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Metallica earlier checked in with the following update:

"Last night we told you that we can't wait to start our year with our friends in South America... we're back again as promised to announce four more shows, including two dates in Central America!

We are looking forward to visiting cities we have never played before... San Jose, Costa Rica and Panama City, Panama to be specific. And as we've only had the chance to visit Caracas and Bogota once before in 1999, this leg of the World Magnetic tour is sure to be a memorable one.

January

19 - Lima, Peru - Estadio San Marcos

March

7 - San Jose, Costa Rica - Saprissa Stadium
8 - Panama City, Panama - Plaza Figali
10 - Bogota, Columbia - Park Simon Bolivar
12 - Caracas, Venezuela - La Rinconada

As usual, Met Clubbers should check www.metclub.com for pre-sale info.

Being the super smart people that you are, you have no doubt noticed that there are more than a few holes in the schedule... please keep checking back here over the next couple of weeks for more announcements."

Metallica's Francais Pour Une Nuit live DVD, filmed in Nimes, France on July 7th, 2009, will be available on November 23rd (pre-order here.

Metallica - Francais Pour Une Nuit DVD tracklisting:

'Blackened'

'Creeping Death'

'Fuel'

'Harvester Of Sorrow'

'Fade To Black'

'Broken, Beat & Scarred'

'Cyanide'

'Sad But True'

'One'

'All Nightmare Long'

'The Day That Never Comes'

'Master Of Puppets'

'Dyers Eve'

'Nothing Else Matters'

'Enter Sandman'

'Stone Cold Crazy'

'Motorbreath'

'Seek & Destroy'