Metallica drummer hints at "Mission Metallica" concert

Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich told a Los Angeles radio station on Monday (May 5th) that the band's new web site, MissionMetallica.com, will showcase the kind of "making-of-the-album" features usually found these days on a DVD accompanying a CD release. Ulrich explained, "We thought, instead of doing the usual DVDs and all that, why don't we just do it on the Internet and people can kind of tune in every day, watch clips, contests, get updates for what's going on with the record and kind of watch the last couple of months of song titles, album titles, final mixes...So it's kind of a little bit of a countdown type of thing. It should be fun."

MissionMetallica.com launches on Monday (May 12th). Ulrich also told the station, "Knock on wood, this week should be our last week in the studio," adding that the group expects to get its ninth album out in September.

Ulrich said that fans can expect to hear new material "about five minutes after we finish playing it -- thanks to the Internet," although he did not say how soon the band will begin playing some new songs live.

Metallica will top the bill for the annual "Weenie Roast" festival sponsored by Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM. The show, scheduled for May 17th at the Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine, California, will also feature sets from the Offspring, the Raconteurs, Rise Against, Pennywise, the Bravery, Seether, Scars On Broadway and more. This date joins two previously announced Metallica shows on May 16th in Tucson, Arizona and in mid-June at Tennessee's Bonnaroo festival.
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