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VH-1'S FAN PREMIERE INFO
"FAN" -- Acclaimed film director Joe Berlinger ("Paradise Lost," "Brother's Keeper," "Blair Witch Project 2") finds the diehard fans whose lives are defined by their fanaticism and explores the bands that inspire their intense devotion. Sometimes bizarre, sometimes funny, sometimes touching, the innovative program scours concert lines, surfs the web, and spends time with the fans around the country who go beyond the normal limits to express their devotion to their favorite rock stars, as well as talks to the stars themselves in extensive interviews. The show's focus on fanaticism will also be used as a springboard to look at the larger cultural landscape in an entertaining, story-driven manner. The series premiere edition looks at Metallica and its fans. Executive producers, Lauren Zalaznick, Jane Lipsitz; producer/director, Joe Berlinger. (Premieres May 2000) TOUR LINE UP?
104.1 WBCN in Boston, Ma, amongst other stations has had members of Korn on recently. On WBCN, Korn member Fieldy said Korn is touring with Metallica and Kid Rock at NASCAR speedways in the late summer.
Thanks to many, especially Dave. NASCAR SITES
Find a list of Nascar tracks here. Job listings here.
TOUR NEWS..
Universal Music Chile has received info that Metallica will be on tour from June 30th to July 16th, playing around 12 dates in US, with the venues being huge NASCAR speedways. In addition, 98Rock in Baltimore said that the Stone Temple Pilots touring with Metallica this summer was official...To be continued. UPDATE: Kornweb reports that "Further to yesterdays tour rumours Fieldy and replacement drummer Mike Bordin (Faith No More) appeared on radio station The Edge 103.3 and talked about a strong possibility of a Korn, Kid Rock and Metallica tour this summer." - Thanks Hurtfrog ... Also, STP is scheduled to appear on Total Request Live and the Howard Stern show this Wednesday - some type of announcement might be made regarding the tour. Word has also been going around radio stations of a Kid Rock/STP/Metallica tour - Thanks to Zack. MORE ON THE DISAPPEAR-ING ACT
We received an e-mail from Don Jantzen, Program Director and DJ for Colorado's Pure Rock 94.3 KILO (You can head to the website and listen to the station while you surf the web). Dan says: "I was the jock that played the song to the rep on the phone. Played it a total of 5 times before the C&D arrived. Then a few more after."
Don also lets know that his stations website has posted a copy of the "Cease & Desist" order. The C&D originates from Hollywood Records, the record label responsible the M:I-2 soundtrack. You can check it out here.
UPDATE: Don lets us know that "Also... I found out that Hollywood Records will possibly be issuing lawsuits to several stations that put reps on the air without their permission. Us NOT being one of them." Thanks! I DISAPPEAR DISAPPEARS
A "Cease & Desist" order was faxed was sent to stations playing I Disappear, lawsuits could follow. Expect to find that I Disappear has disappeared from the airwaves. One station, KILO, in Colorado, played the song back-to-back while having a rep on the phone. The DJ cut the 2nd time short stating HIS station was going to fire him and he would have to deal with the lawsuit personally.
Another station, has actually posted the MP3 for the song on their website. Various bootleg versions have popped up on websites and FTP's, we hear lawsuits will be filed. Thanks to all those that have passed along stories... especially Paul and Rain. I DISAPPEAR LYRICS
Click here for lyrics to the NEW Metallica song, I Disappear! I DISAPPEAR... APPEARS!
Dan tells us that radio station WRIF in Detroit, has played the new Metallica song, I Disappear. Of the new song he tells us: "Alot of hey hey heys in it, sounds like a heavy riff they would just kinda of jam on that sort of feel, kinda like Bad Seed when it would get played at the beginning of the show during the Load tour, that kind of feel anyway. Something they would get the crowd to grunt to. They just said it was called Disappear." UPDATE: Allen lets us know that Dallas/Ft. Worth station KEGL has also played it! OFFICIAL TOUR NEWS
Metallica.com is having some technical difficulties, but have made a announcement in their Member's Area Forum.
