METALLICA Are Not Sell-Outs

January 23, 2009

According to Billboard Boxscore, which provides updated concert ticket sales information, neither of METALLICA's two Los Angeles shows in December was a sell-out despite the fact that the band is in the middle of its first American arena tour in four years.

The ticket sales information, according to Billboard Boxscore:

Artist/Event: METALLICA, THE SWORD, MACHINE HEAD
Date: Dec. 17-18, 2008
Venue: The Forum
City/State: Inglewood, California
Gross sales: $2,234,771
Ticket Prices: $82.50, $62.50
Attendance: 34,427
Capacity: 35,067
Number Of Shows: 2
Number Of Sell-Out Shows: 0
Promoter: Live Nation

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich recently told RollingStone.com that the band's massive world tour behind "Death Magnetic" could very well last beyond this year. "We're booked up through August of [2009], and right now we're sort of laying out fall of '09 and the spring of '10," he said. "We're waiting for a few other countries to be actually formalized as nations so we can be the first band in. We're also waiting for the polar caps to stabilize so we can go play there. There's talk about some other planets too."

Regarding the band's first American arena tour in four years, Lars said, "It's great to be back indoors. We're right in the thick of it in the middle of the arena. It completely exposes every nuance and that adds a real tone of vitality and excitement."

Official Metallica.com footage from METALLICA's December 18, 2008 concert in Los Angeles can be viewed below. The clip includes footage from the pre-show meet-and-greet session, backstage jam and the actual performance.

Dec. 18, 2008 at the Forum in Los Angeles, California:

01. Meet-And-Greet
02. Breadfan
03. The Four Horsemen

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