• Daft Punk, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar see huge upticks in Spotify streams following Grammys

    Album and download sales are down. Everyone knows this. The number of viewers taking on the Grammys even year continues to rise however, most likely because they're on television, and the populace just can't handle things they can't see. Either way, musicians that are already pretty popular from a musical perspective see huge increases in activity following The Grammys' broadcast, at least according to numbers released by Spotify.

  • Lang Lang: Who is Metallica's Grammy's performing partner?

    Metallica is nothing new for Grammy viewers, being one of the few bands to emerge from the dark depths of metal and gain mainstream awareness. Far fewer are familiar with Lang Lang, the classical pianist with whom Metallica will share the stage with during its Grammy Awards performance. Classical fans know Lang's name well, but hopefully they'll give us a break for offering a brief profile so the rest of the world can catch up.

  • Lorde, Katy Perry, Robin Thicke and Metallica join the Grammy performers list

    Lorde, Katy Perry, Robin Thicke and Metallica have been added to the performers list for the 56th annual Grammy Awards. This marks Lorde's Grammy Awards debut, and she is up for four awards including record of the year and song of the year for her No. 1 hit "Royals." She will be competing against Perry's hit "Roar" in the song of the year category, according to Billboard.

  • Metallica releases Anarctica concert as live album called 'Freeze 'Em All'

    Metallica performed a gig in Antarctica earlier this month as part of a Coca-Cola promotion. Now the frozen metal pioneers have made the concert available as a live album download on LiveMetallica.com. The album, entitled Freeze 'Em All, can be purchased in a variety of digital formats ranging from $7.95 to $12.95. Album art work, featuring a guitar-wielding penguin, is also available.

  • Metallica play 10-song set for concert in Antarctica [WATCH]

    We reported back in October that Metallica would be performing in Antarctica as part of a Coca-Cola promotion. The exclusive show is only the second to ever be performed on the continent. The temperature was -7 degrees when they performed to a crowd of fewer than 200 inside a dome structure near a helipad at Carlini Stations. In place of amps, the band transmitted audio through headphones.

  • Metallica won't bring back Orion Fest for 2014 due to scheduling conflicts

    The top question on the minds of those who attended Orion Fest last year was where the festival would take place for its third installment, not whether it would happen at all. C3, the promoter of the festival curated by Metallica, told The Detroit News that the festival wouldn't take place during 2014 due to conflicts with the band's planned European tour dates. In retrospect, we media-types probably could have looked at the band's cramped schedule and guessed as much. C3 clarified that this isn't to say that the festival won't return for 2015, but it couldn't say for sure where it would be located.
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