Metallica have announced they will stage their own two-day music festival in the city of Atlantic City, New Jersey, (USA) later this year. The event will be called the Orion Music Festival, and will take place on June 23rd and 24th. The band will perform on both days, playing the “Black Album” in its entirety.
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Metallica to stage their own festival
Metallica announced they will conduct a two-day music festival in the city of Atlantic City, New Jersey, this year.
The event will be called the Orion Music Festival, and will take place on June 23rd and 24th. The band will perform on both days, playing the “Black Album” in its entirety.
Among the bands that will also be performing are Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Modest Mouse, The Gaslight Anthem, Cage The Elephant, Fucked Up, Best Coast, Titus Andronicus, The Sword, A Place To Bury Strangers, Liturgy, amongst others.
There will be a special ticket sale for members of the Metallica fan club on 8 February, while sale to the public will start on Feb 11th. Tickets can be purchased through orionmusicandmore.com
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Metallica realizará su propio festival
Metallica dio a conocer que realizará un festival musical de dos días en la ciudad de Atlantic City, Nueva Jersey.
Dicho evento se llamará Orion Music Festival, y se llevará a cabo los días 23 y 24 de junio. La banda se presentará ambos días, tocando por completo el Black Album.
Entre las bandas que se presentarán se encuentran, Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Modest Mouse, The Gaslight Anthem, Cage The Elephant, Fucked Up, Best Coast, Titus Andronicus, The Sword, A Place To Bury Strangers, Liturgy, entre otros.
Habrá una venta especial para los miembros del club de fans de Metallica el 8 de febrero, mientras que la venta al público será el 11. Los boletos podrán comprarse a través de orionmusicandmore.com
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Metallica´s “Black Album” Top-Selling Album of Last 20 Years
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Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan have just released a list of the top-selling albums of the SoundScan era (1991-2011). Coming in at No. 1 with more than 15 million units sold to date is Metallica‘s self-titled 1991 disc, aka “The Black Album”.
Metallica are the most successful band in metal history regarding album sales. The thrash giants have sold more than 100 million records worldwide. Metallica also came in at No. 4 on SoundScan’s top-selling artists of the past 20 years, only being topped by Garth Brooks, the Beatles and Mariah Carey.
The Black Album topped the charts in eight countries and delivered some of metal’s most legendary tracks such as ‘The Unforgiven,’ ‘Nothing Else Matters’ and ‘Enter Sandman.’
Metallica recently celebrated their 30th anniversary as a band by four small club dates for their fan club members in San Francisco. Some of the biggest names in metal came out to share the stage with Metallica during the four-day celebration such as Ozzy Osbourne and Rob Halford as well as former Metallica members Jason Newsted and Dave Mustaine.
Metallica are set to release a B-sides album of songs recorded during the ‘Death Magnetic’ sessions on Jan 30. titled ‘Beyond Magnetic.’
Top 10 Highest-Selling Albums of the Nielsen SoundScan Era (1991-2012) :
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Billboard y Nielsen SoundScan acaban de publicar una lista de los álbumes más vendidos de la era SoundScan (1991 hasta 2011). Llegando al No. 1 con más de 15 millones de unidades vendidas hasta la fecha es el disco homónimo de Metallica en 1991, también conocido como “El Álbum Negro”.
Metallica es la banda más exitosa en la historia del metal con respecto a las ventas de álbumes. Los gigantes del thrash han vendido más de 100 millones de discos en todo el mundo. Metallica también se quedó en el número 4 el la lista de artistas con más vendidas de SoundScan en los últimos 20 años, sólo se superó por Garth Brooks, los Beatles y Mariah Carey.
El Album Negro encabezó las listas en ocho países y se entregan algunas de las pistas más legendarias del metal como “The Unforgiven”, “Nothing Else Matters”, y “Enter Sandman”.
Metallica acaba de celebrar su 30 aniversario como banda con cuatro fechas de club pequeño para los miembros de su club de fans en San Francisco. Algunos de los nombres más grandes en el metal llegó a compartir el escenario con Metallica durante la celebración de cuatro días, como Ozzy Osbourne y Rob Halford, así como ex miembros de Metallica Jason Newsted y Dave Mustaine.
Metallica está listo para lanzar un álbum de B-sides con canciones grabadas durante la ‘Death Magnetic’ sesiones el 30 de enero. titulado “Beyond Magnetic”.
Top 10 Álbumes más vendido de la era Nielsen SoundScan (1991 a 2012) :
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Artist/Album Units Sold
1 ‘Metallica,’ Metallica 15,735,000
2 ‘Come On Over,’ Shania Twain 15,513,000
3 ‘Jagged Little Pill,’ Alanis Morissette 14,714,000
4 ‘Millennium,’ Backstreet Boys 12,168,000
5 ’1,’ Beatles 11,985,000
6 Soundtrack, ‘Bodyguard’ 11,829,000
7 ‘Supernatural,’ Santana 11,772,000
8 ‘Human Clay,’ Creed 11,574,000
9 ‘No Strings Attached,’ N Sync 11,122,000
10 ‘Falling Into You,’ Celine Dion 10,790,000
