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\nFollowing last Saturday\u2019s (April 23) first U.S. \u201cBig Four\u201d concert in Indio, California, the so-called \u201cBig Four\u201d bands of 1980s thrash metal \u2014 METALLICA, SLAYER, ANTHRAX and MEGADETH \u2014 have announced that they will perform in the new version of the famed Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York on September 14, 2011.
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\nCommented METALLICA: \u201cWe can\u2019t wait for a night in the Bronx as our second American show and for those of you who love fun facts, this will also be the second live music event hosted at the new ballpark.\u201d
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\nAll seats are reserved for this show and tickets go on sale Friday, May 6 at 10:00 a.m. via Ticketmaster.com. MetClub members should log in for more information about a special pre-sale starting on Wednesday, May 4. Yankees season ticket holders will have their own pre-sale, also on May 4, starting at noon.
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\nMETALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich told RollingStone.com in an interview earlier this week that more U.S. dates are on the way. He revealed, \u201cWe are looking to book something on the East Coast because of the success of this . . . Maybe we\u2019ll do somewhere in the Midwest and South, too. Still, I don\u2019t think it will turn into a 40-date arena tour; that would make it less special. I like the fact that there\u2019s an element of chaos to the whole thing. It shouldn\u2019t be sterile, streamlined and perfect: it needs an edgy underbelly to remain authentic.\u201d
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\nThe all-day event last weekend featured the so-called \u201cbig four\u201d bands of the Eighties thrash metal scene \u2014 SLAYER, ANTHRAX, MEGADETH and headliners METALLICA \u2014 performing together on a U.S. stage for the first time ever in their 30-year careers.
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\nMembers of all four bands got together at the end of METALLICA\u2019s set to play the song \u201cAm I Evil?\u201d, originally by the cult British metal band DIAMOND HEAD. Lars Ulrich told The Pulse Of Radio why that was a good choice for a show-closing jam. \u201cThe great thing about cover songs, you know, certainly in that context with the four bands, was that you\u2019re not playing anybody\u2019s song. So I think to invite everybody up onstage to play a METALLICA song would just be weird. DIAMOND HEAD, I think, seems like such a common denominator in everybody\u2019s inspiration pool that \u201cAm I Evil?\u201d just seemed like the perfect song.\u201d
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\nA series of similar shows last summer in Europe was wildly popular, leading to demand for a U.S. version. The \u201cBig Four\u201d package will also head back to Europe this July.
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\nAll four bands were presented over the weekend with awards for sales of two million copies of a \u201cBig Four\u201d live DVD which was released late last year.
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\nSource: Metal Rules<\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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