NME — Metallica and Linkin Park will play headline slots at the British leg of the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth this summer. more info

NME — Metallica and Linkin Park will play headline slots at the British leg of the Sonisphere festival at Knebworth this summer. more info

Monsters and Critics — Metallica are set to headline new festival Sonisphere. more info

Kerrang! — Metallica and Linkin Park are set to headline a brand new festival at Knebworth House this summer. Sonisphere is a seven-date travelling festival which takes in shows in Holland, Germany, Spain, Sweden and Finland before closing with a weekend event... more info

Reuters — BERLIN (Reuters) - Metallica frontman James Hetfield is out to recreate some of the magic of the 1988 U.S. Monsters of Rock tour in Europe this year, with a seven-date sweep of the region ending at Knebworth in England. more info

Metal Injection — Hey, did you know the Grammy Awards were tonight? No, because you have you pubic hair and it isn't gray! Anyway, before the "big show" on CBS, the award for Best Metal Performance to (presumably) the only band they ever heard of: Metallica for t... more info

Stereogum — Welcome to the Grammys 2009, which promises to be a very special night in which Radiohead will perform with the USC marching band (proof!) and Robert Plant & Alison Krauss will win all the awards. Of course with all the promised performances there... more info

Idolator — Winners from the 2009 Grammy Awards, presented Sunday night in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Rounder) Rap Album: Lil Wayne, "Tha Carter III" (Universal) Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say," John May... more info

Idolator — Winners from the 2009 Grammy Awards, presented Sunday night in Los Angeles: Album Of The Year: "Raising Sand," Robert Plant and Alison Krauss (Rounder) Rap Album: Lil Wayne, "Tha Carter III" (Universal) Male Pop Vocal Performance: "Say," John M... more info

Thrash Hits — So it appears that our initial thoughts were correct and Sonisphere will hit seven countries - Holland, Germany, Spain, Catalunya, (that’s in Spain, isn’t it?) Sweden, Finland and, of course, England. It looks pretty ace! FYI, the 60,000 capacity... more info