of weeks and no matter how hard we tried to re-configure it, the bottom line is the CBS Canterbury Arena is just not equipped to handle the in the round 'Death Magnetic' show that we've been carting around the world on this tour. That's not going to stop us, but we wanted to let you know that we will not be able to bring the full set-up that you may have seen in photos on the [band's official] site or will see if you happen to hit another show in New Zealand or Australia. It's gonna be us and YOU old-school 'club style' in an arena making a whole lot of noise together, and that's what counts."

METALLICA originally sold out its 13-show Australian/New Zealand tour within an hour of tickets going on sale. The Australian/New Zealand leg of the World Magnetic Tour 2010 initially sold more than 215,000 tickets, which promoter Michal Coppell said made it the fastest-selling arena tour of the year. The trek has since been expanded to include 19 concerts, starting on September 15 at Melbourne, Australia's Rod Laver Arena and ending at the same venue on November 21.

METALLICA's classic 1986 album "Master Of Puppets" was voted the best heavy metal album of all time in a new poll at MusicRadar.com. "Master Of Puppets" earned 20 percent of the more that 6,000 votes registered at the site, with three other METALLICA albums also appearing in the Top 25. IRON MAIDEN's 1982 effort "The Number Of The Beast" placed second, while GUNS N' ROSES' 1987 debut, "Appetite For Destruction", came in third. Other spots in the Top 10 were taken by BLACK SABBATH and AC/DC.