METALLICA check in with the following update:

"WOW! A big THANK YOU to our friends in Mexico City for selling out three nights and 60,000 tickets at the Sports Palace in less than 90 minutes last week. There's no way we can stop now... two more shows here we come! We've expanded our Mexico City visit to include August 6th and 7th, also at the Sports Palace, for a total of five nights of the massive new stage show that will include elements from our entire 30 years of touring... you need to see it to believe it!

The Banamex pre-sale starts Wednesday, March 28th at 11 AM (CST) with the public on-sale Thursday, March 29th, also at 11 AM (CST).

Finally, Met Club members should log in for details about their special pre-sale that begins on March 27th at 11 AM (CST) and will end on March 28th at 11 AM (CST).

As we already mentioned once, we're just getting started!"

Metallica have released the special edition of the fan club mag, So What!, world-wide. The band posted the following message on their website:

“We've always been incredibly proud of our little publication So What! magazine that is sent to all Fan Club members every three months and is now in its 19th year of existence. As we were putting together the first issue of 2012 commemorating our 30th anniversary celebration at the Fillmore Theatre in December of last year, we realized that the upcoming issue was looking so special, so unique and so unprecedented that we really should make it available to share with all our friends around the world. Now we know that we're breaking the rules here – So What! is for Fan Club members only – but we figured since we make the rules, we can occasionally break 'em!! So for the first time ever we are printing a special limited edition newsstand version of the magazine in collaboration with Metal Hammer, who has joined us for our new adventure.

Hitting worldwide newsstands, book stores, websites (including metallica.com) and wherever else you pick up your reading material on May 14th, the issue will be a 128 page extravaganza packed with exclusive photos and special post Fillmore interviews. You'll hear from all the members of Metallica, a few of your favorites that were on stage including Brian Tatler, Sean Harris, KING DIAMOND, Dave Mustaine, and Rob Halford, and a look behind the scenes at how it all came together. As an added bonus, an exclusive 7" vinyl single featuring live recordings from those nights of \So What’ and ‘Through The Never’ is included with each and every issue.

We'll have previews and more details for you here as the release gets closer. And Fan Club members, do not fret!!! YOU will receive your very own anniversary special issue with additional exclusive interviews, photos and reviews. For more on that, log in and visit 'Virtual So What!' The special edition of the magazine is available for pre-order here and will be available for sale in the store at metallica.com.”

It was recently announced that Metallica has made Billboard's highly-prestigious list of the longest-charting albums with the band's self-titled monster from 1991, which is also the best-selling album since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking sales for Billboard on March 1, 1991, with units sold of more than 15,735,000.

Billboard's Longest-Charting Albums

800 - Dark Side Of The Moon - PINK FLOYD, 1973
490 - Johnny's Greatest Hits - JOHNNY MATHIS, 1958
480 - My Fair Lady - Original Cast, 1956
331 - Highlights from the Phantom of the Opera - Original Cast, 1992
305 - Oklahoma! - soundtrack, 1956 (*includes weeks before the Billboard 200 became a weekly chart the week of March 24, 1956)
302 - Tapestry - CAROLE KING, 1971
295 - Heavenly - JOHNNY MATHIS, 1959
282 - MCMXC a.D. - ENIGMA, 1991
282 - Metallica - METALLICA, 1991
277 - The King and I - soundtrack, 1956