Metallica has unveiled their own festival, dubbed Orion Music and More , likely after the song of the same name on 1986's Master of Puppets . Metallica assembled the lineup for the festival, which will take place at Bader Field in Atlantic City on June 23rd and 24th. The metal band will close both nights and perform 1990's Metallica and 1984's Ride the Lightning in their entirety on each night respectively. The lineup spans a number of genres, with the list so far including: Arctic Monkeys , Avenged Sevenfold , Modest Mouse , The Gaslight Anthem , Elephant">Cage The Elephant , Fucked Up ...

The Gaslight Anthem, Avenged Sevenfold and Best Coast are amongst the few to perform at a new festival curated by Metallica on June 23-24 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The following bands have been confirmed at this stage: Arctic Monkeys Avenged Sevenfold Modest Mouse The Gaslight Anthem Elephant">Cage The Elephant Fucked Up Best Coast Hot Snakes Titus Andronicus Gary Clark Jr. Lucero Roky Erickson The Black Angels The Sword A Place to Bury Strangers Liturgy

Arctic Monkeys, Avenged Sevenfold, Modest Mouse, The Gaslight Anthem, Elephant">Cage The Elephant, Fucked Up, Best Coast, Hot Snakes and more follow Metallica on the two-day bill.  More

Clear your calendars, Metallica fans. And... indie rock fans! In an announcement on their site this afternoon, the metal titans confirmed that they'll be hosting a festival, dubbed Orion, on June 22 and 23 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Joining James, Lars, Kirk, and Robert will be a stunningly diverse lineup including Arctic Monkeys, Modest Mouse, the Gaslight Anthem, Best Coast, and many more. Metallica, who will close both nights, will play 1991's landmark Black Album and 1984's Ride the Lightning albums in their entirety. Two-day general admission tickets are priced at $125. You ...

The Gaslight Anthem will be playing a festival that Metallica is curating in Atlantic City, NJ. Avenged Sevenfold, Modest Mouse, and Best Coast, among many others will be playing as well. Check out the confirmed lineup so far below by clicking “Read More.” Arctic Monkeys Avenged Sevenfold Modest Mouse The Gaslight Anthem Elephant">Cage The Elephant Fucked Up Best Coast Hot Snakes Titus Andronicus  Gary Clark Jr. Lucero Roky Erickson The Black Angels The Sword A Place to Bury Strangers Liturgy

James Hetfield and his raw-as-hell gang of metal miscreants are proving that they’re as TROO as TROO METAL gets with the announcement of a two-day festival on June 23-24 featuring such brutal acts as Best Coast, Modest Mouse, Arctic Monkeys, and other aesthetically disciplined hard-asses. Metallica will headline both nights in Atlantic City, naturally, and they’re planning on playing The Black Album and Ride the Lightning in their entirety during it. The festival is called Orion Music + More, as you can see by the metal-as-shit logo above that shows off some bitchin’ sound wave visualization (the same visualization ...

Legendary metal act Metallica are headlining a new festival called Orion at Atlantic City’s Bader Field on June 23 and 24 according to an announcement on the band’s website . Metallica will play both nights and will perform The Black Album in its entirety for the first time on U.S. soil on one night if the event and Ride The Lightning in full on the other night. Here’s the list of the acts that will play at Orion besides Metallica… Arctic Monkeys • Avenged Sevenfold • Modest Mouse • The Gaslight Anthem • Elephant">Cage The Elephant • Fucked Up • Best Coast ...

It’s called Orion, and it will be held at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey, a place Lars Ulrich referred to as having “a lot of fuck-off space.” During the livestream, James Hetfield said the fest is in tribute to Cliff Burton, Metallica’s former bassist who passed away in 1986—“Orion” refers to the song off Master of Puppets which features a massive solo from Burton. Tickets will be $150 and $175. They’ve announced 16 of the 22 bands that will be playing (via the festival’s website ): Arctic Monkeys Avenged Sevenfold Modest Mouse The Gaslight ...

