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Metallica Hail Lady Gaga A 'Fearless Artist'
Metallica have described Lady Gaga as a ''fearless artist''.The heavy metal legends - comprising James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Robert Trujillo and Lars Ulrich - joined forces with the 'Sour Candy' singer for a performance of...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 13 August 2020
Metallica Having 'Fun' Making Album In Lockdown
Robert Trujillo says Metallica are having ''fun'' coming up with new ideas for their next record.The heavy metal legends' bassist has admitted it's been easier to work on new music remotely via Zoom during the...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 July 2020
Metallica Working On New Album Ideas Over Zoom
Metallica have started working on their next album over Zoom in lockdown.In April, drummer Lars Ulrich said there was a ''very good chance'' the heavy metal legends could make a quarantine album.He revealed he and...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 18 June 2020
Alice Cooper Hails Metallica For Being A 'Threat' And Having Hits
Alice Cooper has hailed Metallica for paving the way for angry metal bands.The 'Poison' rocker has heaped praise on the Grammy-winning metal legends - comprising of James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo, Kirk Hammett and Lars Ulrich...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 21 May 2020
Lars Ulrich Hints At Metallica Quarantine Album
Metallica's Lars Ulrich says there is a ''very good chance'' the band could make a quarantine album.The heavy metal group's drummer has revealed he and his bandmates - James Hetfield, Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 29 April 2020
Metallica Extend Their Worldwired Dates Into Summer 2019
Metallica are truly spoiling their fans having announced yet another series of stadium and arena dates set for next Spring, as they look forward to entering a fourth year of their WorldWired Tour. It will...
By Holly Mosley in Music / Festivals on 24 September 2018
Music News Round-up: New Tenacious D, Thom Yorke Listening Parties And Bands F.c. Launch
TENACIOUS D ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM + ANIMATED SERIES Comedy music duo Tenacious D have announced their grand return to music after six years away. Comprising comedian Jack Black and bandmate Kyle Gass, Tenacious D’s new...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 09 September 2018
Music News Round-up: New Muse, Razorlight And Cliff Richard Albums, And Metallica Whiskey
MUSE UNVEIL EIGHTH STUDIO ALBUM British rock giants Muse have revealed the title of their new, eighth studio album, as well as its release date. Simulation Theory is set to come out on November 9th,...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 02 September 2018
Metallica Honoured With Sweden's Polar Music Prize
Metallica are set to receive the music industry's answer to the Nobel Prize this Spring; that is, the coveted Polar Music Prize. The award includes a monetary prize, which they are planning on donating to...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 15 February 2018
Metallica's Manchester Tribute
Metallica performed Oasis 'Don't Look Back in Anger' in Manchester at the weekend.The song has become an unofficial anthem for the North West England city since Manchester Arena was rocked by a terrorist attack after...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 30 October 2017
Metallica Light Up 'The Late Show' With 'Now That We're Dead'
Metallica hit 'The Late Show' this week for a live performance with a song from their latest album 'Hardwired... to Self-Destruct', which they are currently promoting on a massive worldwide tour. 'Now That We're Dead'...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 16 May 2017
Korn Recruit Metallica Bassist's 12 Year Old Son For South American Tour
Korn have announced that they have recruited a 12 year old bass player for their upcoming South American tour, in the shape of Tye Trujillo, the son of Metallica bassist Robert Trujillo.The youngster is a...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 10 April 2017
Metallica Are Getting Europe Wired Over New Tour Dates
With Spring and Summer 2017 set up for their extensive North American dates, Metallica have finally announced the schedule for the European leg of their WorldWired Tour which will take them into 2018. Also, they...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 16 March 2017
Metallica To Takeover America In The Coming Months For Worldwired
Metallica are heading to North America for the next leg of their WorldWired Tour, marking their first major US comeback in eight years. They'll be setting out in Spring, and the name of the tour...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 13 February 2017
Young Drummer Thrills Metallica With Flawless 'Atlas, Rise!' Cover
Metallica sure have some talented young fans out there. They recently put out a request to all their social media followers to send them their own cover versions of songs from their tenth studio album...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 28 November 2016
James Hetfield: Adele 'Blows My Mind'
Metallica's James Hetfield says Adele ''blows his mind''.The 'Nothing Else Matters' hitmaker has gushed about the 'Hello' singer's ''unbelievable'' live shows and praised her ''candour and coolness'' up on stage.He told BBC Radio 6 Music:...
