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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  July 30, 2011 – This week, SPIN remembered Amy Winehouse, Metallica announced special 30th anniversary shows, and Feist unveiled her next album, Metals. …
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  Metallica Announce 30th Anniversary Concerts

  July 28, 2011 – It's been thirty years since Metallica formed, and the kings of thrash metal are planning an anniversary celebration in San Francisco, CA, later this year. The band will play four shows at the Fillmore the week of December 5. …
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  SPIN.com's Best of the Week

  June 18, 2011 – This week, Metallica announced a new album collaboration with Velvet Underground rock icon Lou Reed, SPIN gave readers the rundown of the 30 best summer tours, ranging from Rihanna to Black Lips, and Eddie Vedder proved he can still rock out, even on a ukulele. Meanwhile, Arcade Fire opened up in a new documentary, Bon Iver released a mysterious new music video, and the Flaming Lips performed in a cemetery at 6 A.M. …
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  Metallica Team With Lou Reed for Next Album

  June 16, 2011 – Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett hinted back in February that the thrash-metal kings' next release would not be a "100 percent Metallica record," leading fans to suggest it could be anything from rap-metal crossover to a collaboration with a big-name artist. …
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  Q&A: The Big 4 Reunite and Talk Metal!

  April 29, 2011 – Last weekend in Indo, CA, Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax — the four bands who elevated the furious carnage of thrash-metal from the tape-trading underground to the top of the Billboard charts — played their very first show together on American soil. …
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  The Big Four Play Their First U.S. Show!

  April 25, 2011 – "This is history tonight," gushed Metallica frontman James Hetfield to a sea of sun-worn black t-shirts in Indio, California, Saturday night. …
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  Metallica & Slayer's "Big Four" Hits U.S.

  January 25, 2011 – On April 23, Indio, CA's Empire Polo Fields -- aka, the home of the Coachella music festival -- will transform into metal Mecca. That's when "The Big Four" -- Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax -- will unite for their first and only U.S. show. Free tip for concertgoers: pack Band-Aids. This guy should have. The Big Four gig follows a trial run of seven shows in Europe last year. …
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  Winehouse, Cee Lo Duet, Metallica Tour + More

  January 24, 2011 – Metallica look likely hit the road for a "Big Four" U.S. tour with thrash kings Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax. The band posted an image, titled "Coming Soon," on their website of an American flag with the words "The Big 4," suggesting the bands will bring their metal circus to the States after touring in Europe last year; the group have also registered a Facebook page, which you can check out here. …
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  Metallica Festival Date, Radiohead Soundtrack + More

  December 14, 2010 – Bust out your earplugs: Metallica will be headlining next year's Sonisphere Festival in England, along with thrash kings Anthrax, Slayer, and Megadeth. The bands — who've been dubbed the Big 4 by metal fans — headlined Sonisphere in Eastern Europe last summer. The 2010 edition of the fest takes place July 8-10 in Knebworth, England. …
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  Metallica: Three Decades of Metal Mayhem

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