Tag: Orion

On Tuesday (February 7), Metallica announced the debut of the Orion Music + More fest, described as an annual “music, arts and lifestyle” gathering that will feature multiple stages and take place June 23-24 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

In addition to headlining sets from Metallica each day — during which they will play The Black Album one night and Ride the Lightning the other in their only North American performances of those classic releases in 2012.

The festival will also feature sets from: Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Modest Mouse, the Gaslight Anthem, Cage the Elephant, F—ed Up, Best Coast, Hot Snakes, Titus Andronicus, Gary Clark Jr., Lucero, Roky Erickson, the Black Angels, the Sword and Liturgy. More bands will be announced in the coming weeks.

The all-day “Big Four” festival took place last weekend (April 23rd) at the Empire Polo Club, Indio, California. Featuring the “Big Four” bands of 1980s thrash metal — METALLICA, SLAYER, ANTHRAX and MEGADETH — the bands shared the stage in the U.S. for the first time ever, drawing an estimated 50,000 people.

The Big 4 tour makes it way over to Europe this summer with dates at the series of Sonisphere festivals.

Members of ANTHRAX, SLAYER and MEGADETH joined METALLICA on stage for a cover of DIAMOND HEAD’s “Am I Evil?” before they ended the night with “Seek And Destroy”.