METALLICA To Open Copenhagen’s Royal Arena

Metallica are confirmed to open Copenhagen’s Royal Arena in February. A band statement reads:

“We are very honored to have the super special, very unique opportunity to once again be the first event ever held in a brand new facility and this time it is in a city very near and dear to our heart, Copenhagen! We will be opening the doors of the Royal Arena for the first time on February 3 and 5, 2017 and as of this time these shows are our only scheduled European appearances of ’17, until the Fall at the earliest. So if you need a Metallica fix soon hopefully you can make it to Copenhagen!

We’ll have another first for these shows as we’re excited to offer you some opportunities to experience Metallica in a variety of different ways with travel packages and enhanced experiences with additional privileges such as early entry to the arena, interaction with band members, a traveling Metallica museum and VIP lounge areas all available at the same time that tickets go on sale. For more information, click here.

Speaking of tickets, Fifth Members will have first crack at them starting this Wednesday, September 28th at 10:00 AM CET, with the sale ending on September 30th at 9:00 AM CET or when sold out and you can login now for more information. Tickets will be available to all on Friday, September 30th at 10:00 AM CET at Ticketmaster.dk

We can’t wait to bring the WorldWired Tour to Copenhagen and as we always like to say, keep watching here for more information and additional dates.”

Today Metallica is invading the SiriusXM studios with an appearance on Howard Stern, a Town Hall Q&A with fans, and a limited-run channel.

Metallica will perform live on The Howard Stern Show, which will air exclusively on SiriusXM Howard 100 (Ch. 100) and feature a career-spanning set including fan favorites and songs from their upcoming tenth studio album, Hardwired….To Self-Destruct, due out on November 18th.

That day they will also record a special edition of SiriusXM’s Town Hall series, hosted by David Fricke, where they’ll answer questions from a select group of listeners in the SiriusXM studios in New York City. The special will air on SiriusXM Octane (Ch. 37) as well as the band’s limited-run SiriusXM channel Mandatory Metallica, launching Wednesday, November 16th.

Mandatory Metallica will feature hits, rarities and concert recordings from throughout the band’s iconic 35-year career. The channel originally aired on SiriusXM in 2009 and again in 2013 when the band performed a private concert for SiriusXM at the Apollo Theater in New York City.

Mandatory Metallica will air through Wednesday, November 23rd via satellite on channel 40 and through the SiriusXM app on smartphones and other connected devices, as well as online at siriusxm.com.

Metallica have confirmed that they will perform on NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, on Thursday, September 29th. The show airs at 11:35 PM, EST.

Metallica recently announced that their long-awaited new album – Hardwired…To Self-Destruct – which will be released on November 18th – is finally done! A message from the band can be found below.

Says Metallica: “Guess what?!? It’s DONE! We have put the finishing touches on our next album Hardwired…To Self-Destruct and are looking forward to the next phase of unleashing it to the world, waking the monster that is Metallica and hitting the road. As we were in the 11th hour of wrapping it up it dawned on us that we have never shared with you in any sort of cohesive “official” manner the extensive covers we have worked on since Death Magnetic. While digging into the bonus options to compliment the 12-song album with additional material, we realized that none of our versions of these songs from some of our favorite and most respected artists have been readily available on our very own Blackened Recordings. So with that said, we’re here to tell you about some changes we’ve made to the deluxe versions of Hardwired… in place of the previously announced Riff Origins.

“The 2016 version of ‘Lords of Summer’ from the studio in its full glory as originally promised is still included, but now we’ve added the ‘Ronnie Rising Medley’, originally only available only on the Ronnie James Dio – This Is Your Life tribute album, along with the Iron Maiden cover of ‘Remember Tomorrow’ rounded out by Deep Purple’s ‘When A Blind Man Cries’. And by the way all of these tracks have been recently remastered for optimum 2016 sound quality. Just for fun (and because there was room!) the special set we did at Rasputin’s in Berkeley, CA on Record Store Day 2016 to celebrate the reissues of Kill ‘Em All and Ride The Lightning is here all re-mixed and mastered.

“Lastly we had such an amazing time being a part of the first weekend of events ever held at US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis last month. It was an honor and a thrill to test out “Hardwired” live there and we just had to commemorate the debut by including the recording from that night here.”

Check out the updated tracklisting below.

Deluxe Edition (Digital Download and CD)

Disc One
“Hardwired”
“Atlas, Rise!”
“Now That We’re Dead”
“Moth Into Flame”
“Am I Savage?”
“Halo On Fire”

Disc Two
“Confusion”
“Dream No More”
“ManUNkind”
“Here Comes Revenge”
“Murder One”
“Spit Out The Bone”

Disc Three (Bonus)
“Lords of Summer” (2016)
“Ronnie Rising Medley”
“When a Blind Man Cries”
“Remember Tomorrow”
“Helpless’ (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Hit the Lights” (Live at Rasputin Music)
“The Four Horsemen’ (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Ride the Lightning’ (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Fade to Black” (Live at Rasputin Music)
‘Jump in the Fire” (Live at Rasputin Music)
‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Creeping Death” (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Metal Militia” (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Hardwired” (Live in Minneapolis)

Deluxe Box Set (3LP + 1CD)

Disc One Side A
“Hardwired”
“Atlas, Rise!”
“Now That We’re Dead”

Disc One Side B
“Moth Into Flame”
“Am I Savage?”
“Halo On Fire”

Disc Two Side C
“Confusion”
“Dream No More”
‘ManUNkind”

Disc Two Side D
“Here Comes Revenge”
“Murder One”
‘Spit Out the Bone”

Disc Three Side E (Bonus)
“Lords of Summer” (2016)

Disc Three Side F (Bonus)
“Hardwired” (Live in Minneapolis)

Bonus CD
“Ronnie Rising Medley
“When a Blind Man Cries
“Remember Tomorrow
“Helpless (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Hit the Lights” (Live at Rasputin Music)
“The Four Horsemen’ (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Ride the Lightning’ (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Fade to Black” (Live at Rasputin Music)
‘Jump in the Fire” (Live at Rasputin Music)
‘For Whom the Bell Tolls’ (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Creeping Death” (Live at Rasputin Music)
“Metal Militia” (Live at Rasputin Music)