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Former Metallica bassist Jason Newsted has teamed with Reverb to sell instruments from his personal collection, including some integral items from the heavy metal band’s history. Among the instruments for sale at the Official Jason Newsted Reverb Shop, opening on July 24, are basses used on the band’s tour in …

Going back to Metallica‘s first show in 1982, Diamond Head’s eight-minute New Wave of British Heavy Metal crusher “Am I Evil?” has been a staple of their set lists. They’ve teamed up with members of the band a few times over the years to perform it live, and the planets …

Metallica is set to play a virtual concert in Fortnite for the game’s Rock Band-esque Festival mode, the video game’s developer Epic Games announced on Wednesday. The band’s concert — called “Metallica: Fuel. Fire. Fury.” — will have the group performing six songs in the game, Epic said, with the …

For a second year, Metallica will award tens of thousands of dollars to high school and college marching bands that perform their songs in creative ways. The band announced what’s officially known as the “Metallica Marching Band Competition” second annual competition in a video Thursday. “Together with our sponsors, we’re …

Over the weekend, Metallica treated fans in Munich, Germany, to a live debut of “Inamorata,” a track off the band’s 2023 album 72 Seasons and the longest original track in their catalog. A fan-shot video from the May 26 show captured the performance, complete with James Hetfield’s introduction. The frontman …

The affection that James Hetfield feels for Motörhead’s late frontman, Lemmy Kilmister, is well documented: Metallica have covered “Overkill” dozens of times, the whole band once performed as “The Lemmys” at Kilmister’s 50th birthday bash, and Hetfield’s lyrics to Metallica’s “Murder One” is basically a string of Kilmister references. Now …

The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Chad Smith and Metallica’s Lars Ulrich will try to survive the Spinal Tap drummers curse with cameos in the upcoming This Is Spinal Tap sequel. The two musicians were named in a new round of cast announcements, per Deadline, now that production on the film …

The Library of Congress recognized Elton John and Bernie Taupin‘s contributions to modern music on Wednesday night with a gala where they awarded the songwriting pair with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song. The event, held at Washington, D.C.’s D.A.R. Constitution Hall, included performances by the duo’s famous fans singing …

Jason Momoa revealed that his take on Aquaman, who first appeared in 2017’s Justice League, has rock origins. During an appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the actor told host Jimmy Kimmel that he built his DC Comics superhero “a little bit off of Slash.” “Look at the first Justice League,” …

Forget the gold and platinum records, the accolades and industry awards, the sold out concerts around the world — you know you’ve really achieved rock and roll legend status when enough high school and college marching bands are staging elaborate tributes to your music that you can launch a competition. …