METALLICA will headline the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco. The three day event will take place on the weekend of August 10th - 12th.

Says the band: "All the Fillmore Theatre love and good vibes continue outdoors as we are proud to announce that we have been invited to headline the Outside Lands festival here in our hometown of San Francisco the weekend of August 10th - 12th in beautiful Golden Gate Park. This will be the fifth annual Outside Lands, so we are honored to finally get to play in the park!

The lineup this year is stellar and we're super excited to sharing the same stage as the FOO FIGHTERS, JACK WHITE, BECK, NEIL YOUNG AND CRAZY HORSE, STEVIE WONDER, THE KILLS, JUSTICE, and SKRILLEX, just to name a few of the artists who will appear during the three day festival.

Advance 3-Day and VIP Passes go on sale this Thursday, April 19th at 12 PM, PDT here. For more information, go here.

Metallica previously issued the following update:

"We are overwhelmed and totally blown away by the love from our friends in Mexico City who gave us a record six sold out shows totaling over 100,000 tickets at the Sports Palace this coming August. Never in our wildest imagination did we think we would be posting this news story... TWO more shows have been added to the run!! That's right . . . eight nights in one of our favorite cities with some our craziest, most out of control fans on the planet!

The two additional shows will be July 28th and 30th and these Mexico City shows will be the world debut of our massive new stage show including elements from our entire 30 years of touring and marking the beginning of a new era in Metalli-shows... you will definitely need to see it to believe it!

Fan Club pre-sale begins Wednesday, April 18th at 11 AM local time and members should log in here for details on how to participate. The Banamex pre-sale begins Thursday, April 19th at 11 AM local time, and any remaining tickets go on sale to the public on Friday, April 20th, also at 11 AM local.

Again, a huge thank you to all the fans in Mexico and we can't wait to see you in July!"

Metallica play the the Sports Palace in Mexico City: July 28th, 30th and August 1st, 2nd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 9th!