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James Hetfield And Daughter Sing Duet For Charity
The Metallica frontman and former Van Halen star Sammy Hagar hosted their second annual Acoustic-4-A-Cure event in San Francisco, and recruited some of their famous friends to perform at the concert. Hetfield...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 18 May 2015
Justin Bieber And Kanye West Merchandise At Centre Of Legal Battle
Bosses at Bravado International Group Merchandising Services have filed a lawsuit against the executive of clothes store Joyrich for allegedly selling and advertising unauthorised products such as shirts, socks and backpacks bearing images...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 23 April 2015
Kirk Hammett Loses Metallica Riffs
Kirk Hammett has ''lost'' 250 new Metallica riffs.The 'Enter Sandman' rockers have been working on a new album but progress was hindered six months ago when ''something very unfortunate'' happened to the guitarist and he...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 23 April 2015
David Bowie Reckons Lou Reed's Metallica Collaboration 'Lulu' Was His "Masterpiece"
Never one to back away from a controversial opinion, David Bowie has pretty much a unique opinion on Lou Reed’s career. Believe it or not, he reckons that the late singer’s greatest musical work was...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 21 April 2015
David Bowie Brands Lou Reed's Metallica Album His Greatest Work
Reed's experimental project with the metal band was his final album prior to his death in 2013, but the 2011 record flopped in the charts and received a slew of negative reviews from...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 April 2015
Kirk Hammett Loses Phone Containing Metallica Album Ideas
The rockers are currently working on a follow-up to their hit 2008 record Death Magnetic, and Hammett admits he was devastated when he misplaced his cell phone and lost around 250 song concepts....
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 April 2015
Lars Ulrich Performs With Royal Blood
The veteran drummer took over from Royal Blood star Ben Thatcher for a rendition of Out Of The Black at the end of the group's show at the city's Slim's venue. Thatcher...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 17 April 2015
Metallica Making Progress On Album
Metallica have completed around ''25 percent'' of their new album.The 'Enter Sandman' rockers have been working hard on the follow-up to 2008's 'Death Magnetic' but, with ''two to three hundred riffs'' to choose from, they...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 13 April 2015
Paul Mccartney, Metallica And Florence And The Machine Lead Lollapalooza 2015 Line-up
Paul McCartney and Metallica have been announced as the headliners for this year's Lollapalooza Festival, taking place at Chicago's Grant Park on July 31st through to August 2nd. The legendary Beatle’s heading slot marks his...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 25 March 2015
Metallica Offering Free Download Of Private Surprise Gig
The heavy rockers were the main event at a surprise party for tech company Saleforce's CEO Marc Benioff, and the whole set was caught on film. Metallica played hit tracks such...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 20 March 2015
Metallica Confirm They Will Rock In Rio
Heavy rockers Metallica have confirmed they will be headlining Brazil's 30th annual Rock in Rio festival in September (15).The gig will mark the band's eighth appearance at the event in Rio de Janeiro. Metallica...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 26 February 2015
Libertines To Headline Reading And Leeds
The Libertines will headline the Reading and Leeds festivals this year.The 'Don't Look Back Into the Sun' hitmakers - who reunited to perform at the event in 2010 - have been unveiled as the final...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 25 February 2015
The Libertines Join Reading And Leeds Festival Headliners
Reunited rockers The Libertines have joined Metallica and Mumford & Sons as headliners at the Reading and Leeds festivals in the U.K.The group, fronted by Carl Barat and Pete Doherty, made its debut on the...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 24 February 2015
Metallica Filmmaker Bruce Sinofsky Dead At 58
Bruce Sinofsky, the filmmaker behind Metallica's 2004 documentary, has died, aged 58.The director passed away on Saturday (21Feb15) from complications stemming from diabetes. Sinofsky's filmmaking partner Joe Berlinger tells Variety.com, "The extraordinary adventures we...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 22 February 2015
Reading & Leeds Festival 2015 Line-up Add Further Names To Line-up
Reading & Leeds Festival goers will be happy to hear the line up for this year has been released, and it is already looking like an incredible weekend for music enthusiasts. The bank holiday weekend...
