Metallica Announce Orion Festival
The band have put together a new two day festival in New Jersey
On 23 June, the band will launch a two-day music and arts extravaganza at Bader Field in Atlantic City, N.J.
Named Orion Music + More, the festival will contain multiple music stages for at least 22 bands and a myriad array of events that the band has termed "lifestyle elements" relating to each member's particular interests.
Metallica will headline both nights of the fest, playing the "Black Album" in its entirety one night and "Ride The Lightning" all the way through the other.
"We've had the idea of doing our own lifestyle festival with lots of diverse music and fun and games for years," drummer Lars Ulrich said in a release. "After the most incredible of weeks ever in December 2011 celebrating our 30th anniversary at the Fillmore in San Francisco, CA, bringing the spirit of that week... to a festival setting is so exciting we can hardly contain ourselves."
Here's the line-up announced so far:
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Arctic MonkeysÂ
Avenged SevenfoldÂ
Modest MouseÂ
The Gaslight AnthemÂ
Cage The ElephantÂ
Fucked UpÂ
Best CoastÂ
Hot SnakesÂ
Titus AndronicusÂ
Gary Clark, Jr.Â
LuceroÂ
Roky EricksonÂ
The Black AngelsÂ
The SwordÂ
A Place to Bury StrangersÂ
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