Rockers Metallica have launched their own music festival. The Orion Music + More event will be staged at Bader Field in New Jersey on June 23rd - 24th and the band will headline. A post on the ...

Happy Birthday to: Actor/30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto (1978) Actor Zach Mills (1995) Singer Chris Daughtry (1979) Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones actor Temuera Morrison (19...

Lou Reed has received a barrage of "threatening" letters from Metallica fans angry over his collaboration with the rockers. The veteran musician teamed up with the group to record new album Lulu,...

Metallica have reached out to fans in India after their concert debut in the country was scrapped, insisting they are "deeply disappointed" with the cancellation. The band was set to headline the ...

organizers of a scrapped Metallica show in India have reportedly been arrested over allegations they oversold tickets to the gig. The rock group called off a planned concert at the Leisure Valley ...

Metallica are to play their first show in India. The heavy rockers will headline the upcoming F1 Rocks concert in Uttar Pradesh on October 28 - two days before the inaugural Indian Formula One Gr...

Metallica star Lars Ulrich has been hit with a lawsuit from his former personal assistant, alleging he failed to pay overtime. Steven Wiig has filed papers in Marin Superior Court, California cla...

Happy Birthday to: Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich (1963) 30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto (1978) "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh (1945) Comedian Alan King (1927; d. 2004) Actor/come...

Metallica have issued a statement in a bid to get to the truth of a story suggesting a little girl was kicked into the audience at a recent concert in Australia. The youngster, who is the daughter...

Metallica regret airing their problems in 2004 movie Some Kind Of Monster, insisting they were "stupid" to go public with therapy sessions and band disputes. Drummer Lars Ulrich admits the docum...

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has penned a moving tribute to Ronnie James Dio, while rock stars including Slash and Ozzy Osbourne have also honored the rocker, who died on Sunday. The heavy meta...

Police in Bogotá, Colombia failed to prevent riots at a Metallica concert on Wednesday night - more than 100 fans were arrested after violence erupted outside the venue. Members of the nation's ...

Israeli fans of Metallica have won their bid for cheaper tickets after staging a boycott of the group's May 22 gig in Tel Aviv, Israel. The man behind the Ramat Gan stadium show - the band's first...

Happy Birthday to: Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich (1963) 30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto (1978) "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh (1945) Comedian Alan King (1927; d. 2004) ...

Heavy metal rockers Metallica have turned their Canadian tour into a charity mission - the band has donated over $28,000 to good causes across the country. The Enter Sandman hit-makers donated ...

Metallica front man James Hetfield has added weight to a proposed world tour with Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth by insisting the 'Big Four' show is a good idea. Bandmates Lars Ulrich and Robert Truj...

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is secretly plotting a heavy rock super-tour, which will include his band, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax. Slayer guitarist Kerry King has let it slip that negotiations ...

Billy Mays is back from the dead (too soon?); a guy walks across China; Metallica's Lars & James say 'Napster Bad' in a classic; and Olivia Munn points out the cons of being a female superhero. Th...

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich is "proud" he helped to destroy internet file-sharing website Napster - but insists he doesn't revel in "glory." The Enter Sandman hit-makers made headlines around ...

Metallica star Lars Ulrich has urged the military minds who use his group's music as a torture device to check out Norwegian death metal. He insists the dark music of Scandinavian rockers is far mo...

Lars Ulrich has no plans for Metallica to follow in the footsteps of U2 by signing a deal with concert promoters Live Nation - insisting the group will never "sell out". U2 were one of the fir...

Metallica frontman James Hetfield has blamed a dodgy oyster for his illness that forced the group to scrap a Swedish show over the weekend. The rockers were due to perform in Stockholm on Su...

Former Metallica rocker Dave Mustaine has turned down the chance to join the band when they are inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in April. Mustaine joined the group in 1981, but l...

Rockers Metallica have paid tribute to their late band mate Clifford Burton - 22 years after his tragic death. Burton died aged 24 during the European leg of the band's tour in 1986 in a hor...

Metallica would consider a rock supertour with Guns N' Roses - after hailing the group's comeback album Chinese Democracy. The Enter Sandman hitmakers are big fans of their rock counterparts, ...

Rocker Lars Ulrich is looking to take a break from Metallica to tour with members of supergroup Deep Purple. Ulrich has offered to join David Coverdale, Glenn Hughes and Jon Lord if the trio reteam...

Happy Birthday to Metallica Drummer Lars Ulrich (1963), 30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto (1978), "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh (1945), comedian Alan King (1927; d. 2004), and actor/co...

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich was pelted with custard pies during a concert in California - to celebrate his 40th birthday. The musician will reach the landmark age on December 26 and the rest of t...

Heavy rockers Metallica have scored a second week at the top of the U.S. album chart with first full-week sales of 337,000. The group's Death Magnetic debuted at the top a week ago after just three...

Metallica rocker Lars Ulrich has hit out at claims the band's lawsuit against music download site Napster was about money. The band filed a suit against Napster in 2000, after the service host...