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Event details: Metallica
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Metallica
It's the sort of story that scriptwriters would get laughed out of conference rooms for entering. The sort of story that illustrates perfect synchronicity between hunger, passion and time. The sort of story that only happens every 30-odd years. And the sort of story that would approximately 500 pages to do it true justice. Metallica. A household name. The 7th biggest selling act in American history. Who'd have thought it when, on October 28th, 1981, drummer Lars Ulrich made guitar player/singer James Hetfield an offer he couldn't refuse: "I’ve got a track saved for my band on Brian Slagel's new Metal Blade label." The...Machine Head
How do you create a masterpiece of modern metal? Is it a conscious effort on the part of the artists or is it something more organic - a confluence of events and moods, emotions and mechanics that all come together in the right place at the right time? That's the question that comes to mind upon the first listen to Machine Head's sixth studio album The Blackening. Guitars rip, drums pound, bass thunders and lyrics resonate as the Bay Area quartet soars past the bar set by its critically-lauded predecessor Through the Ashes of Empires. If Empires was the sounding of the trumpet, then The Blackening is the arrival of the hordes: dense, a...More about ARCO Arena
ARCO Arena
ARCO Arena Sacramento is one of the top venues for sports, entertainment and special events in Northern California. With nearly 200 spectator events each year, the ARCO Arena schedule is one of the busiest of its kind in the United States. Nearly two million fans from throughout Northern California purchased ARCO Arena tickets last year for events ranging from NBA and WNBA games to Disney on Ice shows. ARCO Arena has hosted world-famous acts such as the Rolling Stones, Elton John, Garth Brooks, U2, Justin Timberlake, Tim McGraw & Faith Hill, Paul McCartney, and a growing roll call of the biggest names in entertainment. The current configuration seats up to 17,317 (for NBA/WNBA basketball), and is versatile enough to host anything from ice shows to rodeos to monster truck rallies. ARCO Arena is home to the NBA’s Sacramento Kings and the WNBA's 2005 World Champion Sacramento Monarchs. ARCO Arena has played host to the Ultimate Fighting Championship 65 and 73, NCAA Men's Basketball Tournaments multiple times and was the host site for the 2007 NCAA Volleyball Championships.Post a Countdown Widget
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