Metallica Smashes Britney Spears Record

Two world magnetic tour has been recently wrapped up by Metallica,the tour which also extended his stay in Australia to perform the extra show which creates some history as well.

Metallica smashed the ticket sales record at Sydney's Acer Arena, selling 74,244 tickets over four sell-out dates in September and November,reported Billboard.

Metallica's feat at the 21,000-capacity arena eclipsed the previous record of 66,247 set by Britney Spears over four nights on her Circus tour in November 2009

Metallica New Album Is Expected Next Year

The band will start working on new album for next year confirmed by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich.

Ulrich tells Pulse Radio that bandmates James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo "really want to begin writing" the follow-up to 2008's Death Magnetic.

And the Enter Sandman hitmakers are clearing their schedules to hit the studio in the spring.

Ulrich says, "There's a bunch of balls in the air for 2011. But I think the main one is we really want to get back to writing again. We haven't really written since, what, 2006, 2007 and we want to get back to kind of just being creative again.

"Right now we are going to just chill out and then probably start up again in, I'd say, March or April. And start probably putting the creative cap back on and start writing some songs."

Metallica to work on new album in 2011

After the non-stop two years successful tour by Metallica which ends in Melbourne on November 21st. The Bay Area metal legends have a great chance to sit back and relax and take care of important matters. You know, important matters like writing a new album.

The band has decided that after the rest of couple of months and spending some time with there friends and family they will then come back together in March or April and get back to writing.Other than an appearance at the Rock in Rio festival down in Brazil,there is no word on any other tour for next year Ulrich did give more validity to a rumored Big Four tour.

"The vibe on this thing is so big, we'd be stupid to ignore it,” he said.

It won’t necessarily be next year but he was very adamant that it would very likely be in the next couple of years.

Metallica's Heartwarming Meet-And-Greet

Metallica's made a dream come true for a cancer-stricken fan's on Oct(10) after inviting the teenager backstage at a show in New Zealand.

Jed Roberts, who is battling acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, was stunned to learn bosses at charitable foundation Make-A-Wish New Zealand had arranged for him to meet his idols before their Auckland concert on 14 October (10).

The 17 year old admits he felt "nervous, excited... and I couldn't really wait for the night" but almost missed out on the meet-and-greet after his condition worsened.

His father Dean says, "Jed knew what he wanted. I was very proud of him."