End Of The Line For METALLICA...For Now

July 15, 2010

According to The Pulse of Radio, METALLICA has confirmed that a newly added last show on its fall South Pacific tour, on September 22 in Christchurch, New Zealand, is the last gig the band has booked in support of its 2008 album "Death Magnetic". A post at the official METALLICA web site said, "All of our play dates have now filled up with the addition of this show...that's right boys and girls, this will be the last date added to the 'World Magnetic Tour'! So if you're waiting for us to come to the Polar Ice Caps, your undiscovered planet or even your basement, sorry, this is as good at it gets."

The post added, "It has been a very long, and most amazing run . . . What we DO care about is letting you know the immense gratitude we feel for all of your love and support over these past two and half years. When we embarked on this 'magnetic' journey, none of us ever, in our wildest dreams, imagined how truly incredible it would be and it's all because of hanging out with YOU!"

The post claims that METALLICA has played a total of 212 shows in 153 cities since hitting the road in May 2008 to promote "Death Magnetic", which came out that September.

The last show on the trek will be November 21 in Melbourne, Australia.

As for a new album, bassist Robert Trujillo told The Pulse of Radio that the band has been working on ideas for much of the tour. "Before we go onstage every night, we tend to jam and James (Hetfield, frontman) usually comes up with a lot of stuff," he said. "He's the kind of guy where he plugs in his guitar, turns a volume knob or a, you know, a tone knob, and he comes up with, you know, the greatest riff that you can imagine. So in the case, there's no shortage of riffs and ideas. I have a feeling that this next record is gonna be really cool."

METALLICA has recently been touring Europe as part of the "Big Four" package, along with MEGADETH, ANTHRAX and SLAYER. Despite many calls for that lineup to come to the U.S., METALLICA will not play any more North American dates this year.

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