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Metallica
will be performing Aug. 1 and are pumped for the upcoming gig. “It’s been
nearly 20 years since we’ve been lucky enough to take the stage at
Lollapalooza, so we are over the top that we’ve been asked to play this year at
the now annual extravaganza held at Grant Park in Chicago. We’ll be hitting the
stage on Saturday, August 1st,” the band writes.
Earlier
this month, Lars
Ulrich told Rolling Stone that they hope to have some new
material to play onstage in May during the Rock in Rio USA
festival. So fans might be able to hear Metallica perform new songs in late
July during their Lollapalooza set. As for the progress Metallica have made on
their follow-up to 2008′s Death Magnetic, Ulrich says they already have a lot of
songs created for the upcoming disc and that the “creative elements are getting
close to being done.”
Three
day passes for the fest are already sold-out, but single day tickets are still
available. They go on-sale at Lollapalooza.com,
starting at 10 A.M. local time today (March 25). Check out a full list the bands
performing below.
Lollapalooza 2015
Lineup
Friday, July 31: Paul McCartney, The Weeknd, Alt-J,
Alabama Shakes, Kaskade, Dillon Francis, Gary Clark Jr., Flying Lotus, Hot
Chip, the War on Drugs, Father John Misty, DJ Snake, Sylvan Esso, MS MR, Tove
Lo, Glass Animals, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, First Aid Kit, DJ Mustard,
James Bay, Broods, MisterWives, What So Not, Sxa, Jamestown Revival, Philip
Selway, Young Thug, Coasts, Destructo, Borns, Badbadnotgood, Mighty Oaks,
Bear’s Den, Peking Duk, Black Pistol Fire, Spookyland, Bully, Gabriel
Garzon-Montano, Kyle Thornton & the Company, The New Pacific, Daye Jack,
The Pop Ups, Q Brothers, School of Rock AllStars, The Jimmies, Mista Cookie Jar
and the Chocolate Chips.
Saturday, August 1: Metallica, Sam Smith, Alesso, Tame
Impala, Kid Cudi, Brand New, Carnage, G-Easy, Walk the Moon, Tyler the Creator,
The Tallest Man on Earth, Banks, Chet Faker, Sturgill Simpson, Death From Above
1979, Toro y Moi, Charli XCX, Django Django, Boys Noize, Delta Spirit, RL
Grime, Givers, Ryn Weaver, Travi$ Scott, Caked Up, Hermitude, Wet, Holychild,
Catfish and the Bottlemen, Zella Day, Mr. Eden, Jessica Hernandez & the
Deltas, Snbrn, Ellie King, Beat Connection, Mick Jenkins, Raury, Jack Novak,
Pell, White Sea, Hippo Campus, Coin, Danny Weinkauf, School of Rock Allstars,
The Jimmies, Mista Cookie Jar and the Chocolate Chips, The Helmets.
Sunday, August 2: Florence + the Machine, Bassnectar, Of
Monsters and Men, A$AP Rocky, TV On The Radio, Nero, twenty one pilots, Nicky
Romero, Kygo, Marina and the Diamonds, FKA Twigs, Lord Huron, Gogol Bordello,
Stromae, Odesza, Logic, The Chainsmokers, Wild Belle, Twin Peaks, Angus &
Julia Stone, George Ezra, Strand of Oaks, Moon Taxi, Shakey Graves, Galantis,
Night Terrors of 1927, Alison Wonderland, Circa Waves, DMAs, Sheppard, Mako,
Skylar Spence, the Wombats, Halsey, Lion Babe, Black Tiger Sex Machine, Vérité,
Jacklndn, Zebra Katz, the Lonely Biscuits, SirenXX, In the Whale, Atarah
Valentine, The Pop Ups, Danny Weinkauf, Motown Pete, Q Brothers, School of Rock
Allstars.
Taken from loudwire.com