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Watch Pro-Shot Video of Metallica Playing “Whiskey In The Jar” at Louder Than Life

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Metallica continues to share new pro-shot videos from their recent return to the stage. The band headlined the Danny Wimmer Presents festival Louder Than Life last weekend. They topped the bill on two nights, with two different shows, including one where they performed all of “The Black Album.” In addtion to upcoming fests like Aftershock and Welcome To Rockville, they also recently played series of rare intimate shows earlier this month at the The Metro in Chicago and The independent in San Francisco. The band texted their fans via a new service and the tickets to the tiny venues, and both shows sold out in less than 1 hour. Metallica just released The Black Album Remastered Boxed Set and The Black Album Blacklist covers album on September 10th, 2021. Check out their cover of Thin Lizzy’s classic “Whiskey In The Jar” live at Louder Than Life!

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Watch Pro-Shot Video of Metallica Playing “The Struggle Within” at Louder Than Life

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Metallica continues to share new pro-shot videos from their recent return to the stage. The band headlined the Danny Wimmer Presents festival Louder Than Life last weekend. They topped the bill on two nights, with two different shows, including one where they performed all of “The Black Album.” In addtion to upcoming fests like Aftershock and Welcome To Rockville, they also recently played series of rare intimate shows earlier this month at the The Metro in Chicago and The independent in San Francisco. The band texted their fans via a new service and the tickets to the tiny venues, and both shows sold out in less than 1 hour. Metallica just released The Black Album Remastered Boxed Set and The Black Album Blacklist covers album on September 10th, 2021.  Check out “The Struggle Within” live at Louder Than Life!

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Watch Pro-Shot Video of Metallica Playing “Moth In To Flame” at Louder Than Life

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Metallica continues to share new pro-shot videos from their recent return to the stage. The band headlined the Danny Wimmer Presents festival Louder Than Life last weekend. They topped the bill on two nights, with two different shows, including one where they performed all of “The Black Album.” In addtion to upcoming fests like Aftershock and Welcome To Rockville, they also recently played series of rare intimate shows earlier this month at the The Metro in Chicago and The independent in San Francisco. The band texted their fans via a new service and the tickets to the tiny venues, and both shows sold out in less than 1 hour. Metallica just released The Black Album Remastered Boxed Set and The Black Album Blacklist covers album on September 10th, 2021. Watch the band play their classic track from Ride the Lightning (Elecktra Records) “Creeping Death! ” Check out “Moth In To Flame” live at Louder Than Life!

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Watch Pro-shot Video of Metallica Playing “Ride the Lightning” at Louder Than Life

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Metallica continues to share new pro-shot videos from their recent return to the stage. The band headliend the Danny Wimmer presents festival Louder Than Life  last weekend. They topped the bill on two nights, with two different shows, including one where they performed all of “The Black Album.” They also recently played series of  rare intimate shows earlier this month at the The Metro in Chicago and The independent in San Francisco. The band texted their fans via a new service and the tickets to the tiny venues, and both shows sold out in less than 1 hour. Metallica just released The Black Album Remastered Boxed Set and The Black Album Blacklist covers album on September 10th, 2021. Watch the band play their classic track from Ride the Lightning (Elecktra Records) “Creeping Death! ” The band played Louder Than Life this past  weekend twice! Check out “Ride the Lightning” live at Louder Than Life

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Watch Pro-shot Video of Metallica Playing “Cyanide” from their Secret Chicago Gig

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Metallica played a rare intimate last week in Chicago at The Metro! The band texted their fans via a new service and the tickets to the tiny venue, 1000 person capacity show sold out in less than 1 hour. They also played at The Independent in their hometown of San Francisco a week before that. The band just released The Black Album Remastered Boxed Set and The Black Album Blacklist covers album on September 10th, 2021. Watch the band play their classic track from Ride the Lightning (Elecktra Records) “Creeping Death! ” The band played Louder Than Life this past  weekend twice! Check out fan-favorite “Cyanide” live in Chicago!

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Watch Pro-shot Video of Metallica Playing “Harvester of Sorrow” from their Secret Chicago Gig

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Metallica played a rare intimate last week in Chicago at The Metro! The band texted their fans via a new service and the tickets to the tiny venue, 1000 person capacity show sold out in less than 1 hour. They also played at The Independent in their hometown of San Francisco a week before that. The band just released The Black Album Remastered Boxed Set and The Black Album Blacklist covers album on September 10th, 2021. Watch the band play their classic track from Ride the Lightning (Elecktra Records) “Creeping Death! ” The band played Louder Than Life this past  weekend twice! Check out fan-favorite “Harvester of Sorrow” live in Chicago!

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Watch Metallica Play Classics and Deep Cuts at Their Secret Show in Chicago! 

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Metallica played another surprise concert in a tiny venue compared to their usual arena gigs. They played a “pop-up concert” at The Metro in Chicago Monday night September 20, 2021, which only holds 1000 people. Tickets were announced by text and social media and were sold out in one hour. The tickets sold for just $19.83, a reference to the year 1983, when the band last appeared at Metro. The band played their hometown of San Francisco last thursday at The Independent, which holds a maximum occupancy of 500. The band will kickoff a headlien run of festivals this week at Louder Than Life, followed by Aftershock Sacramento, and Welcome to Rockville. Watch Metallica in Chicago! Continue reading →


Crowdfunding Campaign Launched To Save The Oakland Metro

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One of the premier venues for hosting underground music and popular events in the country is The Oakland Metropolitan Operahouse, a.k.a. The Metro. Under a hostile campaign by an unhappy neighbor, an uber-wealthy entrepreneur looking to open his own venue, and the venue is in danger of shutting down. Friends of the venue have launched a GoFundMe to save the theater.Continue reading →