Metallica has included single song downloads to the LiveMetallica.com website. Instead of buying only entire concerts, fans can pick whatever individual songs they want from any concert they choose from. Every song that the band has recorded in concert since 2004, covering a span of 269 gigs, is available for 99 cents per MP3. Full shows are still $9.95 as MP3 files and $12.95 as higher quality FLAC files. Frontman James Hetfield told us about deciding to release individual songs: (Click to listen if you have a backstage pass) "Yeah, I think the song per song vs. album is kind of a long lost battle, I think. You know, people in the fast food world we live in want what they want, and want it now, and when they're done with it, they're done with it. So yeah, it's about time, and I think it's the right move." LiveMetallica.com was launched in March 2004 and makes downloads available for purchase of every show the band has played since then, often within hours of the gig's finale. More than 300,000 downloads have been purchased at the site since its launch. The "Vault" section of the site offers free downloads of shows recorded before 2004. More shows will crop up at the site in upcoming weeks, since Metallica just launched a new North American tour last month. The band next plays in Tampa, Florida on October 3rd, with dates booked through mid-December.
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