Metallica: Last News

Metallica have announced a new run of US tour dates to their huge ‘M72’ tour, with Pantera and Limp Bizkit set to join as support. Find ticket details below.Announced today (September 19), the new run of tour dates will see the band’s record-breaking world tour extended into its third year, with 21 shows being added to the schedule for 2025.The run of live dates come in support of the thrash metal icons’ latest album ’72 Seasons’, which was shared last spring.

Metallica is leaving no stone unturned on their ‘M72 Tour.’Originally announced in November 2022 (!), the Rock Hall of Famers just added a third years’ worth of shows to their ongoing trek in support of their latest record, “72 Seasons.”This time around, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and co. are putting on six “no repeat weekends” — either Thursday and Saturday or Friday and Sunday shows with different set lists and opening acts — and six “one night only” concerts.The closest “no repeat weekend” to New York will take place at Philadelphia’s Lincoln Financial Field on Friday, May 23 with Limp Bizkit and Ice Nine Kills.

Metallica‘s ‘Master Of Puppets’ on America’s Got Talent – the first time the band have permitted for their music to appear on the show.Last week, Neelaknatan performed at the quarter finals of America’s Got Talent, where she ripped through a cover of Metallica’s ‘Master Of Puppets’. It marks the first time that the thrash metal legends have ever allowed their music to be performed on the show.She said in a pre-performance vignette: “I’m the first act Metallica have ever given permission to play on AGT.

Metallica have paid tribute to a Canadian fan who died during their concert in Edmonton.On Friday night (August 23), while attending Metallica’s concert at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Canada, a fan by the name of Lorne died mid-show, while in the “Snake Pit” – the front row mosh pit area reserved for VIP fans.The cause of Lorne’s death is currently unknown, but according to a post on Facebook from someone claiming to be his friend, he suffered from an undisclosed “medical issue” and was given “aggressive CPR” to no avail. It was also written that Lorne was nicknamed “the Viking,” and was described as “the kindest soul.”Metallica have now commented on the situation, sharing a tribute post in Lorne’s honour on social media.

Adaptive Sports Foundation – a 501(c)(3) non-profit that looks to make athletics more accessible to those with physical and cognitive disabilities and chronic illnesses – the auction is giving one fan the chance to have dinner with the Metallica frontman.According to the page, the dinner will have to take place in Edwards, Colorado, which isn’t far from the vocalist’s home in Vail, and the date of the dinner must be scheduled within three months of the end of the auction.The winner will also be allowed to bring up to three additional guests for the night, however, the rules also stipulate that the winner of the auction will have to foot the entire bill for the night.Travel and accommodation aren’t included in the package and the whole thing is expected to be wrapped up within two hours, that being said, the winner is allowed to take a photo with the metal legend and can bring along something small to be signed.The auction is open until next Wednesday (August 21) and at time of writing the bid stands at $28,500 (£22,112). This comes from just 21 bids, and the next minimum bid is currently set at $31,000 (£24,000).Visit here to find out more.In other Metallica news, the thrash metal icons recently announced the launch of a new Cliff Burton exhibition via their digital museum.

Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo have covered Ministry‘s ‘Just One Fix’ while performing in Chicago – watch footage of the performance below.While performing Chicago on Sunday (August 11), Hammett and Trujillo – who regularly perform non-Metallica jams during their shows – chose to honour hometown industrial metal pioneers Ministry.Trujillo explained, addressing the Chicago crowd: “Kirk and I like to jam and we like to celebrate new ideas, straight from the dressing room here sometimes. And sometimes we like to celebrate bands or artists from the city.”The bassist continued: “And tonight we’ve got a band that’s very special, an artist that we consider groundbreaking and who’s a huge influence to us.

Metallica have announced the launch of a new Cliff Burton exhibition via their digital museum – find out more below.Titled Orion: A Tribute To Cliff Burton, the digital exhibit is one of four collections scheduled to honour the metal icons’ late bassist, who died in 1986. The Orion exhibition is available for viewing now via Metallica’s Black Box museum through the band’s official website.It is available as a Fifth Member fan club exclusive, though that’s free to sign up for.

Metallica have announced details of their 2024 Helping Hands benefit concert and auction with Jimmy Kimmel serving as the host.Set to take place on Friday, December 13 at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles, the charity concert and auction will raise money for the band’s All Within My Hands Foundation, which focuses on workforce education, the fight against hunger, disaster relief, and other causes.The band previously hosted a Helping Hands benefit concert back in 2022 which saw them raise $3million for the organisation. The likes of Robert Downey Jr, Tony Hawk, St.

