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LARS ULRICH: METALLICA Will 'Do Our Thing' At South African Festivals

March 18, 2006

Johannesburg's Mail & Guardian Online is reporting that METALLICA fans can expect a broad range of the band's music — spanning more than 20 years of its career — at Saturday's (March 18) Coca-Cola Colab Music Festival at Supersport Park in Centurion, South Africa.

"It's just us doing our thing," said drummer Lars Ulrich in Johannesburg on Friday.

"We always play stuff from all our different records. We're playing our full headlining show ... covering all different sides of METALLICA," he said.

The festival kicks off on Saturday before moving to Absa Stadium in Durban on March 21, and Greenpoint Stadium in Cape Town on March 25.

The 12-hour event will be the biggest international music festival South Africa has to date.

Ulrich recently told Rolling Stone magazine that the band will spend about six months writing music for their ninth studio disc before commencing the recording process. The band announced last month that they will record their new album with producer Rick Rubin, who has worked with SYSTEM OF A DOWN, SLIPKNOT, the RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS, AUDIOSLAVE and others.

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