Come August 2020, the band announced that they were going to release the S&M2 shows as an actual album, not to mention a DVD and all that other stuff.
Trujillo gave an interview to The Vinyl Guide in June and the news was that the band were super excited to start cultivating some new ideas for their next album.
Fast forward to May 2020, and Metallica were still in quarantine but they did manage to put out a virtual acoustic version of ” Blackened ” called “Blackened 2020”, which eventually got made available for download.
In an interview back in April 2020, Ulrich was chatting with Marc Benioff and mentioned that Metallica could probably get started on their next album even while they were stuck in quarantine.
** In March 2020, the band started putting out a little series on YouTube and Facebook called #MetallicaMondays, where they would be streaming full archived shows every Monday to help people pass the time while staying at home and keeping a safe distance from the rest of the world during…
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Then in January 2020 , Novoselic and Grohl reunited for a performance at a benefit for the Art of Elysium at the Hollywood Palladium – with a brilliant lineup of Beck , St Vincent and even Grohl ‘s own daughter Violet making an appearance.
** The next day, on September 27th, it was announced that Hetfield was back in rehab and they had to postpone their Australia/New Zealand tour. keep
Less than a year later in September it was announced Metallica were going to be taking to the stage at the 2020 Global Citizen Festival – which turned out to actually be a two year reach ahead – alongside some of the worlds biggest names like Billie Eilish , Miley…
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** By July 2019, Metallica announced a bunch of South American tour dates lined up for April 2020, and they would have Greta Van Fleet in support. keep
** After talking to Australian magazine Mixdown the following month, Hammett said the band had some rough ideas to get into the studio after the WorldWired Tour had wrapped. keep