Tag: Metallica

Arctic Monkeys are among the bands who will appear at a new Metallica-curated festival in New Jersey later this year.

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Metallica fans rioted in India last weekend after a scheduled gig in Delhi was called off due to apparent safety concerns.

The gig had been due to take place in Delhi last Friday (October 28th), but was cancelled when a safety barrier at the front of the stage collapsed, the …

Former Ramones bass player C.J Ramone has revealed he turned down the chance to join Metallica after the departure of Jason Newsted.

C.J made the admission to Greatsouthernbrainfart.com, explaining how Metallica acted upon a tip off from his one-time bandmate Johnny Ramone with an offer on two separate occasions.…

Metallica and Lou Reed have unveiled the artwork (pic) for their intriguing joint album ‘Lulu‘, due for release on October 31st.

The 10-track album is based around a 1913 Frank Wedekind play, and has been confirmed to contain the songs ‘Frustration‘, ‘Pumping Blood‘, ‘Little Dog…

Lou Reed has recorded an album with Metallica, according to a post on the rock band’s official website.

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UK magazine Kerrang! has voted Metallica as the ‘Greatest Rock Group Of The Past 30 Years’ as part of the celebrations for its 30th anniversary after launching in June 1981.

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Download festival organiser Andy Copping has defended his decision to book Def Leppard as one of the event’s headliners this year, insisting the band ‘deserve’ their headline status.

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Metallica will begin work on the follow-up to 2008’s ‘Death Magnetic‘ this Spring, according to rock supergroup’s drummer Lars Ulrich.

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US rockers Bon Jovi have this year’s highest grossing concert tour, according to a trade publication. The veteran rock group sold $201 million worth of tickets for their ‘The Circle‘ world tour, Pollstar magazine reports. This comes as a surprise as the 2009 album did not  …

After working with the former Kinks man on his new covers album ‘See My Friends‘, it appears Mumford & Sons had Ray Davies fondly reminiscing of his own early career, with Davies telling the UK’s XFM radio station he sees similarities between the two bands.

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A clutch of stars have joined The Kinks legend Ray Davies on his new album which has re-visited a selection of classic Kinks tracks.

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Non other than Metallica will feature rocking out with Ray Davies on the Ex Kinks frontman’s new album ‘See My Friends’.  James Hetfield and co got to rerecord one of their biggest hits  “You Really Got Me” with the Brit Rock legend.  They had hooked up on stage …

Rock veterans Iron Maiden have used a press release today to vent their spleen at fans of Grizzly Bear as well as attacking their US rivals Metallica amongst others.

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Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has told the Official Sonisphere UK website he has no regrets over the band’s decision to file a lawsuit against file-sharing network Napter ten years ago, saying people are now ‘patting them on the back’ for being one of the first acts to tackle music downloading.…

Music legends slug it out for ultimate music game accolade

Three of the biggest names in music history are going head to head in the Music Game Of The Year category in the world’s biggest video games awards event, the Golden Joystick Awards.

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This week’s photo feature: Metallica is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981. The band has sold an estimated 100 million records worldwide as of the release of their latest album, Death Magnetic. Photos © Paul Bachmann . Shot at Madison Square Garden NYC 09.