A one-minute video clip of the four members of METALLICA offering words of encouragement and support to THE MINI BAND — the Thatcham, United Kingdom-based group made up of 8- and 10-year-olds whose performance of METALLICA‘s “Enter Sandman” has racked up nearly three million YouTube views in six weeks — can be seen below.
As individuals, the members of THE MINI BAND have created a real stir, with Zoe getting over 250,000 hits on one YouTube video! Harry has been featured on TV and Bugera amplifiers web site, and Charlie has an endorsement for drum sticks.
THE MINI BAND is:
* Zoe Thomson (8 years old) – Guitar
* Harry Jackson (8 years old) – Guitar
* Kieran Fell (8 years old) – Guitar
* Harrison Read (8 years old) – Lead Vocals
* Archie Zolotuhin (10 years old) – Bass Guitar
* Charlie Emmons (10 years old) – Drums
For more information, visit THE MINI BANDFacebook page. Source: Blabbermouth.net
METALLICA will headline the 10th installment of the Download festival at Donington Park on Saturday, June 9, 2012, with an exclusive U.K. performance of the band’s top-selling 1991 LP, “Metallica”, a.k.a. “the black album.”
It will be the eighth time the California metal titans will have played at Donington during their three-decade-long career, having previously performed at both Monsters Of Rock and Download festivals.
“Six years is way too long to be away from the hallowed grounds of Donington Park,” says METALLICA drummer Lars Ulrich. “We are beyond psyched and feel privileged to come back once again to soak up the energy and vibe of the most legendary of festival sites.”
“I am absolutely bowled over that METALLICA will be playing The Black Album at the 10th anniversary of Download,” says Andy Copping, VP of Promotions at Live Nation. “The album is up there as one of the greatest albums of all time, everyone knows the songs. The Download festival has come a long way since we first started in 2003 and to have METALLICA back to help us celebrate this milestone is just fantastic.”
Download 2012 takes place at Donington Park on June 8-10, 2012. Weekend with camping tickets go on sale at 9 a.m. on Friday, November 18 from www.downloadfestival.co.uk. Source: Blabbermouth.net
The much discussed collaboration between Lou Reed & Metallica is out now and we’ve got all the formats available in the MetStore. Of course the CD is there, but if you are a collector, you might want to check out the deluxe CD poster set or the deluxe CD/two book set… or both! All the formats come with the two CD collection that is Lulu as well as photos by Anton Corbijn.
Win a Signed Lulu Poster Tube!
Here’s your chance to win a very rare and collectible prize. Buy Lulu in any format in the month of November, CD, deluxe book set, or poster tube, and you will be entered to win a limited edition poster tube set signed by Lou Reed & Metallica! Already purchased Lulu? Then you have already been entered automatically in the contest. Good luck!
See Lulu On TV
Lou and the guys will be hitting the road next week visiting four European cities to perform live for television or radio.
November 8: London, England, The Jools Holland Show
November 9: Paris, France, Taratata
November 11: Cologne, Germany, live radio broadcast/webcast 1LIVE radio
November 11: London, England, The Jools Holland Show -Additional Performance from November 8
November 13: Milan, Italy, Che Tempo Che Fa
Check your local listings for show times. The Taratata appearance will be broadcast later this month.
According to DNAIndia.com, four officials of promoter DNA Networks which organized METALLICA‘s canceled October 28, 2011 concert in Gurgaon (a suburb of Delhi), India were on Thursday sent to judicial custody for 14 days by a local court.
Police arrested Rajesh Kumar, the general manager of DNA Networks, and his colleagues Umesh Chinara, Ashok Singh and Savio Faleiro over the weekend on reported fraud charges. The police asked DNA‘s local bank to freeze its account while the investigation was ongoing (although during preparations, DNA had given the local authorities a bank guarantee of $200,000).
A representative for DNA Networks told Pollstar that the cancelation of METALLICA‘s performance at the Indian Formula 1 motor racing Grand Prix show was caused by an “unruly” section of the crowd climbing over safety barriers and damaging the stage set.
Karuna Prithvi from the DNA‘s press department told Pollstar it’s difficult to explain what sparked the fuss because “it was all so quick.”
Prithvi said the company always has barriers in place for its shows and the problem was caused when fans broke through them.
She said unruly fans “vandalized and destroyed” a lot of stage equipment, which meant it was impossible to fix it and get permission for a new show within 24 hours.
Other media reports, however, claimed fans became unruly when the gates opened several hours later than the scheduled opening times. Still other media reports said fans became angry after DNA sold more tickets than the venue’s estimated 30,000 capacity and because the organizers failed to inform ticket holders of the cancelation.