By Clive King in Music / Festivals on 21 November 2016
This Is What Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' Sounds Like On Classroom Instruments
Metallica's 'Enter Sandman' is super fun to try and play on any instrument, but nothing compares to watching James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich try and re-create it with The Roots on only classroom instruments. Alas,...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 17 November 2016
Metallica Are Finally Set To Return With A New Album 'Hardwired... To Self-destruct'
Metallica announced yesterday (August 18th 2016) that they will be releasing their long-awaited new album 'Hardwired... To Self-Destruct' this Fall, and have now unveiled the very first track from the new collection. It's been eight...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 19 August 2016
Red Hot Chili Peppers Had To Pretend To Be Metallica At Airport Customs
Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea was stopped at customs and forced to sign Metallica merchandise after a mix-up at an airport in Belarus over the weekend. Despite the fact that he tried to insist...
By Holly Williams in Music / Festivals on 11 July 2016
Gloria Gaynor Anthem Will Survive In U.s. Song Library
The track, which was adopted as an anthem by the gay community after its 1978 release, was joined by Metallica's album Master of Puppets and Billy Joel's song Piano Man among the 25...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 March 2016
Tributes Pour In For MotöRhead Frontman Lemmy, Who Has Died Aged 70
Tributes are being paid to Motörhead frontman Lemmy, who died yesterday after a short battle with an extremely aggressive form of cancer. The rock legend’s passing was announced in a post on the band’s official...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 29 December 2015
Vince Neil Hangs Up On Radio Host Over Motley Crue/metallica Feud Questions
Neil's bandmate Tommy Lee reignited the war of words with the heavy rockers earlier this month (Sep15) when he poked fun at fellow drummer Lars Ulrich's talents on social media. The feud...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 September 2015
Keith Richards: 'Metallica And Black Sabbath Are Jokes'
The guitarist is not a fan of heavy rock and he cannot understand the appeal of the genre's top acts. He tells the New York Daily News, "(Rock music) sounds like a...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 03 September 2015
Disturbed Make U.s. Chart History As Immortlized Debuts At Number One
Only Metallica and Dave Matthews Band have previously achieved the chart feat. Immortalized, the band's first album since ending an 18-month hiatus, opens with 98,000 equivalent album sales, including 93,000 pure album...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 August 2015
Metallica Return To Reading Festival With Triumphant Set
After arriving onstage to music and footage from the classic Western movie The Good, The Bad and The Ugly, the rockers opened with Fuel while 40 fans danced in a huge pen onstage....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 August 2015
Kirk Hammett Close To Giving Up On Missing Phone Packed With Guitar Ideas
The rocker spent weeks trying to track down the lost phone, but despite the best efforts of friends around the world, he has accepted he'll never see it again. Appearing on The...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 15 August 2015
Lars Ulrich Got Thick-skinned After Napster Furore
The Enter Sandman hitmakers declared war on online file-sharing services when they launched a lawsuit against Napster in 2000 for copyright infringement, which contributed significantly to the site's closure the following year (01)....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 03 July 2015
Lars Ulrich Wanted Free Skis From Snow-wear Deal
The Enter Sandman hitmakers revealed in February (15) that they had teamed up with designers at Armada Skis to create their own line of equipment and cold-weather clothing, including windbreaker jackets and gloves....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 30 June 2015
The Libertines Performed Secret Glasto Gig
The Libertines performed a secret set at Glastonbury last night (26.06.15).The London-based band took to The Pyramid Stage - which had simply read 'To Be Announced' to fill the gap left vacant when Florence +...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 27 June 2015
Marilyn Manson: 'I Will Never Play Glastonbury'
Manson, who performed at Download Festival in n, England on Saturday (13June15), insisted he would never follow in the footsteps of metal legends Metallica, who headlined Glastonbury last year (14). He tells...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 15 June 2015
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