Metallica : St. Petersburg’s sports arena will be echoing with Metallica band

Rock band Metallica formed in 1981  rose to fame with the release of Master of Puppets ,are set to open St. Petersburg’s much-publicized new city stadium in 2010 as part of a whistle-stop Russian tour.

The rock band is among the biggest draws ever in the former Soviet Union after performing for 60,000 music fans at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow in 2007.

Thus, the promoters are keen to get them back, offering the best venues.

“We have already arranged a stadium concert and now we want to do something new,” Contactmusic quoted Nadezhda Solovyova, who heads SAV Entertainment and Russky Show-Center, as telling Blabbermouth.net.

“We want to arrange a concert for the entire Olimpiysky (venue) with a circle in the middle. They have a specially-designed project for such a stage,” Nadezhda added.

In September 1986 the band suffered the tragedy , whilst on tour in Sweden, the driver of the tour bus lost control of the vehicle. Cliff Burton was pinned under the bus and eventually died. The remaining members of the band finally decided to continue with the band, after receiving Burton’s family’s blessings to do so. His replacement was Jason Newsted, formerly of the band Flotsam and Jetsam. In 1987, they released the video Cliff ‘Em All, documenting the three years that Burton was in the band.(ANI)

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