METALLICA Schedules Dublin Date

April 10, 2008

METALLICA will perform in Dublin, Ireland at Marlay Park on August 20. Opening for the San Francisco Bay Area heavy metal legends at this show will be the "always entertaining" TENACIOUS D.

Tickets for this general-admission show go on sale on Friday, April 18 at 8:00 a.m. local time via www.ticketmaster.ie and Ticketmaster outlets nationwide. MetClub pre-sale begins Monday, April 14 at 8:00 a.m. local time.

The group's schedule is now shaping up as follows:

May 16 - Tucson, AZ - KFMA Day
May 28 - Chorzow, Poland - Slaski Stadium
May 30 - Landgraaf, Netherlands - Pinkpop Festival
May 31 - Getafe, Spain - Electric Weekend
June 03 - Prague, Czech Republic - Slavia Stadium
June 05 - Lisbon, Portugal - Rock In Rio
June 07 - Nurburgring, Germany - Rock Am Ring
June 08 - Nurnburg, Germany - Rock Im Park
June 13 - Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo

With DOWN, THE SWORD:

July 16 - Bergen, Norway - Bergenhus Castle
July 18 - St. Petersburg , Russia - SKK Hall
July 20 - Riga, Latvia - Skonto Stadium
July 22 - Bologna, Italy - Parco Nord
July 23 - Bucharest, Romania - Cotroceni Football Stadium (no DOWN)
July 25 - Sofia, Bulgaria - Levski Stadium

Aug. 14 - Arras, France - Grand d'Arras
Aug. 15 - Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
Aug. 17 - Wil/Jonschwil, Switzerland - Degenaupark
Aug. 20 - Dublin, Ireland - Marlay Park (with TENACIOUS D)
Aug. 22 - Leeds, England - Leeds Festival
Aug. 24 - Reading, England - Reading Festival

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich told England's Kerrang! magazine that the band will play songs from its upcoming new album this summer on at least one of its festival dates. Speaking about the band's recently announced headlining appearance at the UK's Reading and Leeds Festivals in late August, Ulrich said, "We're psyched to play some new songs. In fact, if we don't, then I give people permission to come and find me and slap me across the face! We're certainly planning on rolling out some of the new songs for the first time, but right now our focus is on finishing the record. As soon as that's out of the way, we'll be hitting the rehearsal room and getting to grips with playing these bastards live!"

METALLICA's yet-to-be-titled ninth studio album is tentatively due out in September. The band is said to be in the final stages of recording.

The Reading and Leeds Festivals take place on August 22-24. Other confirmed acts include RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE, SLIPKNOT, THE KILLERS, QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE and AVENGED SEVENFOLD.

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