Tag Archives: Metallica
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ALBUM REVIEW: Danny Elfman conducts a frenetically glorious ‘Big Mess’
To fully recognize Danny Elfman‘s expansive CV would take up the rest of the word count of this review. The singer, songwriter and composer began his career in the early ’70s with Oingo Boingo and branched out into scoring films, penning television theme songs and composing for live concert…
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‘Long Live Rock…Celebrate the Chaos’ a love letter to music festivals we miss
Long Live Rock…Celebrate The Chaos, courtesy. Is rock dead? The question, seemingly an early point of new documentary “Long Live Rock…Celebrate the Chaos,” only works rhetorically. “Long Live Rock…Celebrate the Chaos” Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, Halestorm and more, director Jonathan McHugh Watch Now @ Home Cinema, Abramorama, March 12…
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The 22 concerts we missed most in 2020, starring Billie Eilish, BTS and Taylor Swift
Among the shows we most regret were canceled or postponed: BTS, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Nathaniel Rateliff, The Killers, Mew, Guns N’ Roses, Metallica, BottleRock Napa Valley, Bad Religion, Rage Against the Machine, My Chemical Romance, Bob Dylan, Outside Lands, Kraftwerk, Supergrass, Roger Waters, Tame Impala, The Airborne Toxic…
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REWIND: Celebrate the writer’s birthday with some of his favorites
Daniel J Willis is actually two Skee-Los tall. We took a break from music last week, but now I’m back with our regularly scheduled nonsense. This past Thursday was my birthday, which means it’s time for my annual self-indulgent column of songs I like with no regard for theme…
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Metallica announces PPV All Within My Hands Foundation fundraiser
All Within My Hands 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Metallica’s second All Within My Hands Helping Hands Concert and Auction will be streamed online. The event will take place on Nov. 14 and will be filmed at the band’s headquarters in the North Bay. As in 2018, the concert…
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Metallica to record NorCal performance for national drive-in event
Metallica and the San Francisco Symphony perform at Chase Center in San Francisco on Sept. 6, 2019. Mike DeWald/STAFF. Metallica will perform and film a concert in the Bay Area to be shown at a nationwide “Encore Drive-In Nights” event on Aug. 29. The Bay Area metal band becomes…
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Metallica unveils ‘S&M2’ album and film, recorded at Chase Center with SF Symphony
Following drummer Lars Ulrich’s sneak peek at the band’s new collaborative album with the San Francisco Symphony during his tribute to former symphony music director Michael Tilson Thomas last month, Metallica officially unveiled the artwork and tracklisting for S&M2, a live album and film that will be released Aug. 28.…
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REWIND: In honor of Earth Day, some songs about why we need it
All’s not fine on Earth Day 2020. This past week we celebrated Earth Day on Wednesday and Arbor Day on Friday, which is ironic because we weren’t allowed to go outside. Both days were created in the ’70s to promote environmentalism as science began to realize we were destroying…
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Metallica to donate $350,000 to various COVID-19 relief efforts
Metallica performs at the All Within My Hands concert and auction at the Masonic in San Francisco on Nov. 11, 2018. Courtesy. Metallica on Thursday announced that it would be donating a total of $350,000 through its All Within My Hands Foundation to four relief efforts as the world…
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My Chemical Romance announces reunion tour, Oakland Arena and Aftershock shows
After a series of cryptic messages on My Chemical Romance’s social media accounts, the rock band announced its long-awaited reunion tour Wednesday morning. In a YouTube video titled “A summoning…,” produced by frontman Gerard Way, MCR took the video’s protagonist on a chronological ride referencing imagery from the band’s…