BURBANK, CA. (Top40 Charts/ Warner Bros. Records) - With their new album Death Magnetic due out on Friday,
September 12th,
Metallica are storming the airwaves. The album's lead-off single, "The Day That Never Comes," is currently No. 1 at Mainstream Rock radio according to data compiled by airplay monitoring service Mediabase. The track is also No. 2 at Active Rock and No. 8 at
Modern Rock radio.
Metallica are gearing up for the worldwide release of Death Magnetic, the hard-rock heroes' tenth studio album, which was produced by Rick Rubin. Early reviews have praised the album for its "reassuring sense of danger" (Los Angeles Times) and "compositions that are nasty and complex" (New York Times). British metal bible Kerrang! wrote that "Metallica once again sound like one of the most exciting bands in the world" and have "managed to harness their talent and instinct into a modern metal album that makes a mockery of the modern competition." Death Magnetic is the band's first studio album since 2003's multi-platinum St. Anger, which hit No. 1 in 30 countries and has sold nearly six million copies worldwide.
In addition, Metallica have announced that tickets for the band's first proper tour of the United States and Canada in four years will go on sale on September 13th. The first leg of the tour begins on October 21st and will cross North America through fall and early winter before concluding on January 21st. Support bands are Down, The Sword, Lamb of God, and Machine Head.
Metallica's upcoming North American tour dates are as follows :
With support from Down and The Sword :
October 21 - Glendale, AZ Jobing Arena
October 23 - Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum
October 25 - Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
October 26 - Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
November 1 - Portland, OR Rose Quarter
November 3 - Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena
November 4 - Denver, CO Pepsi Center
November 6 - Omaha, NE Qwest Center
November 8 - Moline, IL iWireless Center
November 9 - Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
November 17 - St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
November 18 - Tulsa, OK BOK Center
November 20 - Houston, TX Toyota Center
November 22 - Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena
November 23 - New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena
With support from Lamb of God and The Sword:
December 1 - Seattle, WA Key Arena
December 2 - Vancouver, BC GM Place
December 4 - Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
December 7 - Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
December 12 - Ontario, CA Citizens Bank Arena
December 13 - Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
December 15 - San Diego, CA Cox Arena
December 17 - Los Angeles, CA The Forum
December 18 - Los Angeles, CA The Forum
December 20 - Oakland, CA Oracle Arena
With support from Machine Head and The Sword:
January 12 - Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
January 13 - Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
January 15 - Washington, DC Verizon Center
January 17 - Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
January 18 - Boston, MA TD Banknorth Center
January 26 - Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
January 27 - Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
January 29 - Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
January 31 - Newark, NJ Prudential Center
February 1 - Newark, NJ Prudential Center
