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The Metallica World Magnetic Tour is well underway! The legendary thrash metal band began their journey in Fall 2008 with a round of shows across the United States and Canada. Earlier this year, they visited the United Kingdom and Paris and now they are hitting the road again with the European leg of the tour. Concert tickets are available for the Metallica tour that will see them visit cities such as Munich, Helsinki, Madrid, and Dublin. The European circuit will run until August, after which Metallica will return to the United States and Canada for a leg that will run through the end of 2009. You don't want to miss seeing ultimate rockers Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo play thrash metal live on stage. The concert experience is incredibly powerful, especially with something as electrifying as Metallica songs! So visit TicketNetwork today for to find great Metallica seats!

Metallica has been topping the music charts and defining what great heavy metal music is all about since 1981. Incredible guitars, drums, and vocals combined with intense lyrics and electrifying concerts have made this hard rock band what it is today. Because of their popularity both in their genre and the mainstream, Metallica covers have been done by Apocalyptica, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, and Motorhead among other well-known groups. Several magazines and music television stations, including MTV, VH1, and Rolling Stone have ranked them and their albums high in the lists for heavy metal, hard rock, and thrash bands. When Metallica announced the release of Death Magnetic, their 9th album, the heavy metal world took notice; it had been five years since their last album, St. Anger was released. Different generations of people from various musical tastes love Metallica's music, whether they were wearing their neon spandex in the 1980s, head banging to "Enter Sandman" at middle school dances, or experiencing the band for the first time as "The Day That Never Comes" plays on their favorite rock station.

So when you attend a Metallica concert during their World Magnetic Tour in 2009, expect an incredibly diverse and excited crowd. So take a look at the tour schedule and find the tour stop nearest to you, because the tickets for these incredible shows aren't going to last very long! It isn't every day that you can watch living rock and roll legends perform, especially after a five-year hiatus! So whether you're seeing Metallica in Dublin, Metallica in Madrid, Metallica in Knebworth, Metallica in Toronto, or Metallica in New York you're going to have an incredible show. Reviews for the shows have been incredible, and report crowds that are excited and into the music Metallica plays at the concerts, from the classics ("Enter Sandman", "One", and "Turn The Page") to songs from Death Magnetic. Come prepared for the musical experience of a lifetime and run through the lyrics to your favorite Metallica song one last time so you can sing (or scream) along. With an incredible selection of reasonably priced Metallica tickets available right here on TicketNetwork, you have no reason not to attend a Metallica concert near you soon. Don't miss out, buy your great Metallica tickets now!

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Metallica News Stories

• Computer and Video Games reveals that the European version of Guitar Hero: Metallica will feature a guitar unique to that continent's release of the game. - Read More »
• According to Blabbermouth.net, Metallica gave away t-shirts to thousands of fans at their May 8 make-up show in Stockholm, Sweden. The shirts were a gift to fans after the band had to cancel the originally scheduled March 8 show due to a stomach bug suffered by James Hetfield that night. - Read More »
• AntiMusic reports that the film Johnny Got His Gun has been released on DVD. Scenes of the classic movie were used in the music video for the band's 1988 song "...And Justice For All." - Read More »

About Metallica

When Metallica came onto the music scene in the 1980s, there was something all together different about them. Unlike some of the stereotypical rock star attitude, the band brought a new energy and sound to the rock music scene. The music of James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Cliff Burton was hard to define when Metallica was formed; their sound has since been described as thrash, metal, heavy metal, rock and hard rock. Though their music has been hard to define, the incredible sound of this band is undeniable. Metallica concerts are always a mixture of complex sound: unparalleled rhythm, clean lead guitar, thundering drums, and deep thrumming bass. The early success of the rockers was nearly cut short in 1986 when the band's tour bus crashed in Europe. The talented bassist Cliff Burton died in the crash, leaving three band members to survive him. If the accident had been worse, Metallica might never have gone on to contribute all the amazing music they have to the music scene. In spite of a tragic loss, the band decided to regroup and they chose Jason Newsted as a replacement bassist.

