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METALLICA's LARS ULRICH On Tossing Out First Pitch On 'Metallica Night': 'There's Been No Embarrassments'

METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich threw out the first pitch when the San Francisco Giants baseball team hosted the sixth annual "Metallica Night" Monday (April 23) in honor of the Bay Area metal legends. In addition, guitarist Kirk Hammett took to the diamond for a fiery solo rendition of the national a...

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Watch METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT Perform National Anthem At Sixth Annual 'Metallica Night'

METALLICA and the San Francisco Giants held the sixth annual "Metallica Night" earlier tonight (Monday, April 23) at AT&T Park in San Francisco as the Giants took the field against the Washington Nationals. Members of the band were on hand to start things off right with the national anthem and first...

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METALLICA Pays Tribute To CELTIC FROST's MARTIN AIN With 'Procreation Of The Wicked' Cover In Geneva (Video)

Bassist Robert Trujillo and guitarist Kirk Hammett paid tribute to late CELTIC FROST bassist Martin Eric Ain during METALLICA's concert earlier tonight (Wednesday, April 11) at Palexpo in Geneva, Switzerland. They performed the Swiss extreme metal pioneers' classic song "Procreation Of The Wicked",...

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METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO, KIRK HAMMETT Perform PETER SCHILLING's 'Major Tom' In Stuttgart (Video)

Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett played a cover of Peter Schilling's "Major Tom" during METALLICA's April 9 concert at Schleyerhalle in Stuttgart, Germany. Professionally filmed video footage of their performance can be seen below. METALLICA played 15 shows in Europe since early February and has ano...

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The moment was bigger than anyone could've expected, but the end result was something everyone saw coming. The MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST gave fans the rare treat of seeing three vocalists sharing one stage behind the MSG banner. Robin McCauley, Gary Barden and Graham Bonnet returned to Schenker's court...

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METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO, KIRK HAMMETT Perform DRAFI DEUTSCHER Cover In Stuttgart (Video)

Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett played a cover of "Marmor, Stein Und Eisen Bricht", a song originally written and recorded by German singer Drafi Deutscher, during METALLICA's April 7 concert in in Stuttgart, Germany. Professionally filmed video footage of their performance can be seen below. METAL...

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GRAHAM BONNET Recalls Infamous 1982 Show With MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP When He Exposed Himself To Crowd

Jay Nanda of Alamo True Metal conducted an interview with veteran British rock vocalist Graham Bonnet (ALCATRAZZ, RAINBOW, IMPELLITTERI) prior to his March 31 performance at Vibes Event Center in San Antonio, Texas, as part of MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST. You can watch the entire chat below. A few excerpt...

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METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO, KIRK HAMMETT Perform TANKCSAPDA's 'A Legjobb Méreg' In Budapest (Video)

Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett played a cover of "A Legjobb Méreg", a song originally written and recorded by the Hungarian hard rock/heavy metal band TANKCSAPDA, during METALLICA's April 5 concert in in Budapest, Hungary. Professionally filmed video footage of their performance can be seen below....

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METALLICA's ROBERT TRUJILLO, KIRK HAMMETT Perform Czech Folk Song In Prague (Video)

METALLICA bassist Robert Trujillo and guitarist Kirk Hammett performed a Czech folk song during the band's concert Monday night (April 2) at Prague's O2 Arena. The track in question, singer Ivan Mládek's "Jožin Z Bažin" ("Jožin From The Swamp"),was introduced by METALLICA frontman James Hetfield as...

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METALLICA's KIRK HAMMETT And ROBERT TRUJILLO Pay Tribute To MICHAEL SCHENKER In Hamburg (Video)

Robert Trujillo and Kirk Hammett played a cover of MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP's "Into The Arena" and UFO's "Rock Bottom" during METALLICA's March 29 concert in Hamburg, Germany. Fan-filmed video footage of their performance can be seen below. Hammett is a featured guest on "Resurrection", the new album...

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SLASH, JIMMY PAGE, KEITH RICHARDS Spotlighted in ERNIE BALL's New Campaign Celebrating 'The Colors Of Rock 'N' Roll'

GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Slash is a "Purple" man. LED ZEPPELIN's Jimmy Page has been playing "Pinks" for years. THE ROLLING STONES' Keith Richards always goes for the "Green." We're talking about the iconic and exhilaratingly colorful packaging of Ernie Ball's Slinky guitar strings — each vibrantly d...

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DAVE MUSTAINE On Winning First GRAMMY: 'Good Thing Is It Didn't Say 'METALLICA' On The Freakin'' Award

Dave Mustaine has once again insisted that he "didn't care" that the house band played the song "Master Of Puppets" from his former band METALLICA when MEGADETH was honored with its first-ever Grammy a year ago. MEGADETH was nominated for a 2017 Grammy Award for "Best Metal Performance" for the titl...

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MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST: Fourth Trailer For 'Resurrection' Album

The fourth trailer for "Resurrection", the new album from legendary German guitarist Michael Schenker's MICHAEL SCHENKER FEST project, is available below. Due on March 2 via Nuclear Blast, the disc, which was produced by Michael Voss-Schön, was recorded in four different locations over a five-month...

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METALLICA Announces 2018-2019 North American Arena Leg Of 'WorldWired' Tour

METALLICA has announced the details of the 2018-2019 North American leg of of its "WorldWired" tour in support of the band's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct". The 34-date trek kicks off September 2 in Madison, Wisconsin and runs through March 13 in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Tickets go on sa...

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METALLICA: Here Is A List Of All Cities And Venues Teasing 2018 North American Tour

METALLICA has confirmed that it will announce the details of the 2018 leg of its North American tour on Monday, February 26. After METALLICA's social media sites were updated with a short teaser clip featuring stylized text matching that of the band's latest album, "Hardwired… To Self-Destruct", mor...