Updated: The Official Press Release follows the post. It's pretty appropriate that the first ''new'' post here on The Rock Father™'s own site relates to one of the biggest rock bands on the planet. While their ''big announcement'' scheduled for 1pm CST is running late, I can confirm that METALLICA will headline their own ORION MUSIC + MORE Festival on June 23 & 24, 2012 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. With my ''new release'' due earlier in the month, I won't be able to hop a plane to take part, but METALLICA has enlisted " 22+ of their favorite artists ...

Posted at 2:15pm, 1/26/2012 Noise Pop , San Francisco's music festival will celebrate their 20th anniversary this February. This year features The Flaming Lips, Sleigh Bells, The Fresh & Onlys, Bob Mould & more. Check the Noise Pop site for the full schedule of performances: www.lineup.noisepop.com/events/2012/02/21/?alldays=1/ . betterPropaganda has created a Noise Pop 2012 Mix featuring our favorite bands playing the festival. You can stream or download mp3s from the mix, and don't forget to check the poster art by the one and only, Shepard Fairey, below. Noise Pop 2012 Sampler [ play ] [RICH MEDIA, CLICK TO VIEW ON SITE] The Noise Pop Festival is San Francisco’s favorite indie music, arts and film festival. Now in its 20th year, Noise Pop has brought early exposure to many emerging artists in the Bay Area and beyond, many of whom have gone on to widespread acclaim. Some notable acts who have played Noise Pop include the White Stripes, Modest Mouse, The Flaming Lips, Death Cab for Cutie, The Shins, Bright Eyes, Best Coast, Jeff Tweedy, The Dodos, Girls and Antony and The Johnsons. The festival has also featured musical legends such as Yoko Ono and The Plastic Ono Band, Bob Mould, Yo La Tengo, X, Frank Black (of the Pixies), Sleater-Kinney and Television. In addition, the festival boasts a film series that explores the intersection of music and art; Pop-n-Shop, a local designer fair; Culture Club, an interactive workshop exploring DIY culture; Art Gallery Shows; Happy Hours and much more. If you are able to donate to help keep betterPropaganda going strong, please do. If not, just sit back and enjoy the music! Any amount is appreciated. Please feel free to donate securely through Paypal. Thanks for your support, we wouldn't be here today without our fans ...

Norah Jones is dangerous! She will release Little Broken Hearts via Blue Note/EMI this spring. It is collaboration with the producer and musician Danger Mouse. The two first worked together when Danger Mouse called upon Jones to contribute vocals to his acclaimed 2011 album Rome, and their

Jazz singer Norah Jones has announced that her fifth album – Little Broken Hearts , set for release sometime in the spring of this year, will be a collaboration with producer extraordinaire Danger Mouse. The two first worked together when Jones contributed tracks to DM’s solo album ROME , and apparently had a working relationship strong enough to merit recording an entire album together. Danger Mouse has scored a number of hits over the years, including the inescapable Gnarls Barkley song Crazy , and has been instrumental in pushing artists such as The Black Keys to the next level. In the past Jones ...

Norah Jones is set to release a new album this spring entitled Little Broken Hearts (Blue Note/EMI), a collaboration with the producer and musician Danger Mouse. The two first worked together when Danger Mouse called upon Jones to contribute vocals to his acclaimed 2011 album ROME, and their...

Norah Jones is set to release a new album this spring entitled Little Broken Hearts (Blue Note/EMI), a collaboration with the producer and musician Danger Mouse. The two first worked together when Danger Mouse called upon Jones to contribute vocals to his acclaimed 2011 album ROME, and their connection proved deep enough that they decided to collaborate on Jones’ fifth studio album. Little Broken Hearts, which features original songs co-written by Jones and Danger Mouse, is the fascinating next…

Norah Jones is set to release a new album this spring entitled Little Broken Hearts (Blue Note/EMI), a collaboration with the producer and musician Danger Mouse. The two first worked together when Danger Mouse called upon Jones to contribute vocals to his acclaimed 2011 album ROME, and their connection proved deep enough that they decided