By Ruth Buxton-Cook in Music / Festivals on 03 February 2015
Sonisphere 2015 Cancelled
Bad news for metal fans today: the UK edition of Sonisphere festival at Knebworth will not go ahead this year. Sonisphere’s organisers made the announcement on its official website late on Friday (January 16th).One of...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 17 January 2015
Rihanna Offers Meet And Greets At High Price
Rihanna is giving fans the chance to meet her, Kanye West or Sir Paul McCartney - for at least $10,000.The 'We Found Love' hitmaker has unveiled a list of lots that are being sold to...
By Bang Showbiz in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 03 December 2014
Metallica To Headline Reading And Leeds 2015
The first announcement has been made as to who will be playing the Reading and Leeds Festivals in 2015, and it’s a big one: Metallica have been confirmed as one of the three headliners!Organisers announced...
By Ed Biggs in Music / Festivals on 27 November 2014
Scott Ian: 'Metallica Almost Fired Drummer Ulrich'
Metallica came close to firing drummer Lars Ulrich 30 years ago, according to Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian.The rocker has confirmed the story many rock fans believed was just a myth in his new autobiography, I'm...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 15 October 2014
Lars Ulrich Backs U2 Over Music Giveaway
Metallica's drummer Lars Ulrich has come out in support of Irish rockers U2 following their free album giveaway, branding the stunt cool, creative and radical.Last month (Sep14), U2 teamed with technology giant Apple to install...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 02 October 2014
Lars Ulrich Inspired By U2 Album Download
Metallica's Lars Ulrich has praised U2 for giving away their album on iTunes.The drummer has come out in favour of U2's controversial decision to make their new album, 'Songs Of Innocence', an automatic and free...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 02 October 2014
Lars Ulrich Calls Oasis' The Soundtrack' To His Life
Lars Ulrich says Oasis have been the ''soundtrack'' to his life.The Metallica drummer has opened up about his love for the influential Britpop band and insisted he has been obsessed with them for the last...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 01 October 2014
Rock In Rio Festival Headed To Las Vegas With Taylor Swift And Metallica
The Rock in Rio festival is coming to the United States for the first time ever next year, with a four day event being held in Las Vegas. Taylor Swift and Metallica are among the...
By Stephanie Chase in Music / Festivals on 28 September 2014
Rock In Rio Festival Expanding To America, Taylor Swift To Headline
Good news for American music fans! The organisers of the massive Rock in Rio music festival have announced plans to hold an event in Las Vegas.Taylor Swift will be headlining the brand new festivalAccording to...
By Hannah Woodhead in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 28 September 2014
Miley, Metallica, 1d And Eminem Added To Guinness Book Of World Records
What do Metallica, One Direction, Miley Cyrus and Eminem all have in common? Erm, not much, but they're all set to be immortalised in the new edition of The Guinness Book of World Records which...
By Hannah Woodhead in Music / Festivals on 06 September 2014
Lars Ulrich Fuels Ac/dc Glastonbury Rumour
Metallica star Lars Ulrich has fuelled rumours rock veterans Ac Dc will headline Britain's iconic Glastonbury festival next year (15).The Enter Sandman hitmakers headlined at the annual event last month (Jun14) and drummer Ulrich admits...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 29 July 2014
Metallica: Recording Is Like Mountain Climbing
Kirk Hammett finds making an album ''like scaling a mountain''.The Metallica guitarist is ready for the group - whose last LP, 'Death Magnetic', was released in 2008 - to return to the recording studio...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 28 July 2014
Metallica Promise To Return To The UK
Metallica have vowed to return to the UK ''very soon''.The heavy metal rockers closed the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth House, Hertfordshire, East England last night (06.07.14) and enjoyed that performance, and their headline slot at...
By Bang Showbiz in Music / Festivals on 07 July 2014
Metallica Poke Fun At Critics With Bear Hunt Video
Metallica poked fun at British critics who opposed singer James Hetfield's love of hunting prior to the band's headlining slot at the Glastonbury festival on Saturday (28Jun14) by posting a video, in which they dressed...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 01 July 2014
Metallica Invite Hundreds Of Fans Onstage At Glastonbury
Rock legends Metallica celebrated their controversial debut at Britain's iconic Glastonbury festival on Saturday night (28Jun14) by inviting hundreds of fans onstage to watch the performance up close.More than 200 mud-spattered festival-goers - many of...
By WENN in Music / Festivals on 29 June 2014
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