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                THE ENCYCLOPEDIA METALLICA NEWSLETTER                  
                         ISSUE #3, 15 June 1998

                     http://home.sol.no/~shadland

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EDITORIAL. 3rd issue of the EncycMet Metallica newsletter, and we are
already 1283 subscribed members, not bad. Please keep sending in those
gig-reports, reviews, stories or whatever. I will of course credit you
with name, e-mail address and home-page URL. See you

    Sem Hadland
    (Editor)
    mailto:sem@asterisk.no




=== JAMES IS NOW A DAD =============================================
James in now a father. Here's the details
      - 11th June, 11.13am PDT
      - Cali Tee Hetfield
      - 8 pounds 4oz
      - 20" long
      - Mother and daughter doing fine
What will this mean for Metallica? They will re-release Garage Days in
November, and probably take a year of after that. James said in an
interview some months ago that they would like to do more studio work in
the future, and less gigs.






=== GIG REPORT: KOREA, 24+25 APRIL =================================

Most of you do not know this but Metallica stoped in Seoul Korea for two 
concerts.  One was held on April 24 and the other on April 25.  Two
unforgettable nights litterally put a city of 10+ million people on 
hold.  

It turns out Metallica was the biggest thing to hit the peninsula 
since the north did in the 50's.  The concert I went to, was 
unvelievable.  Imagine this, an olympic stadium packed with die hard 
Metallica fans with multiple ethic backgrounds but all understood one 
type of language, that it the language of Metallica.  

When they opend with Master of Puppets, the whole stadium was chanting
"Master, master" encouraging Metallica to play louder and faster.  They
did needless to say and everyone in the stadium, drunk or sober was
pleased that they did.  After a couple of other songs the stadium went
black and silent. After a few silent moments you started to here machine
guns and screams of soliers. Then Metallica started playing ONE.  The
crowd erupted.  Bras and panties were flying, people were singing, and
ethnic barriers vanished.  

Metallica brought people together, even if it was only for two or three
hours.  I will never forget a night where I heard the best music and met
the best friends all becuase of a band named Metallica.


Thanks to: PJ ORTIZ
           Korea
           the_big_pj@hotmail.com



=== COOL METALLICA SHOPS ======================================
Internet is a good place to look for rare and cheap Metallica items. Below
is a list of links to some shops that I can recomend. I've done business
with them all, so you can rely on them

My Metallica shop
       http://home.sol.no/~shadland/rare-rec_fantasia.htm

CBL Records
       http://www.cblpunx.com/

BBM Records
       http://members.tripod.com/~motor/index.htm

CD Universe
       http://cdu2.cduniverse.com/asp/cdu_main.asp?frm=lk_semslem





=== THE LATEST TOURDATES ======================================
June 24   Corel Sky Center                     West Palm Beach, FL 
June 26   Lakewood Amphitheater                Atlanta, GA 
June 27   Blockbuster Pavillion                Charlotte, NC 
June 28   Nissan Pavillion & Stone Ridge       Bristowe, VA 
June 30   Virginia Beach Pavillion             Virginia Beach, VA 

July 01   Merriweather Post Pavillion          Columbia, MD 
July 03   Molson Amphitheatre                  Toronto, ON 
July 04   Polaris Amphitheatre                 Columbus, OH 
July 05   Winnebago County Fairgrounds         Pecatonica, IL 
July 07   Riverbend Music Center               Cincinnati, OH 
July 08   Blossom Music Center                 Cuyahoga Falls, OH 
July 10   Pine Knob Music Theatre              Clarkston, MI 
July 11   Pine Knob Music Amphitheatre         Clarkston, MI 
July 12   Darien Lake Amphitheatre             Darien Center, NY 
July 15   Block-Sony Entertainment Center      Camden, NJ 
July 17   Meadowlands                          New York, NY 
July 18   Great Woods                          Mansfield, MA 
July 19   Great Woods                          Mansfield, MA 
July 21   Meadows Music Theatre                Hartford, CT 
July 22   Star Lake Amphitheatre               Burgettstown, PA 
July 24   Starwood Amphitheatre                Antioch, TN 
July 25   Deer Creek Music Center              Noblesville, IN 
July 26   Marcus Amphitheatre                  Milwaukee, WI 
July 28   Riverport Performing Arts Center     Maryland Heights, MO 
July 29   Sandstone Amphitheatre               Bonner Springs, KS 
July 31   Starplex Amphitheatre                Dallas, TX 

August 01   Retama Park Polo Field San         Antonio, TX 
August 02   Woodlands Pavilion                 Houston, TX 
August 28   Irvine                             Meadows Irvine, CA 
August 30   Shoreline Amphitheatre             Mountain View, CA 

September 03   Portland Meadows                Portland, OR 
September 04   Thunderbird Stadium             Vancouver, BC 
September 05   The Gorge                       George, WA 
September 08   Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre     Englewood, CO 
September 11   Desert Sky Pavillion            Phoenix, AZ 
September 13   Coors Amphitheatre              San Diego, CA 






=== REVIEW - "FUEL" THE VIDEO ======================================

As we all had heard, the fab four, while in Japan, shot the video for
"Fuel" to be played on MTV and music stations around the world. And as
expected the boys did not dissapoint! 

The video debuted on MTV's "Total Request" at number 4, and reached as
high as 3 one night. It is currently hovering around the 8-10 area. 

The video itself is a masterpiece, one of the best I feel the band has
ever put out. Not too deep (Unforgiven, Unforgiven 2), yet not just the
band playing in an on-stage type situation either (Sad But True).  It
takes us back to the days of the "One" and "Enter Sandman" video; scenes
decbribing the song with clips of the band jammin the song. Like "Sandman"
the clips of the band are mostly facial shots, the old evil looks and
gnarling stares. 

All-in-all the video kicks royal ass. It's nice to see a serious rock or
metal video on MTV (which might as well change it's name to UrbanTV). 
All of you who will check out the tour in Pittsburgh and Cleveland- SEE
YOU THERE!!

Untill next time, I'm Jason (not Newstead), sayin CARPE DIEM!!!

Thanks to: Jason Long 
           Struthers, Ohio
           JSN78@aol.com   




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