METALLICA issued a statement on its web site, explaining it was “deeply disappointed” about the gig’s cancellation. The band added, “We arrived in Delhi on Friday very excited and ready to play our first show ever in India at the F1 Rocks concert. However, immediately at the end of our afternoon press conference at a hotel near the venue, we were notified that there was a serious question as to whether the show could proceed with regard to the safety of the concert audience. And our first and foremost concern is always for the safety of you, the fans.”
METALLICA performed Sunday in Bangalore, India, at the Palace Grounds before an estimated 35,000 fans. METALLICA frontman James Hetfield told the crowd, “India has been a life-changing experience for us.”
The four METALLICA members took part in a press conference on Friday, October 28 ahead of their canceled F1 Rocks India concert in Delhi, India. Video footage of the question-and-answer session can be seen below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
According to NDTV, the organizers of METALLICA‘s concerts in India have been arrested after the band’s show scheduled for Friday evening in Gurgaon (a suburb of Delhi) was canceled. The operational head of DNA Entertainment Network, Rajesh Chandwani, and his team members — Umesh, Ashok Singh and Savio Faleio — were charged with cheating people and breach of trust under section 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code, Station House Officer Jagdish Prasad said.
The police allege that the organizers oversold Friday’s concert beyond its 25,000 capacity at the Leisure Valley Park in Gurgaon’s Sector 29 and that the authorities were never informed before the cancelation was announced.
The organizers have said all ticket holders will be refunded. They said full-page advertisements on refunds will be put out in the next 24 hours explaining all the details.
“As soon as the organizers announced that the show has been postponed, the crowd went berserk… people started pushing each other, broke barricades, started shouting and throwing water bottles,” Pankaj Kaushik, who waited for three hours for the show to begin, told The Economic Times.
The announcement of the concert’s postponement was met with anger, apparently in part because the four members of METALLICA were taking part in a press conference at the time (see video below). Fans rushed the stage, damaged equipment and some even attempted to set fire to banners. Most of the fans, however, stayed calm and exited the venue when asked.
A number of fans — including Kapel Vahi and John Thangaraj — were reportedly sent confirmation emails stating that tickets would be delivered to them by October 25 which did not happen. Thangaraj told Mumbai Mirror, “Kapel and I bought our tickets on October 14. The company reverted with a confirmation email. According to the email, we were supposed to receive our tickets latest by October 25. After the deadline, we mailed, called all the numbers listed on the website. We did not get any reply. We then read on the web site that if we did not receive the tickets, we could pick them up at the venue.”
According to The Times Of India, Vahi, who flew down from Mumbai for the concert, waited in line at the ticket counter with Thangaraj for two hours, only to be told that his tickets had been dispatched to his home address. Thangaraj said, “We spoke to a man, who said his name was Rajesh and that he was the owner of DNA Network. When we told him about what had happened and that we would take legal action, he called us frauds and threatened to have us arrested.”
METALLICA‘s concert in Gurgaon was to have kicked off the F1 Rocks festivities accompanying this weekend’s inaugural Indian Grand Prix.
“Every conceivable effort had been made for the concert to go ahead today but, in view of public safety, and in consultation with the event organizer DNA Entertainment Network and representatives from METALLICA, the decision was made to cancel the show,” F1 Rocks said in a statement, “We would like to offer our sincerest apologies to the many enthusiastic fans who were looking forward to watch a great band perform.”
“The METALLICA concert has become yet another example of chaos and mismanagement in organising events in India,” Dow Jones Newswire‘s Santanu Choudhury wrote, referring to another concert, featuring Canada’s Bryan Adams, which was also canceled recently.
Tickets to the show were priced between Rs.1,650 and Rs.2,750 (between $34 and $57), and had drawn in fans from several cities like Kerala, Mumbai, Manipur, Kolkata, Jaipur and countries like Bangladesh, China, Nepal, Indonesia and Singapore.
METALLICA is scheduled to perform in the southern Indian city of Bangalore on Sunday.
Video footage of METALLICA‘s press conference in India can be seen below. Source: Blabbermouth.net
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Police arrested Rajesh Kumar, the general manager of DNA Networks, and his colleagues Umesh Chinara, Ashok Singh and Savio Faleiro over the weekend on reported fraud charges. The police asked DNA‘s local bank to freeze its account while the investigation was ongoing (although during preparations, DNA had given the local authorities a bank guarantee of $200,000).
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