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01/26/12 Obey Your Master [link]
Photos from Obey Your Master have been posted over at Metallica.com, be sure to check out the really amazing artwork. If you are in LA, head over to the gallery for a better, free, in-person look. The art is incredible and the photos do not do it justice.

01/26/12 More Tour Dates [link]
Three new dates have been announced: May 7 in Prague, Czech Republic at Synot Tip Arena, May 8 in Belgrade, Serbia at Usce Park, and finally a Sonisphere Festival show on June 4 at Helsinki, Finland at Kalasatama.

Tickets for Prague and Belgrade go on sale this Friday, January 27 with Prague at 9:00am and Belgrade at 10:00am local time (site not specified). Tickets for Helsinki go on sale on Monday, February 6, 2012 at 9:00am at www.lippupalvelu.fi and www.tiketti.fi.

Club members should log into Metallica.com for pre-sale information.

Finally, Metallica says more Sonisphere dates will be announced soon!

01/19/12 Yet Another Summer Show [link]
Metallica has announced they will play in Udine, Italy at Stadio Friuli on May 13, 2012. This will of course be another "Black Album" show. Tickets go on sale January 23 at 9:00am local time at www.ticketone.it.

01/16/12 Another Summer Show [link]
Metallica is extending their Summer Tour (and their Black Album shows) with a stop in Paris, France on May 12, at the Stade de France. More tour dates coming soon!

Tickets go on sale January 30 at 10am local time through AvosBillets.com. Clubber should of course check the members-only section of Metallica.com for info on advanced sales.

01/16/12 Trujillo Plays at Drum-Off Grand Finals [link]
Robert joined Brooks Wackerman (Bad Religion), and Armand Sabal-Lecco (Paul Simon) last Saturday on stage at the Guitar Center Drum-Off - a nationwide search for the next great undiscovered drummer. See videos here and here.

Thanks to Blabbermouth.

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