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  5 Can't-Miss Vinyl Picks for Back to Black Friday

  November 24, 2010 – This Friday, in the midst of the nation's biggest shopping day, a boatload of well-known and beloved rock acts will drop special, limited-edition releases exclusively via independent music outlets as part of a new promotion called "Back to Black Friday." Organized by a collective of shop owners, the event aims to rejuvenate America's interest in bricks-and-mortar music shops -- just as they've done over the past three Aprils with Record …
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  Metallica Plot Next LP, Jay-Z: 'Beyonce Not Pregnant'

  November 9, 2010 – Britney Spears's manager Adam Leber says the pop star working on a "big big big" song with top producers Dr. Luke and Max Martin. "I'm pretty sure it's a smash," he Tweeted. Metallica will wrap up their world tour for Death Magnetic later this month, but the band already has plans in place for their next record. Lars Ulrich says the band will get together in March or April to write songs for a new album. …
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  U2, Metallica, More Prep Limited Edition Releases

  October 29, 2010 – Metallica, MGMT, Bruce Springsteen, and more than 30 other artists will be driving shoppers into independent record stores during this year's Thanksgiving shopping rush, dropping limited edition vinyl releases as part of "Back to Black Friday." The event aims to take advantage of the country's biggest annual single day of shopping, November 26, aka Black Friday, and is organized by the creators of Record Store Day, the cooperative proj …
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  Metallica to Release Live Album!

  September 9, 2010 – Metallica have been touring non-stop in support their album Death Magnetic since a kickoff gig in Phoenix, AZ, on October 21, 2008. That's almost two freakin' years. The band will finally close out their trek with a string of gigs in Australia and New Zealand this fall, and to honor the moment they're releasing a live EP of songs recorded during their pasts visits Down Under. …
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  WATCH: Slayer's Bloody New Video

  June 16, 2010 – Slayer just released a music video for the title track from their latest album, World Painted Blood, and it's a bloody tale of tyranny at the hands of a nefarious ruler. Watch below. The five-minute animated clip shows the evil-eyed leader directing a fleet of tanks to run citizens over, spilling their blood across the globe. …
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  Metallica's "Big Four" Tour Will Hit Movie Theaters

  May 21, 2010 – Metal fans of the world rejoice: The June 22 date of this summer's Big Four Tour -- the seven date European jaunt starring heavy hitting heavyweights Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax -- will be broadcast via satellite in high definition to movie theaters around the world. More than 800 theaters -- including 450 in the U.S. -- will carry the telecast of the tour's stop in Sofia, Bulgaria. …
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  T.I.'s Guest Lecture, Metallica's Restaurant Robbery

  April 29, 2010 – Convicted gun aficionado T.I. sparks controversy by speaking at a middle school assembly. "Yo, Teach, will you hold this 9 milli while I talk?" [World Star Hip/Hop] Ex-Clash manager Bernard Rhodes honors the late Malcolm McLaren by shouting "He was no saint!" at his funeral. The clouds parted and McLaren said, "I'm flattered." [The Observer] Atlantic Records asks for donations to release rapper Natty's new EP. …
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  Metallica to Play 'Mind-Blowing' Gigs in 2011

  March 16, 2010 – Metallica will play megashows in 10 cities in 2011 that will "blow your mind," band manager Peter Mensch tells Classic Rock Magazine. "It will be Metallica's equivalent of'The Wall.'" So can fans expect a literal 40-foot wall or the huge animated projections and inflatable puppets that were trademarks of Pink Floyd's epic tour? …
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  Riot at Metallica Concert, 160 Arrested

  March 12, 2010 – South American fans have rioted at a Metallica concert for the second time in less than two months. The band's gig in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday ended in over 160 arrests after a swarm of ticketless fans tried to barge their way into the sold-out Simon Bolivar Park, where the metal band was performing in the country for the first time in 11 years. …
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  Metallica Fans Riot in Chile

  January 29, 2010 – Over a hundred metal-starved fans were arrested in Santiago, Chile, Tuesday night after 2,000 ticketless people attempted to crash the gates at a Metallica concert. …
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