Metallica - BBC Radio Performance Video; Berlin Rehearsal Footage Available

Video footage of METALLICA's September 12, 2008 rehearsal session which took place prior to the band's record-release concert at O2 World in Berlin, Germany can be viewed below.

METALLICA's new album, "Death Magnetic", is on track to sell 500,000 copies in the U.S. in its first, shortened week of release, according to Hits Daily Double. The CD was released worldwide on Friday (September 12), although almost all albums are issued in the U.S. on Tuesdays. The group's last studio effort, 2003's "St. Anger", was pushed up to a Thursday, June 5 release from its original arrival date of June 10 to combat Internet leaks. The record ended up selling 418,000 copies in that short release window, adding another 363,000 in its first full week on shelves.

Meanwhile, fans who purchased a special box set edition of "Death Magnetic" in the UK must have been surprised to find it missing one thing: the CD itself. Many of the boxes, which were priced at the British equivalent of $124.99, were also missing a limited edition lithograph, according to Undercover News. North American editions of the release were not affected.


METALLICA played an intimate show exclusively for BBC Radio 1 Sunday night (September 14).

The show, which was held at the BBC Radio Theatre in London, was broadcast on BBC Radio 1 last night (Monday, September 15).

The group's setlist was as follows:

01. That was Just Your Life
02. The End Of The Line
03. Until It Sleeps
04. Broken, Beat, and Scarred
05. Cyanide
06. Frantic
07. For Whom The Bells Tolls
08. The Day That Never Comes
09. Master Of Puppets
10. Blackened

Video footage of the "The End Of The Line" performance is available below.

METALLICA played a fan club-only show at the London 02 Arena last night (September 15). The band will record a short set tonight for the UK late-night show "Later... With Jools Holland", to be broadcast Friday.