Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Metallica to headline Switzerland’s Sonisphere Festival




Metallica have announced their final 2012 summer European tour date.

Here’s the news, as posted by the band:

“This is it, our final addition to the summer vacation in Europe with a Sonisphere date at Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland on May 30, 2012.

You guessed it, the 'Black Album' will be performed in its entirety (yeah, yeah, that 20th Anniversary thing) and the line-up for the day is out of this world as Slayer, Motorhead, Mastodon, Gojira, and Eluveitie will all be joining us!

The Met Club pre-sale already in progress, so Clubbers should log in for details. The pre-sale will end on Wednesday, February 15 at 9:00 AM local time. There is a four ticket limit for the pre-sale.

Tickets go on sale on Friday, February 17 at 8:00 AM local time at www.ticketcorner.ch.

For more information about Sonisphere, click here: www.sonispherefestivals.com.

That's it for Europe... for now. But trust us, there's still lots of summer left!”

The Metallica European tour kicks off May 7 in Prague and wraps June 10 in Nickelsdorf, Austria…..following that, the band headline their own Orion Music + More Festival for two dates in Atlantic City June 23 and 24.

For more details on Orion Music + More, click here.


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