San Francisco Symphony Shows A Success!
Two antithetical genres mixed well at the concert pairing the hard rock band Metallica with the San Francisco Symphony. Maybe too well, in fact.
The first of two highly anticipated shows was not, as fans from both sides of the musical divide had hoped, a dialogue between orchestra and band. Nor was it, as critics predicted, a dissonant clash
of titans.
Instead, Wednesday's two-hour-plus performance at the Berkeley Community Theater was simply a melting pot in which the nuances of more than 100 instruments -- violins, violas, cellos, oboes,
trumpets, kettle drums, chimes and one unfortunate harp -- were largely reduced to a lush, not always audible musical backdrop for a very loud, very good Metallica concert.
That was certainly no dire disappointment for the thousands of cheering Metallica fans packing the house. But it was a pity nonetheless, considering the time and toil conductor-composer Michael
Kamen and the members of the band invested in this project. In preparation, they met in cities all over the world, retooling 18 Metallica classics and two new songs, ``No Leaf Clover'' and
``Human,'' for a symphonic orchestra.
For more details on these shows please visit the official Metallica tour site at www.metontour.com.
(29th April)

5 Days & Counting
The moment of truth is at hand. Metallica have just five days to work out the final kinks in their collaboration with the San Francisco Symphony on April 21 and 22. Check out the recent interview
Lars & James had with Rolling Stone Online here.
(18th April)

MetClub Announce New Shows
The Official Metallica Club have just announced 3 new shows, the press release is as follows:

April 11 Blaisdell Arena - Honolulu, HI price per ticket $40.50
April 12 Blaisdell Arena - Honolulu, HI price per ticket $40.50
April 14 Sullivan Arena - Anchorage AK price per ticket $46.50
To order tickets:
Due to the late announcement of these shows we have set up Ticket Order phone lines.
We only have 100 tickets to each show, tickets will be sold on a first call, first serve basis, credit card orders only. Call: 423-281-9881 for April 11 and/or April 12 - Honolulu, HI or 423-281-9044 for
April 14 - Anchorage, AK On Monday April 5, between the hours of 10:00 am and 6:00 pm Eastern time. Be prepared with your name, member number, show date you wish to purchase tickets for,
number of tickets (2 maxium per show), daytime phone number, and credit card number with expiration date.
We will confirm or decline your order while we have you on the phone. We will stop taking orders when these shows sell out.
(15th April)

Garage Inc. Tour Kicks Off!
Metallica's Garage Inc. Tour begins today in Hawaii. www.MetOnTour.com reports that there will be some set list surprises, and it looks like Metallica will have about 2 hours and 20 minutes of
playing time, with Monster Magnet given about 40 minutes to open. As always any new tour dates will be added to the Tour Dates section here at Metallica Online.
(13th April)

Metallica, Nugent On New Year's Bill
Metallica and Ted Nugent will usher in the next millennium together with a New Year's Eve show in Pontiac, Mich. At least one other act will be added to the show at the Pontiac Silverdome,
according to a statement from the concert's promoter, Cellar Door/ Belkin. Nugent, known for such raunchy '70s hits as "Cat Scratch Fever," recently has been more visible as a radio talk-show host
and hunting advocate than as a musician. Tickets for the show will go on sale Oct. 23.
(March 24th)

More Tour Dates Announced
A few more tour dates have just been announced by MetOnTour, to check out the new dates and a few minor changes please click here & for information on ordering tickets please click here.
(March 23th)

Metallica Pen Songs For S.F Symphony Gig
Frontman James Hetfield said here Tuesday he and his bandmates are writing a couple of songs especially for their San Francisco-area shows, set for April 21 and 22 at the Berkeley Community
Theater.
"We're really looking forward to how the two music's kind of collide and hopefully create something new," Hetfield said.
The goateed singer, whose onstage persona is one of rock's most intimidating, wore a black velvet jacket and black pants, smiling easily as he spoke backstage at Manhattan's Roseland Ballroom.
He was there for the presentation of the music industry's new diamond awards.
Metallica plan to play the U.S. leg of this year's Woodstock concert, Hetfield added, which is set to take place July 23-25 in upstate New York.
The band was already slated to headline the European segment of the Woodstock fest, which is scheduled for July 16-18 in Austria. Both shows are part of Woodstock '99, which will commemorate
the 30th anniversary of the original festival held in Bethel, N.Y. Steve Matrick, spokesperson for the company organizing the festival, declined to comment on Metallica's participation in the U.S.
concert, but said that "theoretically, it would be quite possible" for a band to play both the U.S. and European festivals. A spokesperson for Metallica, who declined to be named, said the band's
appearance at the U.S. Woodstock is still being negotiated.
Hetfield, who was here along with bassist Jason Newsted, to accept a diamond award honoring the more than 11 million copies sold of their 1991 album Metallica, said the band was excited about
the possibilities for their symphony concerts in April.
(18th March)

Garage Inc Goes Multi-Platinum
Metallica's 'Garage Inc' double album has been certified quadruple platinum in the US, where it has spent more than three months in the 'Billboard' Top 50.
(12th March)

Win A Signed Guitar!
To celebrate Metallica's forthcoming Big Day Out show at Milton Keynes England Kerrang! magazine is given you a chance to win one of Kirks custom ESP guitars with all the boys signatures
scribbled on. To enter the competition simply phone 0660 615 117 (UK only) and answer this simple question:
During which song did Metallica set light to a roadie every night on their 'Load' tour?
Closing date is March 16th.
(8th March)

Metallica Tribute Band On 'Neighbours'
Apocalyptica, the Finnish Metallica classical cover mob, are included on the soundtrack of 'Your Friends And Neighbours', the new relationship drama starring Ben Stiller. The film is showing in
cinemas across Europe now.
(8th March)

'Behind The Music' UK Airing
For all the Brits out there you'd be happy to know that finally you get the chance to see Metallica's 'Behind The Music' which airs at midnight on Friday 5th March on VH-1. Thanks to David for that
one!
(1st March)

Lars Spotted Again
Lars (Still hanging out in the city after last week's Black Sabbath bash) was spotted at the Fun Lovin' Criminals own home-coming show at New York's Irving Plaza. Ulrich was being all chummy with
a member of the opening act, Danger Man. Perhaps had his A&R hat on that night!
(1st March)

Metallica Win Grammy!
Congratulations to Metallica for winning "Best Metal Performance" at the Grammy's this year. They took it for Better Than You, and to be honest it was about fucking time! I'll give you more
information as I get it.
(28th Febuary)

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