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 Billboard.biz reports that With a handful of US and overseas festival and concert dates lined up
this summer, METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich has revealed that the band
will follow the September release of its new as-yet-untitled album with
a tour.
The trek will begin in October, Ulrich said last night (May 14th)
during an intimate benefit concert at Los Angeles' 2,300-capacity
Wiltern Theatre.
"That was the first show of the tour," announced Metallica guitarist
Kirk Hammett, who, along with his bandmates, shredded through a nearly
two-hour set with such thrashy hits as 'For Whom the Bell Tolls',
'Fuel', 'Master of Puppets', '...And Justice for All', 'Enter Sandman',
and 'Seek And Destroy', among others.
Metallica didn't fail to play it's most well-known songs, but the
hard rock act didn't reveal any new material during its lengthy set.
Nevertheless, "It feels good to play live again," singer/guitarist
James Hetfield told a packed audience. "We haven't played here in a
long time."
Last's night concert was pulled together at the last minute to
help raise funds for the non-profit Silverlake Conservatory of Music,
which was co-founded by RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS bass player Flea, who
joined Metallica onstage for 'Fight Fire With Fire', from the band's
1984 album Ride the Lightning.
Money raised from last night's concert will go toward the
Silverlake Conservatory of Music's programs and operations, along with
scholarships for low-income students who can't afford instruments and
music lessons.
Bill White, director of development at the Silverlake Conservatory
of Music, tells Billboard.biz that the idea for the benefit concert
came together during a board meeting when Flea offered to ask approach
Metallica's Ulrich. As a result, "We'll probably raise over $300,000
net on this," White says. "It's a gift from Metallica to the school."
Tickets for the concert went on sale Sunday for $200 apiece, along
with a limited amount of VIP tickets that ran $500. Along with its
annual Hullabaloo fund-raiser, which last year featured Eddie Vedder
and Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music has
plans to do more one-off benefit concerts in the future, according to
White.
Read the full story at Billboard.biz.
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