The iconic headbanging band Metallica has just announced a two day festival this June in Atlantic City. Taking place at the abandoned A.C. airport's Bader Field on June 23rd & 24th, the Orion Music + More fest will feature Metallica on both nights, as well as a lineup that so far includes Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Modest Mouse, The Gaslight Anthem, Cage The Elephant, Fucked Up, Best Coast, Hot Snakes, Titus Andronicus, Gary Clark Jr., Lucero, Roky Erickson, The Black Angels, The Sword, A Place to Bury Strangers, and Liturgy. And on each night Metallica will play either Ride the Lightning or The Black Album in their entirety.
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Metallica Headlining 2 Day Multi-Band Festival In Atlantic City This June
Lou Reed Received Death Threats From Metallica Fans Over Loutallica
Oh sure, you've read about the cranky metal Lou Reed/Metallica collaboration Lulu—maybe you've even seen the Muppets covering Loutallica. But have you actually tried listening to the album? It seems some Metallica fans haven't, but they're still not too happy about it: "[Metallica's fans] are threatening to shoot me, and that's only because I showed up. They haven't even heard the record yet, and they're recommending various forms of torture and death," Reed told USA Today in an interview about the team-up.
Video: Muppets "Cover" Loutallica (Lou Reed + Metallica)
It's the strange musical collaboration of your nightmares: the new Lou Reed/Metallica (Loutallica) cranky metal album Lulu is now streaming online, just sitting there waiting for unsuspecting ears to pulverize. Pitchfork editor Brandon Stosuy's friend Seldon Hunt summed it up perfectly: "'Wow. Sounds like Woody Allen trying to tell a joke in your ear at a Limp Bizkit concert.'" You can stream the whole Frankenstinian concoction here, enjoy the Stereogum comment party here, or just skip straight to watching the Muppets "perform" a cover of "Pumping Blood" below (via Scott at Stereogum). Beaker is Lou!
Video: Elderly Lou Reed Waxes Rhapsodic About Metallica Collaboration
We're still convinced that Lou Reed and Metallica's (henceforth known as Loutallica) cranky metal collaboration "Lulu" will turn out to be some sort of purposeful "Metal Machine Music"-esque fan-alienating stunt (or maybe it's just an excuse for Lou to wear some really cool leather jackets and gold chains?). But for now, a desperately-in-need-of-a-nap Reed is pressing forward with the illusion that the project has "pushed me to the best I’ve ever been." Below, watch a promo for the album in which Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich still talks like he's on a late '90s Vh1 show:
What's Weirder: Lou Reed + Metallica, Or Jack White + Insane Clown Posse?
We are still getting our brains wrapped around the the Lou Reed/Metallica collaborative album Lulu, which is due out November 1st. The album is Reed's musical adaptation of German playwright Frank Wedekind's 1913 play about the life of an abused dancer, and is sure to be the crankiest metal album about a German dancer ever released. But just as we've started to come to grips with the fact that the writer of "Sister Ray" calls Lulu "the best thing I ever did," we now learn that Jack White has produced a single for the Insane Clown Posse called “Leck mich im Arsch” (“Lick me in the arse”)!
Lou Reed/Metallica Album Ominously Coming Soon
Remember that whole Lou Reed/Metallica cranky-metal collaboration that you wanted to forget about immediately after you heard about it? It's not going away—especially if you follow Lou Reed's Twitter, where he posted three reminders about the team-up this afternoon with links to the new site: Loureedmetallica.com.
Lou Reed And Metallica Collaborating On New Album?!
Take a walk on the wild side of Ktulu: in one of the more unlikely musical collaborations...ever, Lou Reed has teamed up with Metallica for a new joint album. Metallica unveiled the secret, ten-song project on their website yesterday, explaining: "Ever since we had the pleasure of performing with Lou at the 25th Anniversary of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame at Madison Square Garden in October of 2009, we have been kicking around the idea of making a record together."
Firefighter Arrested At Metallica Show
Metallica just finished up a two night run at Madison Square Garden, and at least one fan is likely still reeling from Sunday night's show. The NY Post reports that 33-year-old New York firefighter, Gerard Weihe, got ejected from the show by security guards (for standing on chairs and "making a racket"). After being tossed, he came back for an encore and kicked in a plate-glass window! So hardcore... and so arrested.
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