Stereogum — Metallica’s definitely the kind of band that has earned a day in honor of them, and the San Francisco Giants have been doing just that for the past few years. Yesterday was the third annual Metallica Day, and a celebration was held at the baseball ... more info

Stereogum — As it does every year, the month of April brought with it Record Store Day. And this year, as you might have heard, Record Store Day’s best-selling item was not a record at all, but a cassette: a lovingly detailed replica of Metallica’s 1982 demo... more info

Mercury News, California — Kirk Von Hammett's Fear FestEvil runs April 11-12 at RockBar Theater in San Jose. more info

Perez Hilton — What do Sam Smith, Metallica, Paul McCartney, and A$AP Rocky have in common? One word: Lollapalooza! The Chicago music festival has released its full lineup, and besides being utterly massive, it's also about as eclectic a mix as music gets! [ Relate... more info

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L.A. Times - Entertainment — It's clear now what the long and winding road of the American music festival scene was leading to. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — Lollapalooza returns to Chicago's Grant Park from July 31 - August 2, and this year's lineup includes Paul McCartney, Metallica, A$AP Rocky, TV on the Radio, The War on Drugs, Father John Misty, Brand New, Flying Lotus, Hot Chip,... more info

Time — Florence + the Machine, Bassnectar and The Weeknd are also on the lineup more info

Stereogum — Lollapalooza has announced its lineup for this year. The Chicago-based festival will be headlined by Paul McCartney (his first appearance at Lolla), Metallica, Florence + The Machine, Sam Smith, Bassnectar, and the Weeknd. Among the 130+ other artist... more info

Stereogum — Maybe Hall & Oates can stop Brooklyn-based cereal purveyors from cleverly punning on their name, but they cannot stop the creative people of this good internet from mashing up their music with Metallica. Below is a mashup of “I Can’t Go For Thatâ... more info