‘M72’ is finally almost here.After wrapping the first North American leg of their two-year tour last November, Metallica is returning to the U.S., Canada and Mexico for another 12 huge stadium ‘M72 Tour’ concerts.Notable stops on this run include Foxborough, MA (Aug. 2, 4), Chicago, IL (Aug.

Metallica‘s self-titled album – also known as ‘The Black Album’ – has crossed 750 weeks on the Billboard 200 charts – find out more about the milestone achievement below.Yesterday (July 15), Billboard announced the achievement on social media. The album was first released in 1991, and has now spent over 14 years on the charts sporadically since it dropped.The achievement marks only the fourth album in history to reach the milestone.

Metallica’s James Hetfield and Judas Priest’s Rob Halford were seen enjoying a recent Turnstile festival set.Both metal legends were filmed sidestage at Norway’s Tons Of Rock Festival, where Metallica headlined on June 26, and Judas Priest on June 28. Nova Twins, Tool and Parkway Drive were among the other performers at the festival.Both have been vocal proponents of newer artists in metal, throwing support behind the likes of Ghost and Sleep Token.

Metallica fans have been given a first look at James Hetfield in new thriller The Thicket – check it out below.The new film will see the metal legend star alongside Game Of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage and Yellowjackets star Juliette Lewis in what is described as a “Western thriller”.Hetfield has dabbled in acting previously, playing Officer Bob Hayward in Netflix’s Ted Bundy drama, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil And Vile, and voicing characters in Dave The Barbarian and Skylanders Academy.In the new film, Hetfield seems to be playing a sheriff, which is an adaptation of Joe R. Lansdale’s book of the same name.

Metallica have teamed up with Diamond Head’s Brian Tatler for a live performance of ‘Am I Evil?’ in Oslo.The performance of Diamond Head’s 1980 hit occurred last night (June 26th) during Metallica’s headlining set at the Tons of Rock fest in Oslo, Norway. The legendary metal band previously released a cover of the song in 1984 and served as the B-side to their single ‘Creeping Death’.“Say ‘Hi’ to Brian, Oslo!” announced Metallica frontman James Hetfield introducing the Diamond Head lead guitarist.

Metallica frontman James Hetfield has commented on whether the band will ever write another ‘Unforgiven’ song.In 1991, metal icons Metallica released ‘The Unforgiven’ as the second single from their acclaimed self-titled album. Six years later, ‘The Unforgiven II’ arrived as part of the ‘Reload’ album. In 2008, the band dropped the last entry in the ‘Unforgiven’ saga to date with ‘The Unforgiven III’ as part of ‘Death Magnetic’.Fans have been clamouring for a fourth track in the series ever since then.

Metallica could be coming to Fortnite, according to a note found in the battle royale’s backend code.According to Fortnite reporter Shiina, one fan found a text file in Fortnite’s backend that read “used in CH5S3 Metallica Concert”, which seemingly confirms a Metallica gig will take place at some point during Fornite’s current Chapter 5 Season 3. The new season kicked off May 24 and is set to run until August 16.Metallica fans have been able to purchase the Master Of Puppets emote since late 2022 and earlier this week, it was confirmed by developers that ‘Master Of Puppets’ was due to be added to Fortnite Festival, making it the longest jam track in the game.UPDATE :This was confirmed to be the full 9 Minutes from a Harmonix DevThanks to @beestinging7 for pointing this out! https://t.co/IRA7ke0PwM pic.twitter.com/SVHwuwBpV6— BeastFNCreative • Fortnite Leaks (@BeastFNCreative) June 4, 2024It’s yet to be confirmed how a “Metallica concert” will be added to Fortnite but many fans are speculating that the band could be the fourth headline act of Fortnite Festival.Fortnite Festival is a dedicated rhythm game that emulates the likes of Guitar Hero and Rock Band.

