
Metallica Go Full Circle at Second 40th-Anniversary Concert
The thrash pioneers even got a little sentimental as they took the San Francisco audience back to songs from their first-ever concert

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The thrash pioneers even got a little sentimental as they took the San Francisco audience back to songs from their first-ever concert

“After 40 years, there’s still firsts,” James Hetfield tells the audience after playing Reload song “Fixxxer” for first time during the first of a two-night San Franci…

The festivities will kick off next week

Band will showcase an array of unreleased audio, video, photographs, ephemera, and more on the newly launched site

Group’s MasterClass course discusses songwriting techniques, communication, navigating egos, and more

Band had promised a “unique” setlist but kept the fact that it would be revisiting its bestselling album under wraps

The band performed another intimate surprise show on Monday

Cyrus and Elton John also discuss their love of “Black Album” classic, “one of the best songs ever written”

Band also performs “Wherever I May Roam” and “Holier Than Thou” at sunset outside Los Angeles’ Griffith Observatory

With the release of The Blacklist, Lars Ulrich and the band’s many musician fans unpack the record’s genre-spanning appeal