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Chicago festival Lollapalooza is not going ahead as it usually would this year – obviously – but the festival has announced a huge virtual, live-streamed event to take place instead with an absolutely gargantuan lineup. The event will air legendary sets from previous years from an array of headliners, including Outkast, Metallica, Paul McCartney, Lorde, […]
Back in 2013, Metallica headlined Soundwave Festival across Australia as part of a lineup that also included Linkin Park, blink-182 (sans Travis Barker), Slayer and A Perfect Circle, to name but a few. Now, as part of the band’s ongoing Metallica Mondays series – which sees the metal legends sharing concert footage from their archives – […]
It’s been two years since Metallica launched their own brand of whiskey, and now the band have announced they’ll be slinging a very special edition of ‘Blackened’. The whiskey’s original selling-point was that it was aged in barrels that had been exposed to Metallica’s music (allegedly having some sort of effect on the ageing process). […]
Metallica have shared a “socially distanced” video of them performing classic …And Justice for All track ‘Blackened’. The split-screen performance sees each band member playing the song from their respective homes. “Here’s a little something we cooked up over the last few days,” commented the band alongside the video. “Hope you’re all safe & sound. Have […]
Metallica fans will be relieved to know that, after postponing their 2019 Australian tour with Slipknot so that James Hetfield could enter rehab for alcohol addiction, the band’s frontman is back on the wagon and playing live shows again. Hetfield recently played his first post-rehab gig, hitting the stage in California’s Beverly Hills over the […]
Metal legends Metallica have taken to Twitter to share their support for bushfire relief efforts in Australia, pledging $750,000 AUD to the NSW Rural Fire Service (RFS) along with Country Fire Authority (CFA) in Victoria. “We are totally overwhelmed by the news of the wildfires sweeping through millions of acres across Australia, with major impact […]
Metallica‘s Lars Ulrich has reflected on opening for AC/DC on their 1991 Monsters of Rock European tour during an interview with Brian Johnson for the singer’s AXS TV show, Brian Johnson’s A Life on the Road. In the interview, Johnson compliments the drummer on his unique playing style – “It was the drums, it had a […]
No, Metallica won’t be going ahead with their planned Australian tour but that doesn’t mean the band don’t have exciting stuff planned. A cryptic countdown has appeared on their website, meaning something is bloody coming. The countdown was revealed via social media with just a simple link titled ‘metallicaxx‘ leading people to believe it is […]
In the wake of Metallica cancelling their forthcoming tour of Australia, plenty within the industry have wished frontman James Hetfield a quick recovery, after he revealed he was entering rehab. Lamb Of God‘s frontman Randy Blyth has now shared a story about how Hetfield helped him get sober some years back, whilst the two bands […]
Slipknot have hit social media to issue a public statement following yesterday’s shock news that Metallica had cancelled their October Australian tour dates with the band due to frontman James Hetfield entering rehab for alcohol addiction. In a brief statement, the Masked Ones expressed love for both James and Metallica, and indicated that they’re “working […]
