At 2pm EST, Metallica will be appearing on Livestream to announce an upcoming concert event which they are curating. This is the "big show" that The Gaslight Anthem posted about earlier.

Update: So far the bands announced are ...

Arctic Monkeys
Avenged Sevenfold
Modest...[read more]

According to professional wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, he was asked to join Metallica in their early years.

Hit the replies to watch Green Day cover Misfits' "Hybrid Moments" in celebration of Metallica's 30th anniversary.

Head to the replies to hear Lou Reed and Metallica's "The View."

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the death of Metallica bassist Cliff Burton.

Lou Reed and Metallica's collaborative album will be released on October 31st/November 1st.

Sean Parker-Timberlake (Napster founder) is rumored to be in talks to buy Warner Music Group, who also happens to be Metallica's record label. Oh, the irony.

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Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax will play a one-off show April 23rd in Indio, CA.

Metallica's Black albums remains the top-selling LP of the SoundScan Era.

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Metallica will headline next year's Sonisphere Festival. The other acts that make up "The Big 4", Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth, will also being playing.

The big 4 of thrash - Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax - on stage playing together can be seen in the replies.

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Metallica's James Hetfield is a "reborn straight edge."

Metallica is planning a series of concerts that would reportedly "rival" Pink Floyd's The Wall tour.

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VH1's classic Behind The Music series makes a return as Behind The Music Remastered, which updates the artists' stories over the past 10 to 15 years. The first episode, focusing on Metallica, airs Saturday at 10pm on VH1 Classic.

Metallica are helping the FBI look for a fan who went missing at one of their shows.

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The 85-year old grandma that loves Metallica was offered backstage passes by the band.

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"People think I'm weird. But I'm sorry, I like it loud." - Margaret Priebe, 85.

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Rivers Cuomo (Weezer) has admitted that "Undone (The Sweater Song)" is an unintentional ripoff of Metallica's "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)."

The Swellers and Metallica apparently have a 7" split.

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Watch Sum 41 perform a Metallica medley in the replies. Expect more in this series over the next few days.

Fuse has posted a 40 minute video compiling all the highlights (performance, Flea's induction speech, band acceptance speech, etc.) from Metallica's recent Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction ceremony. The ceremony will be aired again this Saturday, April 11th at 5PM EST; more exclusive footage from the event can be viewed read more]

Metallica will be a two-bassist band for their Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction performance.

Fuse is celebrating Metallica's induction into the 2009 class of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with what they are calling Metallica Monday. Tune in tonight starting at 6PM EST to catch Some Kind of Monster, the world premiere of the brand new documentary Metallica: In Their Own Words at 9PM, and then Metallica: Cunning Stunts at 10PM.

FUSE recently went to England to film a documentary on Metallica; the documentary, "Metallica: In Their Own Words," will premiere on Monday, March 30th at 9 PM EST. A preview of the documentary can be seen here.

A write-up of Metallica's performance at SXSW can be read here.

The full track listing for Guitar Hero: Metallica can be found in the replies.

Source: Joystiq

Metallica will be inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year on April 4 in Cleveland along with Run-DMC, Jeff Beck, Bobby Womack, and Little Anthony and the Imperials.

Hahaha, Dave Grohl gives his thoughts on Metallica and Guns N Roses.

Metallica will be re-releasing ...And Justice for All on vinyl December 1st.

Metallica was again at the top of the charts this past week, selling 337k copies of Death Magnetic, for a 10-day total of 827k.