METALLICA - Live Date Confirmed For Israel
February 28, 2010, 14 years ago
Haaretz.com has issued the following:
"The American heavy metal band METALLICA will perform at Ramat Gan Stadium on May 22, the event's Israeli promoter confirmed Saturday.The band, which has a wide worldwide following, will visit Israel as part of a tour to promote its ninth studio album, Death Magnetic, released in 2008. The album generally won positive reviews from critics, who compared it favorably to the group's earliest efforts.
This will be Metallica's third visit to the country; they appeared at the Amphi Park in Rishon Letzion in 1999 and Tel Aviv's Yarkon Park six years earlier."
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is featured in an MTV Brazil interview conducted in Brazil during the band's recent South American tour. Check it out below.
The band recently checked in with the following update:
"We're back . . . and as promised, more tour dates to tell you about with the addition of a Sonisphere show in Athens, Greece on June 24, 2010 at Terra Vibe Park. We'll be there as part of the Big Four of 'Tallica, SLAYER, MEGADETH and ANTHRAX along with our friends from MASTODON and BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE.For more info, click here. Tickets go on sale at 10:30 AM here.
Keep watching here as we'll have the remaining Sonisphere dates for you next week!"
