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Post by Admin on Feb 8, 2016 20:26:09 GMT
 Metallica returned home on Saturday to play a rowdy AT&T Park show - their strafing power chords echoing through the San Francisco night, hopefully far enough to keep a few members of Coldplay from getting their beauty sleep. It was the show the NFL didn't want, choosing the latter British pop band as the headline act for Super Bowl 50 on Sunday afternoon at Levi's Stadium. But Metallica made a good argument that the local band deserved the bid, and not just because members built their fame in clubs a bike ride away from Super Bowl City. Like punk rock and rap, heavy metal works best when the artists have an edge, and the Super Bowl snub, real or imagined, seemed to provide one. The band offered two heartfelt speeches on the subject, by the two longest-tenured members - singer/guitarist James Hetfield at the beginning of the night, and drummer Lars Ulrich at the end.   |
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Post by Admin on Feb 17, 2016 20:22:17 GMT
 It’s hard to argue that there’s ever been a better time than right now to be a Metallica fan. It is now free to join the band’s fan club where they serve up exclusive information and content, giving the ones who have brought the thrash giants to where they are today a glimpse into the day-to-day happenings in the Metallica camp. They’ve played a show in Antarctica, offering a one-of-a-kind experience and remembered their roots when performing a hometown show in San Francisco, Calif. as part of ‘The Night Before’ event that preceded Super Bowl 50. Now, they put together over a half hour of footage from the event, detailing the soundcheck, onstage moments during the show and the meet and greet session that followed. Fan club members were invited to take part in the soundcheck as esteemed music photographer Ross Halfin captured the magic behind the lens and continued to do so throughout the weekend as seen in the video above. The footage opens up with Lars Ulrich meeting with fans after the concert, signing memorabilia and chatting. We also get a unique perspective of the show as camera capture discussion between members while James Hetfield addresses the crowd. They decide to play a mid-tempo song, agreeing on “King Nothing.” The show featured five massive LED screens that interspersed between clips of the band and pre-planned footage to coincide with the set and everything in between. While playing “Master of Puppets,” the screen shows members playing while the crosses that adorn the album cover are laid over the live footage. In the video, the band is seen hashing out the details of their brand new stage design, ensuring everything is as visually stunning as they had imagined.  Commenting on the snub for being tapped as the Super Bowl halftime act, for which the timing would have been perfect as the big game was held in Metallica’s stomping grounds of San Francisco, James Hetfield acknowledged why the thrash act weren’t chosen. “The fan base is really wide, but as far as playing halftime for the Super Bowl, I have a feeling that ship has passed,” he said, adding, “We’re not a variety show. We’re not pop. We’re not sparkly and all that kind of stuff that I think seems to be what is needed for that.” |
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Post by Admin on Feb 19, 2016 20:26:45 GMT
 METALLICA has uploaded fly-on-the-wall footage shot by the MetOnTour reporter on February 5 and February 6 during the band's headlining performance at CBS Radio's "The Night Before", a one-of-a-kind concert experience the evening prior to Super Bowl 50 at AT&T Park in the band's hometown of San Francisco, California. The 36-minute clip, which can be seen below. includes footage of the members of METALLICA in the Met Club meet-and-greet, rehearsing for some "Fifth Members" (members of the METALLICA fan club) during soundcheck, having a photo shoot with Ross Halfin, warming up in the tuning room, as well as performing the song "Master Of Puppets" at the show. The band's setlist was as follows: 01. Creeping Death 02. For Whom The Bell Tolls 03. Fuel 04. King Nothing 05. Ride The Lightning 06. The Unforgiven 07. The Memory Remains 08. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) 09. Sad But True 10. Wherever I May Roam 11. One 12. Master Of Puppets 13. Battery 14. Fade To Black 15. Seek And Destroy Encore: 16. Whiskey In The Jar 17. Nothing Else Matters 18. Enter Sandman METALLICA invited around 300 fan club members on February 5 to watch the band's "The Night Before" soundcheck. "Soundchecks can be notoriously uninspiring, but since we have to get some cobwebs out, and we figured people will be coming in from far away for the game, we invited 250 fan club members," Ulrich told Rolling Stone. "It'll up the ante and keep us on our toes."  |
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