They also promise a few more details for Members Only as soon as their difficulties are straightened out. MORE S&M DVD BAD NEWS
Metallica.com updated their info on the upcoming S&M DVD. Bad news, the release has been pushed back (AGAIN!) til May. UPDATE: Elektra has announced May 16th as the release date! I DISAPPEARED CONFIRMED
The Official Metallica website confirmed the title of the new Metallica song, that appears on the Mission Impossible 2 soundtrack as I DISAPPEAR. Metallica.com also lets us know to "look for mid-April for the radio date and a video at the end of April." METLENNIUM EDGE
Metallica is featured in the latest Metal Edge magazine (May 2000 issue). This issue is set to go sale tomorrow. It's about 25 page feature interviews from the Metlennium tour, got interview w/ every member (along w/ Kid Rock and Sevendust too) and some cool Metallica pinups.
Thanks to Jaka for the info! JANE SAYS
Clay sends us this e-mail: "Crazy as it may seem, Metallica makes an appearance (sort of) in April's Jane Magazine. My girlfriend gets it and it's the first descent thing they've ever had in it. The way they show up is, on the last page they have setlists stolen from concerts. Cher and the Beastie Boys are on there too, and Metallica's setlist is from the last European tour when they visited Spain. In the caption they say, "and we know that Metallica likes to blow shit up four times a night." Of course that comes from the pyro indication beside the songs they use pyro on. Useless bit of information, but maybe if people are visiting their local magazine rack they'll pick up the magazine and look at the last page. By the way, thanks for keeping me up to date on all the latest Metallica news. You guys do a great job." Thanks Clay!
PARADISE LOST 2
Paradise Lost 2 repeats tonight at 11 PM EST. You can view the entire schedule for this month's airings by clicking here. The documentary features several Metallica songs including: Welcome Home (Sanitarium), Fixxxer, Outlaw Torn, Call of Ktulu, Orion, The Unforgiven, The Unforgiven II, Fade To Black, My Friend of Misery, Poor Twisted Me.
For more on the case behind the movies, please go here. METALLIKERRANG!
The current issue of Kerrang features Metallica on page three! A arge photo of Lars (hair getting a bit longer) and Kid Rock at this year's post-Grammy awards at the Beverly Hills Hotel. There's a little info on the Kid Rock cover of Sad But True next to it. Below there's a feature on James, next to a couple of pictures from the latest South Park Movie. The article states: "Hetfield contributes vocals to a sequence in which Kenny dies on an operating table and is tossed around in Hell by fiery demons. Bizarrely, Metallica's management have no knowledge of what the song is, or how the frontman came to appear on it. South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut will be released on March 27." The article also stated the S&M-DVD to be released is May.
Thanks to Davy. MORE ON THE TOUR?
Matt tells us "I got some information from the Mike and Jimmy Concert Show on WPLR out of Hamden CT, that Metallica will have a short summer tour, and will be playing at some Race Tracks." (The radio station also confirmed the statement in an e-mail.) S&M DVD
From Kerrang: "Metallica's S&M performance will receive its own DVD release, when it emerges through Warner Music Vision in May. The DVD will incorporate numerous special features, including variable angles & the option of separating the band & orchestra audio tracks." (note: Kerrang, is a magazine based out of Great Britain). Thanks to Jon. KING SOPRANO
Metallica's King Nothing made an appearance in the latest episode of HBO's acclaimed "The Sopranos." Thanks to Ivan. WE READ IT FOR THE ARTICLES
Metallica was voted best Rock Band of 1999 by the readers of Playboy Magazine in the April Issue. Thanks to Finn. I DISAPPEAR
MTV has confirmed the title of Metallica's M:I-2 song.. I Disappear. Sources say this song has a strong "Load-ReLoad" feel to it. TOUR!?!?!?!