It wasn't until the early 1990s that Metallica became a mainstream sensation with a self-titled album (also known as The Black Album). With singles "One" and "Enter Sandman" on the album, the band achieved exposure that would keep their songs in the minds of an entire generation. Millions of copies of their 1991 album were sold in the U.S., with millions more sold worldwide. In support of The Black Album, a Metallica tour was launched and the band toured for nearly two years. The thrash band from LA achieved something that no metal group had accomplished during the 80s and 90s: a loyal and legitimate following among metalheads, the respect of the underground music scene, and immense popularity in the mainstream. Even music critics couldn't deny that Metallica were at the top of the heavy metal music genre, and that they were talented musicians in their own right. Since the 90s, the thrash band has changed bassists, and produced a mix of albums that premiered at the top of the charts a majority of the time. Metallica's rendition of "Turn The Page" by Bob Seger produced another hit single for the group (popular among karaoke singers worldwide).

In 2000, Metallica became embroiled in a lawsuit against the file sharing company Napster. The hard rock band's suit against Napster wasn't without warrant, but it didn't gain them many fans. Several hundred thousand users were banned from Napster, for having "pirated" copies of Metallica's music. While a settlement was eventually reached in the matter, it is still widely remembered as one of the band's less popular moments in time. In their August 2006 issue, Blender magazine named Metallica as #17 on their list for the "biggest wusses in rock" for their "anti-Napster crusade." This brief moment in the band's history didn't do too much damage to their fan base. Metallica's 2003 album St. Anger opened at the #1 spot on the Billboard charts, in spite of their lack of a bassist; at the 2004 Grammy Awards, the heavy metal band won a Grammy award for Best Metal Performance for the track titled "St. Anger." In 2006, the band underwent a change in producers, and they started work with Rick Rubin, Producer for Slayer, Slipknot, Danzig, and System of a Down.

The renewed vigor of Metallica is evident in their newest album, Death Magnetic. In addition to exploring the release of the album through online digital sources, and traditional CD release, they worked out a deal with the makers of Guitar Hero: III to have the album available for download through the game on the same day the CD was released. Ten days before the release of Death Magnetic, a Paris record store released the album early. The early (and unauthorized) release of the album caused a buzz in the heavy metal community: would Metallica sue? Would this be another Napstergate? Instead, USA TODAY discovered in an interview that Lars Ulrich was unconcerned. In a time of high technology, Ulrich and his band consider a leak only 10 days out a victory instead of a defeat. Metallica band members were laid back in the interview; though they haven't changed their stance on pirating music online, they aren't sweating it either.

Metallica didn't have anything to worry about when it came to the early release of their album. With half a million albums sold at the debut of Death Magnetic, and over a million since, the new thrash metal album appeared at the top of the Billboard charts. In addition to topping the US charts for three weeks running, the heavy metal artists also achieved top of the charts status in Europe and Australia. In addition to their popularity in the current music scene, there has been a confirmation that a new Guitar Hero game called Guitar Hero: Metallica is set to be released early in 2009, featuring all of the bands hits! A few things about Metallica are certain: thrash metal is not dead, and after over 20 years, this rock group isn't going anywhere. The band is currently on their World Magnetic Tour to support Death Magnetic, and there are tour dates scheduled in the United States, Canada, and Europe through December 2009. Don't miss catching the new kings of heavy metal when they perform at a venue near you; Metallica tickets are on sale now at TicketNetwork.

Metallica Resources

• Official Metallica Site
• Metallica on MySpace
• Metallica on YouTube
• Metallica at Last.fm
• All Metallica - Metallica Fan Site

Metallica Trivia

• From IMDb: The 2004 documentary Metallica: Some Kind of Monster was at first going to be a mini-series on the popular music channel, VH1. Once they viewed the footage, however, the band decided they didn't want to proceed with the TV idea. Instead, Metallica bought out the rock channel's rights to the footage, turning it into a shorter one-time DVD documentary.
• From MTV.com: Metallica was at the forefront of the now notorious suing of Napster in 2000 over the rights to their songs. This began what continues to be a controversial issue: file sharing music and other media over the internet.
• From Wikipedia: Metallica is one of the most popular bands in the history of modern music. Since the early 1990s, the thrash band has sold over 50 million albums in the United States, and millions more worldwide.

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