Metallica frontman James Hetfield has revealed the odd nightmares he often has before heading out on tour with the band.During a recent appearance on The Metallica Report podcast, Hetfield explained that he can begin to “doubt himself” and feel “insecure” ahead of hitting the road for a run of shows (via Guitar.com).The interview comes as Metallica continue their current ‘M27’ dates across Europe, with the North American leg scheduled to kick off this August in support of the group’s latest album ’72 Seasons’.“Obviously before heading out on tour, sitting there trying to remember the myriad of pretty awesome songs we have and then just trusting that once we get together, it’s like, oh yeah, it’s muscle memory,” Hetfield said. “But yeah, over the last month, I will say that the normal thing happens where I start to doubt myself.”He continued: “I start to feel insecure that, whoa, we’re old, we can’t do this and blah blah blah – all that bullshit that everyone tells themselves before they go into something that they care about and is important.“So having the nightmares of, you know, I’m the only one who cares about what we’re doing here.

Metallica have released pro-shoot footage of their ‘Master of Puppets’ performance in Munich, Germany, which took place on May 24. Watch the clip below.The performance went viral last month due to the weather that took place above the open-air Olympiastadion stadium – amidst heavy rain, as the band ripped into the song’s iconic opening riff, a bolt of lightning appeared in the sky.A fan filmed the incident and tweeted about it: “Went to the Metallica concert in München today, a thunderstorm happened and it made for the coolest fucking intro of all time”.NME spoke with the band last year, where drummer Lars Ulrich opened up about the impact of Stranger Things using ‘Master of Puppets’ during a key scene in the show’s season four finale.“We see a lot of 13 to 14-year-olds coming for the first time,” said Ulrich.

Metallica have played ‘Inamorata’, their longest song to date, live for the first time – check out footage of the performance below.‘Inamorata’ is taken from the band’s 11th studio album ‘72 Seasons’, and it runs at just over 11 minutes. Metallica are currently touring Europe in support of the album as part of the ‘M72’ tour, and gave the song its live debut on Sunday night (May 26) in Munich, Germany.“This next song, we have never, ever played live before,” frontman James Hetfield told the crowd, as captured in fan-shot video.“And, you know, in our band we don’t recognise the word ‘mistake’, because there are no ‘mistakes’.

Metallica has given a particularly spectacular performance in Munich thanks to the help of a thunderstorm.The heavy metal band recently paid a visit to Munich’s Olympiastadion last night (May 24), where they closed out their show in a rather striking fashion.Metallica’s shows are known for their lighting setup, which sees the band surrounded by a circle of eight glowing lights that shoot lasers from the top. At Munich last night, this was made all the more impressive with the help of lightning, which struck just as the band commened their classic ‘Master of Puppets’.A fan has captured the moment the lightning struck in the sky, writing: “Went to the Metallica concert in München today, a thunderstorm happened and it made for the coolest fucking intro of all time”.Watch the incredible moment below:went to the Metallica concert in München today, a thunderstorm happened and it made for the coolest fucking intro of all time pic.twitter.com/Ta4eQHYckd— Jane (@SunsetGirlJane) May 24, 2024NME reviewed Metallica when they visited Amsterdam, giving their live show four stars: “Metallica have always been a gateway band for heavy music, but there’s a renewed excitement around them now.

Slash has opened up about which metal bands he would consider to be his favourites.As you can tell from his style of playing, the guitar icon and Guns N’ Roses star is most famously a fan of blues and classic rock. In fact, he has a blues album on the way, ‘Orgy Of The Damned’, which will include a number of blues covers.However, in a new interview ahead of the release, the guitarist has opened up about other artists he is vibing with at the moment – in particular, those from the metal scene.Speaking on the YouTube channel Coffee With Ola, he was asked about what he has been listening to lately, to which he revealed he is mainly listening to older bands who have been sharing new material.“AC/DC had a new record that was really good, Queens of the Stone Age have got a new record,” he said, referring to the 2020 album ‘Power Up’ and last year’s ‘In Times New Roman…’ respectively.Going on, he went on to name some heavier artists, including the eco-conscious French metal band Gojira, and thrash veterans, Metallica, as some of his current favourites.“I love Gojira, it’s great, and the new Metallica record [‘72 Seasons’] is fucking amazing,” he explained.

Lollapalooza documentary that tells the story of the iconic Chicago music festival has been released. Check it out below.Directed by Michael John Warren (Jay-Z’s Fade to Black), Lolla: The Story of Lollapalooza is a three-part docu-series that gives insight into the creation of Perry Farrell‘s (Jane’s Addiction) music festival and its 30-year run going from a touring punk event to the annual music bash in Chicago’s Grant Park and beyond.“When I started Lollapalooza, it was a farewell for Jane’s Addiction,” said Farrell in the trailer.