| January 4, 2012 – Los Angeles, CA – Metallica has announced that is “has decided to go old school” and will release its current digital EP, Beyond Magnetic, on CD worldwide at retail on January 30th and on January 31st in North America. The EP, released via all digital retailers on December 13th, features four tracks recorded during the sessions for 2008’s 2x-platinum Death Magnetic, the band’s fifth consecutive No. 1 album.
Said the members of Metallica of Beyond Magnetic: “During the Death Magnetic album sessions in 2007 and 2008, we originally recorded 14 songs. When it came time to pick the songs for the final album, we decided on 10 songs that you’ve all come to know over the last three years. Some of you may have heard bits and pieces of those other songs on ‘Mission Metallica’ (remember ‘Mission Metallica’?!) or heard rumors about them during the recording process, and wondered, ‘What ever happened to those other four songs???.’ We kept them in the vault and decided to pull them for our 30th anniversary celebration last month, so here are the four leftover tracks from the Death Magnetic sessions. They are ROUGH mixes, unfinished to their original degree of mixing from March ’08. These four songs were released as gift to our closest fans, the members of our Fan Club, to enjoy. Now they’re being made available to you.” Metallica celebrated its 30th anniversary as a band last month, performing four shows at the Fillmore Theatre in San Francisco, CA, exclusively for members of their fan club, the Metallica Club. BEYOND MAGNETIC TRACKLISTING 1. Hate Train 2. Just A Bullet Away 3. Hell And Back 4. Rebel Of Babylon |
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THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND TO CELEBRATE ‘THE YEAR OF THE PEACH’ WITH GRAMMY LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11 DATES FOR ANNUAL NYC BEACON THEATRE RESIDENCY CONFIRMED
Posted in Artist Watch, New Music, News, Reviews with tags 40th anniversary, ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND, Beacon Theatre, BUTCH TRUCKS, DICKEY BETTS, DUANE ALLMAN, GREGG ALLMAN, JAIMOE, music, rock, The Rock Tribune, TheRockTribune.com on January 3, 2012 by RandyThe ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND are getting set to honor the 40th anniversary of their iconic 1972 live album EAT A PEACH in a big way: they’re hailing 2012 as “The Year of the Peach.”
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductees will start the year with a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, which “honors performers who have made contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.” That event will take place Saturday, February 11 during Grammy Week in Los Angeles and the group will be mentioned on the Sunday, February 12 national TV broadcast.
“It’s shaping up to be a great year,” says BUTCH TRUCKS, who co-founded the band in 1969 with GREGG ALLMAN, drummer JAIMOE, guitarist DUANE ALLMAN, bassist BERRY OAKLEY and guitarist DICKEY BETTS. “We just wanted to make music that was honest and play it for friends, which is pretty much what we’ve done. It’s an honor to be able to be recognized like this.”
Soon after the Grammy Awards, the band will launch their annual residency at New York City’s Beacon Theatre, where they will perform 10 shows beginning Friday, March 9 (see full itinerary below). Tickets for those shows go on sale Friday, January 6. The ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND have performed over 200 sold out Beacon Shows since they began the March tradition in 1989. Their 2003 run was captured on the gold-selling LIVE AT THE BEACON THEATRE DVD and the ONE WAY OUT CD, which features the Grammy-nominated track “Instrumental Illness.”
In April, the group returns to Live Oak, FL, where they will host their 8th annual WANEE FESTIVAL on April 19-21. The full line-up for the three-day festival has yet to be confirmed but previous artists have included Widespread Panic, Robert Plant & Band of Joy, Steve Miller, the Black Keys, O.A.R., Levon Helm, Buddy Guy, Little Feat, Bob Weir, Stephen Stills, Gov’t Mule and the Derek Trucks Band.
In 2011, the group aligned with Entertainment One Music to market two signature band-owned labels: PEACH RECORDS for the sales of its previous Sanctuary label releases and new live recordings of the current band as well as the ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND RECORDING COMPANY for the release of archival recordings featuring the original line-up including the late DUANE ALLMAN and BERRY OAKLEY.
Here are the confirmed New York City Beacon Theatre dates:
| Fri | 3/9 |
| Sat | 3/10 |
| Tues | 3/13 |
| Weds | 3/14 |
| Fri | 3/16 |
| Sat | 3/17 |
| Tues | 3/20 |
| Weds | 3/21 |
| Sat | 3/24 |
| Sun | 3/25 |
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