Glastonbury Festival organisers have finally confirmed that US rock titans Metallica will be headlining this years festival – joining Arcade Fire and Kasabian at the top of the Pyramid Stage bill. The confirmation came with the announcement of the full lineup, following last months initial 80 acts. You can see the full lineup in all…
Looks like the mystery over the remaining Glastonbury 2014 headline slot is about to be solved, with organisers preparing to announce US rock titans Metallica as the Saturday night Pyramid Stage headliner – according to The Sun. The tabloid newspaper, bastion of intrepid journalism that it is, reported this morning that Metallica will be announced…
Despite the rain and oceans of unspeakable effluence, despite the contentious inclusion of a “real” Metal band and the scandalous accusations suggesting the presence of a Country & Western ventriloquism act (directed at a real life Dolly) and, despite the rather telling lack of lobster and Prosecco to be found among the more up scale…
There’s been a lot of criticism of Glastonbury’s decision to invite veteran rock band Metallica to headline this years festival, with Scottish prog-rock band Mogwai the most notable fellow Glasto band to speak out and diplomatically label them as ‘shite‘. Bands and fans speaking out about a line-up decision is always going to happen, but things…
First things first: Happy New Year! Now that’s out the way, let’s get stuck into the serious business of looking forward to what 2014 has in store for us all. After a pretty impressive 2013 for big albums – Bowie, My Bloody Valentine, Daft Punk, Jay Z, Kanye, Arctic Monkeys, Arcade Fire, Beyonce to name…
Hard rock demi-gods Metallica have released a teaser trailer of their upcoming live DVD ‘Quebec Magnetic’. The DVD was filmed during the bands two gigs in Quebec City as part of their World Magnetic tour in 2009 – and the tracklisting was chosen by Metallica fans via an online poll. The DVD will be released…
Download Festival 2012 preview – 8-10 June Now in its 10th year, the UK’s premier hard rock festival is going from strength to strength – thanks to an always solid line-up and a mostly safe and friendly atmosphere. As they are in 10-year celebration mode, this years festival has one of the strongest line-ups in…
