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Metallica announces 'Orion Music + More' festival, featuring Fucked Up, Arctic Monkeys and more

by Tyler Munro

Metallica released a teaser trailer earlier this month telling fans to “Save the Date” and expect big news today, and sure enough after running a bit late the band popped onto Livestream to announce the Orion Music and More festival, featuring some of the band’s favourite acts, including (and especially) Metallica.

But no, the line-up so far seems pretty incredible and definitely not what most fans would expect. There’s still a full line-up yet to be released, but bands so far scheduled to play include Titus Andronicus, Fucked Up, Lucero, Cage the Elephant, Modest Mouse, Arctic Monkeys and a bunch more. The line-up is expected to round out at 22 bands, and they’ve said that they’ll hope to make it a big success and possibly continue it, maybe even as an annual event.

The festival is naturally set to take place in Atlantic City, New Jersey on June 23rd and 24th of this year. Expect a line-up of comedians to get into the mix (as part of the “more”), and as for Metallica’s contributions, they’ll be headlining both nights, promising to play both The Black Album and Ride the Lightning in full. The LiveStream is now finished, but we’d expect it to be archived sometime soon (so keep your eyes peeled above). Until then head to Orion’s official site for more info.

Tickets for Orion Music + More go on sale this Saturday at 10AM, earlier if you’re in Metallica’s fan club.