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Metallica's seemingly everywhere right now with the promotional blitz behind S&M in full swing. Just about every online music source has a story or two about the upcoming "stream fest." Here's a taste: Addict -featuring a picture of James' new Tom Waits like 'do. Most of these are just repeat info, most of which you've already read here on Inter Sandman. Also remember, tonight on VH 1 you can catch Metallica: Behind The Music at 9 PM EST, and an hour long video preview of S&M at 10 PM on Monday followed by the debut of No Leaf Clover on the Rock Show with James and Lars. You should be able to catch the new Artist Direct commercial that features the band, John Cleese and Bob Rock sometime during tonight's show or during the Rock Show's half hour!
MTV.com reports on the reported tour dates: Metallica's Tour Plans Remain Hazy We have learned that the Metallica.com and MetOnTour.com dates are accurate... at least at this time are, although they have added disclaimers. If any changes pop up, we'll let you know!
Metallica.com has added info on the upcoming web blitz for S&M. Here's what they say:
Yesterday in Milan was a special night at the Rolling Stone, which is a famous dance club in Milan, with a special guest, who was none other then Jason! Says Paolo Cattaneo, who was there, "it was a great night where he performed with a local group singing seek and destroy and creeping death...he was there for promoting the forthcoming album!" Thanks a lot Paolo!
Look out for a TV ad campaign from ARTISTdirect featuring Metallica AND John Cleese of Monty Python fame! They very recently did a shoot for the commercial and it apparently went well. Jerry Casale produced it (member of DEVO) and the band had a good chuckle (in good humor) by jamming Devo licks during the shoot. The commerical starts with Cleese entering the studio and saying, "They know I'm coming." Then we see the James, Lars, Kirk, and Jason, jamming away, and then being inturrupted. We then see Bob Rock, who's yelling, "Get him outta here!" Metallica starts playing really loud, and it blows Cleese away! You can see James' new hair style - very cool - as well!
The 5 songs Elektra released to the radio for S&M were for promotion only (Fuel, Bellz, One, Hero, and Bleed) and are on a CD originally titled S&M Sampler CD; the official first single off S&M will indeed be 'No Leaf Clover.' It will be made availible like any other normal Metallica single, with b-sides, etc...Following the 10:00pm EST Metallica Concert Special on VH1 tomorrow, James and Lars will drop by to premiere the video for the first single with host Cain on THE ROCK SHOW at 12:30pm EST, continuing Metallica Week. Last night, the video for 'Of Wolf and Man' was shown on the first night of Metallica week; and also the video for 'Fuel' was shown on MTV preceeding the show Lars hosted, 'Return of the Rock'. Listen for a debut on the radio soon, if it has not been aired already.
Tickets will go on sale this Saturday at 10am for the two Florida shows in Miami at the Orange Bowl and Tampa at Tropicana Field.
VH1 will be featuring a new S&M video every night this week on their outstanding ROCK SHOW, starting tonight at 12:30pm EST. Also, in regard to the November 17th special on VH1, they say, "Metallica S&M - Experience the thrash metal / classical connection as Metallica preview their new album!"
Addicted To Noise will be featuring a Metallica Video Interview this week. Visit here!
Detroit Radio station WRIF has announced that Tommy Lee's Methods of Mayhem has been replaced by Sevendust on the Y2K show.
Even more updates from Metallica.com, first some info on the upcoming DVD's for Cliff 'Em All and Year & Half, complete with some nifty streaming videos... including an exclusive MEMBERS CLIP! Check out the page here! They have also updated their Member's Only Gallery so that it now works with more browsers! Check that out here if you're a member!
Metallica.com has made the following shows official: 12/28 Miami, FL Also, they have added a section to their S&M page with quotes from members of the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra taken from the So What! interview...
MetallicaDIRECT reports the release date of the S&M DVD to be February 1, 2000...They also advise you to order the video separatley because it might be delayed...'Nothing Else Matters' will be the first single for radio promotion in Europe, South America and Australia...Universal (Vertigo) will release a commercial CD single with b-sides from the S&M show.
Metallica will stream its entire album on the Internet for several days before its scheduled release. The decade's best-selling band and its label, Elektra Records, have aligned with more than 300 Web sites, radio stations and retailers to provide exclusive, song-by-song access to "S&M, Metallica With the San Francisco Symphony Conducted by Michael Kamen," which is slated for traditional release Nov. 23. "S&M" will stream track-by-track around the clock beginning Nov. 19. Online listeners will not only be able to hear the songs first, but they will be available on-demand -- which means fans will be able to listen to a track as many times as they want, whenever they want, during a seven-day period. The promotion will be offered through Elektra.com, Metallica.com, MTV.com, Entertaindom.com, UBL.com, and an array of radio station and online retail sites. The promotion will culminate with Metallica reprising their classical concerts Nov. 19 at Germany's Berlin Velodrome with the Berlin Symphony, and Nov. 23 at New York's Madison Square Garden with the Orchestra of St. Luke's. Metallica.com already offers several songs for preview!
Lit singer A. Jay Popoff was arrested after stripping down to his boxer shorts on stage while performing at the Tremont Music Hall on the University of North Carolina at Charlotte campus. Afterward, he offered these words of wisdoms: "I apologize to anyone I may have offended. I want to thank the police officers for being cool and letting me listen to Metallica on the way to the station. p.s. -- Shout outs to my new homies in the Mecklenberg County Jail."
Sevendust.com has the following tour dates for Kid Rock, Sevendust, and Metallica in addition to the ones we have already reported: 1/01/00 Gund Arena Cleveland OH A huge thanks to Rob!! A date for Chicago should be announced soon as well! - Thanks to Kevin.