From CD NOW "We're doing [European] festivals this summer with Metallica, and then like a week later we're doing shows with Lauryn Hill. And right after that we're doing a show with Bjork. We don't have boundaries in our music," Muggs tells allstar writer Matt Sager in an interview that will be posted on the site Wednesday (March 15)." Read the whole story here. REASSURANCE FROM THE MIGHTY HETFIELD
Hard Radio Spoke with Jaymz on Wednesday and were told that he was busy writing and rehearsing new tunes and the new album will be "very very heavy." Click here to go directly to the story. Thanks to Ozer Katz for lettin' us know! NOTE: this appears to be the same source circulating earlier, from a radio clip on WAAF. The radio station will not confirm that James appeared on their station. It is possible that this was an old clip. It is known that James was recently in Hawaii, Jason in Florida and Lars was hanging with Kid Rock in LA. This makes it seem unlikely that the band is writing or rehearsing anything at this time. METLENNIUM REVISITED GOES LIVE
MetOnTour has posted their METlennium Revisted Special, included are special memories from James and Kirk, as well as members of the crew, like Big Mick Hughes, Gio and Patrick. Go check it out.. now! MORE UPDATES...
The index of Metallica.com has been updated...there were previously about 5 rotating images/quotes, but now there are 17, and they include Flash animation that was previously unavailable to Win98...Also, Metallica Club members should check out the Metallica Museum section of the Members Only area to find out how they can contribute!...A review of the game "Guitar Freaks" for the Sony
Playstation, written by Kirk, can be found in the April 2000 issue of the video game magazine "Incite Video Gaming" (w/ Jaime Bergman on the cover)...James is in the April issue of Maxim magazine and in a short interview, he talks about his favorite classic rock album, Black Sabbath's "Black Sabbath"...Most DVD retailers have the release date of the S&M DVD (in the US) set to be April 4, however, we shall see if it gets delayed yet again. Thanks to the countless number of people who contributed these updates...There are too many of you to mention individually! UPDATES...
The "S&M" documentary will be shown on Channel 10 on March 9th in Australia, not March 13 as previously reported, at 11:30pm. It will run 75 minutes. Also, check out MetallicaDIRECT, because they have gotten in tons of new t-shirts, including many cool brand new designs, and have revamped the site! THE HISTORY OF ROCK
Rolling Stone has an article about Kid Rock's upcoming album, 'History of Rock," which includes a version of Sad But True. Exceprts:
"It's pretty fucking awesome," says Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich, talking about Kid Rock's upcoming single, an as-yet-untitled song that features Rock rhyming over a scratched-up sample of Metallica's "Sad but True." "A lot of people have done stuff with Metallica's music over the last few years, and to my ears, this is as good as it gets."Read the whole story here. UPDATE FROM METONTOUR
MetOnTour lets us know of some new updates to look forward to... First, METLIST: "What will Metallica do in the year 2000? When will there be a new album and a new tour? If you need to stay updated and always receive the REAL inside info that only MetOnTour can give you, then it is time for you to join the MetList. Go here for more info or click on the image below:
Also, MetLennium Revisited: "Soon we will have a "MetLennium Revisited" on the MetOnTour site. There will be exclusive interviews with band & crew and of course never before pictures from the tour." NEW M:I-2 TRAILER SET
A new trailer for Mission Impossible 2 is set to premeire online this coming Thursday! It is unknown if the Metallica music will make an appearance, but it wouldn't surprise us as it is the lead single from the soundtrack. The trailer is set to preview on three movie "fansites" on Thursday (those sites are Ain't it Cool News, Dark Horizons and Coming Attractions, the trailer hits theaters and the Official site on Friday. HAPPY BDAY
IS would just like to wish Jason a happy 37th birthday today! Best wishes! AUSTRALIA SINGLE
We just received this Metallica update from Universal Music Australia: "Metallica are releasing a new single from "S&M", "No Leaf Clover" on March 13th. METALLICA TRIBUTE PARTY IN SWITZERLAND
Damaged Switzerland, a local chapter of The Metallica Club, will be holding their first Damaged Party on Friday, April 21st. This is not a Metallica Club members-only event, but is open to all Metallica fans. It will feature the Metallica cover band Plastica, and DJ Battery. Doors open at 7:00pm, and it will cost 5 francs (approximately 3 US dollars) to attend.
 PI TRANSCRIPT
You can read a transcript of Lars' appearance on ABC's Politically Incorrect by clicking here.
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