Concert Attendance Record to Metallica

Metallica's two sold out shows at Montreal's Bell Centre last Saturday and Sunday set a record for the highest paid attendance ever at the venue, Blabbermouth.net reports.Metallica also decided to be charitable with $21,462 from their two shows going to community services arranger Sun Youth, according to the Montreal Gazette."It's a nice gift," Sun Youth co-founder Sid Stevens told the newspaper. "People sometimes look at pairs of this nature in a derogatory or negative manner. But it's very interesting to look them donate in every city they visit."Stevens said Metallica have been giving part of the profits from their gigs on the Death Magnetic jaunt to a local charity at every tour stop. As for the follow-up to Death Magnetic, don't expect it in stores any time soon. Drummer Lars Ulrich told Dayton, Ohio radio station 103.9 The X that the pair will tour through the end of 2010, take a break and won't begin recording until early 2011. "You got another year on the road, and then you gotta, you know, suspire for a little while, then you gotta do it all over again," Ulrich told The Pulse Of Radio earlier this year.
"I'd love to put records out more often, but right now, I don't know what's gonna give, in between touring and having some chill time with the family and how long it takes to, you know, make these records."

Metallica have these dates scheduled:

Sept. 28 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center

Sept. 29 Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center

Oct. 1 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ BankAtlantic Center

Oct. 3 Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum

Oct. 4 Atlanta, GA @ Philips Arena

Oct. 12 Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre

Oct. 13 Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center

Oct. 15 Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena

Oct. 17 Charlottesville, VA @ JPJ Arena

Oct. 18 Charlotte, NC @ Time Warner Cable Arena

Oct. 26-27 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre

Oct. 30 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden (Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame 25th anniversary)

Oct. 31-Nov. 1 Quebec City, QC @ Colisee Pepsi

Nov. 3 Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place

Nov. 9 Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena

Nov. 10 Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena

Nov. 12 Albany, NY @ Times Union Center

Nov. 14-15 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden

Dec. 5 Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay Events Center

Dec. 7 Boise, ID @ Idaho Center

Dec. 8 Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena

Dec. 10 Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center

Dec. 12 San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion at San Jose