Amazon.com says the S&M DVD will be released on January 1, 2000. - Thanks to Ivan
Creed, and Sevendust join Kid Rock as the opening acts for Metallica in December in Florida; on the 27th at the Orange Bowl in Miami and the Tropicana Dome on the 28th in Tampa Bay.
Sevendust has joined the opening acts at the December 31st show at the Pontiac Silverdome. The rest of the line-up still remains.
The Metallica Club updated today the backstage pass details for members... it's the same as before and includes the S&M shows! You can find details in their members area!
The Metallica Club reported today on the WCW: Mayhem album due out on November 16th. The album features a new live version of Seek & Destroy. You can listen to a snippet and Metallica.com!
The Metallica Club and MTV report: While puzzling over which track on their upcoming symphonic album was worthy of a video, the men of Metallica found an interesting answer. The MTV story include Real Audio clips from Lars and a small snippet of the Hero of the Day Video! Check it out here!
VOTE EARLY AND VOTE OFTEN! 11.08.99 Vote for the S&M version of Hero of the Day on MTV's Total Request show. Click here.
KIRK'S NEW GUITAR 11.08.99 Dino Cazares of Fear Factory mentioned Kirk in a recent interview at the EMG Website. The interview was regarding Dino's use of EMG's new 707 guitar pick up used on 7-string guitars. Now, it seems Kirk will has a 7-string of his own. Dino says: Yes, Kirk Hammett wants them for the new ESP 7-string that they're making for him. He actually called up and said "I want one like Dino"! He saw us at the Dynamo Festival - we did some shows with them in Europe. In the same interview, Dino credits James as an influence. If we hear more of Kirk's new 7-string, we will post it here!
CONGRATS TO FRANK 11.08.99 We would like to extend our warmest and sincerest congratulations to Frank of the Metallica Club on the birth of his son, Eamonn yesterday! Frank will be passing out cyber cigars in the AMP, which, by the way is open!
6 MORE VIDS ...AND 10 SHOWS! 11.06.99 MTV's "Spankin' Live Music" featured excerpts from Metallica's forthcoming "S & M" video. They played the following videos: The MTV broadcast also featured interviews with Michael Kamen and Lars. Lars mentioned that Metallica would be playing 10 shows around Christmas time. HERO VID 11.06.99 We hope most of you have seen the new S&M video clip for Hero of the Day. Next time you see it, pay special attention towards the end of the clip. You might notice a yellow 'Don't Tread On Me' or Culpepper Minutemen flag waving in the air. The flag carried proudly and faithfully to every Metallica show he goes to, by none other than IS Chapterhead Dan Walpole! S&M SONGS 11.06.99 We have received many reports as to what songs from S&M are getting airplay. As we have reported, 5 songs were released. Here are the songs we have heard being played so far:
We have not received any reports of a 5th song, but we hear that No Leaf Clover has been promised by DJs on Tuesday. When we get more, we will put it here! We can only guess that these are the same songs due on MTV tonight at 11 PM! Thanks to Chris and Dave, amongst others! NEW TOUR DATE 11.05.99 Tickets go on sale November 13 for the newly announced January 3, 2000 gig with Metallica and Kid Rock in Milwaukee, WI. The date was announced by LAZER 103, the local rock station.
The cover features James and Jason along with the symphony and Michael Kamen. No full logo appears on the cover, opting only for the simple S&M on a musical staff.
The Metallica Club has updated with a Media Player streaming file of the S&M version of Nothing Else Matters!! Check it out on the "splash" page of their new S&M Area! They've also added area's on Michael Kamen and The SF Symphony!
Metallica and Artistdirect.com are teaming up for an amazing contest: ARTISTdirect brings Metallica directly to you. Sign up to win a TRIP to MEET METALLICA. We'll put you on the stage Tue. Nov. 23rd at Madison Square Garden, New York City to watch Metallica play their ONLY North American performance of their new album, S&M, complete with a full orchestra. You'll be flown to NYC for 4 days and 3 nights, including hotel stay, and ARTISTdirect will even give you the pocket change to rent attire fit for the symphony. After all, James, Lars, Kirk and Jason will be in black tie (yeah right). You will also bear witness to their exclusive Q&A session to be broadcast live over the web on Mon. Nov. 22nd where 15 fans will be invited to TALK TO METALLICA! Ask your best question now to be chosen. Click here for more! We are proud to announce that we have been chosen as an Official MetallicaDIRECT Approved Site.
94.1 WYSP in Philadelphia will be airing the November 23 Symphonica show over its airwaves LIVE. In addition, the host of the show, 92.3 KROCK in New York City will be doing the same. The show is set to begin at 8pm and is sold out.
VH1 will be airing a "Metallica Concert Special" on Wednesday, November 17, at 10pm EST. More info when it becomes availible.
The Metallica Club has opened their S&M page. Complete with album cover, logos and all! Check it out now!
The Metallica Club has updated their story on the upcoming Metallica DVD's. Cliff 'Em All and Year & Half will be released on DVD on November 23rd. The S&M DVD still does not have an "official" release date.
The December 1999 edition of Guitar World magazine has an interview of former Metallica guitar player and current Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine. Dave has a couple interesting quotes:
"Metallica is a fantastic band. The people who talk shit about them are ingnoring the fact that Metallica has single handedly done thing 100 bands couldn't do."
The first video from S&M will premiere on MTV's Total Request Live this Friday, and will be Hero of the Day. The other 4 videos, which at this point are unknown, will premiere the following night during the one hour Metallica special, Spankin' Live New Music. Hero of the Day then, we would presume, will be the first single off of the new album. TRL airs weekdays at 3:30pm EST.
Confirmed by Metallica.com's new S&M area and MTV!
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We finally have a version of the S&M cover to post for you! We also have another version that we will post shortly (click 