Metallica are returning to the days of support slot performances. The legendary metal band will support the Rolling Stones at two dates in San Francisco next Nov.
Confirming the support slot, the band wrote on their website: "After taking three weeks off we thought it might be fun to play a few small intimate gigs so we called up our close personal friends, the Rolling Stones, to see what they were up to... turns out that they are doing a stadium tour of North America! Nah - seriously, last week we were honoured to share the stage with them in our home town".
"After having the thrill of playing with some of our most personal heroes such as AC/DC, Deep Purple, Iron Maiden and Ozzy, how could we say 'no' to the quintessential rock band, who are in some way responsible for all of this? These two shows are about nothing more than having fun and playing music... nothing to sell, nothing to promote, nothing to talk about... no fuckin' agenda at all. Simply put, this is the reason we started a band 25 or so years ago, and we are psyched and appreciative of this awesome opportunity to get cracking again".
Metallica are one of a diverse selection of bands who will be supporting the Stones - the list also includes Pearl Jam, Black Eyed Peas, Joss Stone , Beck and Maroon 5.