It’s been confirmed that Metallica will headline Slane next year. As part of their WorldWired Tour, the L.A. metal titans will top the bill for the iconic Co. Meath concert series on June 8, 2019. With more acts to be announced, Ghost and Bokassa will support. The show will mark the James Hetfield-fronted band’s return to Ireland, having last played Dublin in 2009 and Belfast in 2010. Go here for pre-sale information. Tickets go on sale on Friday at 10am.
That time of year is upon us again. The time when florists and chocolatiers hike up their prices and card makers try to make us feel somehow unfulfilled because we don’t have a significant other in our pathetic and worthless lives. And all in an attempt to guilt us out of our hard earned money in some fake show of affection. Well, I say fuck that. Take your soppy love songs and cringeworthy Hallmark sentiments and shove ’em where the sun don’t shine, baby! It is time for those of us who are single (by choice or not), for those of…
You feel it building in your muscles, a tension crying for release. Your fists clench, and your feet move. The strain spreads into your back, snaking up your spine. Before you know it, you’re thrusting your head forwards, pulling sharply back, your hair flailing. “BANG YOUR HEAD AGAINST THE STAGE, LIKE YOU NEVER DID BEFORE, MAKE IT RING, MAKE IT BLEED, MAKE IT REALLY SORE!” And you’re gone, lost in wild abandon, part of something primal and bigger than yourself. This is 1983, and you are a fan of the greatest thrash metal band the world has ever seen: Metallica. From…