Grammy® Award-winning, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Inductees Metallica recently launched “Moth Into Flame”, the second track to be taken from their forthcoming album Hardwired...to Self-Destruct, scheduled to be released on the band’s own label - Blackened Recordings - on November 18th. The band world premiered the song on The Howard Stern Show on SiriusXM and shortly after debuted the video for the song, which was directed by Tom Kirk. Hardwired...To Self-Destruct was produced by Greg Fidelman and is available for pre-order in a variety of configurations HERE.  The band also performed their current single ‘Hardwired’ on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon.

Following a performance at Global Citizen Festival in Central Park, New York, Metallica played special show on September 27th at Webster Hall for their Fifth Member fan club. All proceeds from the show were donated to City Harvest.

Now the band are starting to roll out tour dates for their ‘WorldWired’ Tour – which promises to take them to all corners of the globe.  Additional shows are being added all the time at www.metallica.com

Oct 22nd & 23rd                Shoreline Amphitheater, Mountain View, CA
                                         30th Annual Bridge School Benefit

Oct 26th                            Coliseo De Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Oct 29th                            Parque Bicentenario, Quito, Ecuador

Nov 1st                             Hipodromo De Los Andes, Bogota, Colombia

Nov 3rd                            Estadio Cementos Progreso, Guatamala City, Guatemala

Nov 5th                            Estadio Nacional, San Jose, Costa Rica

Jan 11th 2017                  Gocheok Sky Dome, Seoul, South Korea

Feb 3rd                            Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark

Feb 5th                            Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark

Feb 7th                            Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark

Feb 9th                            Royal Arena, Copenhagen, Denmark

Mar 25th – 26th Mar        Lollapalooza Brasil, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Mar 31st – Apr 1st           Lollapalooza Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina

April 1st - Apr 2nd          Lolloapalooza, Chile, Santiago Chile

Notes to Editors

ABOUT METALLICA
Metallica formed in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and guitarist and vocalist James Hetfield and has become one of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, having sold 110 million albums worldwide while playing to millions of fans on literally all seven continents. They have scored several multi-platinum albums, including 1991's Metallica (commonly referred to as The Black Album), with sales of nearly 17 million copies in the United States alone, making it the best-selling album in the history of Soundscan. Metallica has also garnered numerous awards and accolades, including nine Grammy Awards, two American Music Awards, and multiple MTV Video Music Awards, and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in 2009. In December 2013, Metallica made history when they performed a rare concert in Antarctica, becoming the first act to ever play all seven continents all within a year, and earning themselves a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records. In 2014 they became the first heavy rock band to headline Glastonbury festival.