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                  THE ENCYCLOPEDIA METALLICA NEWSLETTER
                          ISSUE #27, 12 Feb 1999
                         http://www.encycmet.com/
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EDITORIAL. Great news in this issue. Metallica will do a new world tour
this summer. Hope many of you will get the chance to see them. I'm planing
two gigs, the one in Norway and at Roskilde Festival in Denmark. Here we
go!


                                           Sem Hadland (Editor)
                                           http://www.encycmet.com
                                           



==== AXE BASS =====================================================
Jason has apparently made a rather expensive purchase, adding THE ORIGINAL
GENE SIMMONS AXE BASS to his collection. The guitar was priced at $19,800
and it included a presentation "coffin" case. The guitar was put on sale
by Guitar Den, who owns the exclusive rights to it. You can find more
information on this impressive guitar by going here.  There is a picture
of the bass on the newspage at http://www.encycmet.com, and you will also
find a link to GuitarDen on my main page.




==== OPENING ACTS =================================================
Rumors say that the opening for Metallica on the South American leg of
their upcoming world tour will be Sepultura and Rob Zombie. It is unknown
at this time if these acts will continue to Europe and the rest of the
world.  




==== ANOTHER COOL METALLICA SHOP ==================================
I just discovered the ESPRIT homepage on the internet. they have the
largest collection I've ever seen of rare Metallica stuff for sale. This
is the place to order promos, limited editions, rarities and more.
http://www.eil.co.uk/collection/metallica.asp




==== NEW TOURDATES ================================================
1999 Metallica Tour Dates

April
    21 San Francisco, USA (Berkeley Community Theatre)
    22 San Francisco, USA (Berkeley Community Theatre)
May
    2 - Bogota, COLOMBIA (Simon Bolivar Park)
    4 - Caracas, VENEZUELA (Poliedro)
    6 - Porto Elegre, BRAZIL (Gigantinho)
    8 - Sao Paulo, BRAZIL (Iberapuera)
    9 - Rio, BRAZIL (Metropolitan)
    12 - Santiago, CHILE (Velodrome)
    15 - Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA (Velez Sarsfield)
    21 - Nuernburg, GERMANY (Rock Im Park)
    22 - Nubergring, GERMANY (Rock Am Ring)
    23 - Eindhoven, HOLLAND (Dynamo Open Air)
    25 - Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC (Strahov Stadium)
    26 - Berlin, GERMANY (Waldbuhne)
    28 - Stockholm, SWEDEN (Globen)
    29 - Oslo, NORWAY (Spektrum)
June
    1 - Warsaw, POLAND (Gwardia Stadium)
    3 - Budapest, HUNGARY (Margaret Island)
    5 - Milan, ITALY (Gods of Metal Festival)
    7 - Zagreb, CROATIA (Radnik Stadium)
    9 - Bucharest, ROMANIA (National Stadium)
    11 - Sofia, BULGARIA (Akademik Stadium)
    12 - Athens, GREECE (Apollo Stadium)
    13 - Istanbul, TURKEY (Ali Sami Yen Stadium)
    25 - St. Gallen, SWITZERLAND (Open Air)
    26 - Hildesheaim, GERMANY (Airfield)
    27 - Kiev, UKRAINE (RockKiev)
    29 - Tallin, ESTONIA (San Festival Ground)
July
    1 - Roskilde, DENMARK (Roskilde Festival)
    2- Turku, FINLAND (Turku Festival)
    3 - Werchter, BELGIUM (Werchter Festival)
    5 - Dublin, IRELAND (The Point)
    7 - Paris, FRANCE (Venue to be announced)
    8 - Eurockeennes, FRANCE (Eurockeennes de Belfort)
    10 - Milton Keynes, ENGLAND (Milton Keynes Bowl)
    12 - Barcelona, SPAIN (Doctor Metal Festival)
    13 - Madrid, SPAIN (Bullring)
    14 - Galicia, SPAIN (Not yet confirmed)
    16 - Lisbon, PORTUGAL (Lisbon Super Bock Super Rock)
    18 - Vienna, AUSTRIA (Woodstock Festival 1999)
    20 - Beirut, LEBANON (Mont La Salle)
    22 - Tel Aviv, ISRAEL (Rishon Le Zion)
    
Please keep in mind that some of the dates have not yet been confirmed.
Some minor changes may occur. Always check the tourdate page on my site
for the latest updates http://www.encycmet.com




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==== WEEKLY SURVEY ================================================
Last week I asked "what Metallica album is your favourite?". The results
is below. A new question will be up any minute now, so go to my site and
vote http://www.encycmet.com

     The Black album: 25.37%
     Master of puppets: 24.18%
     ... and justice for all: 16.62%
     Ride the lightning: 11.70%
     garage Inc: 7.44%
     Kill em all: 5.46%
     Re-load: 4.98%
     Load: 4.26%



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