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Tuesday, November 29, 2022

Metallica Announce New Album '72 Seasons'

Metal legends Metallica have announced that their new album is coming out next year.

The 12-track album, 72 Seasons, totaling over 77 minutes, will be released on April 14, 2023.

Explaining the special meaning of the title, Metallica founding member James Hetfield said, "72 seasons. The first 18 years of our lives that form our true or false selves. The concept that we were told 'who we are' by our parents. A possible pigeonholing around what kind of personality we are."

"I think the most interesting part of this is the continued study of those core beliefs and how it affects our perception of the world today. Much of our adult experience is reenactment or reaction to these childhood experiences. Prisoners of childhood or breaking free of those bondages we carry," he added.

Produced by Greg Fidelman, along with Hetfield and Lars Ulrich, 72 Seasons is available for pre-order now on CD, 2LP 140g black vinyl, two different colored vinyl variations, and digitally in the Met Store at https://www.metallica.com/store/72-seasons/.

Every pre-order will receive a digital instant grat track of the first song, "Lux Æterna." Its Tim Saccenti-directed video can be checked out on Metallilca's YouTube channel.

72 Seasons track listing:

72 Seasons Shadows Follow Screaming Suicide Sleepwalk My Life Away You Must Burn! Lux Æterna Crown of Barbed Wire Chasing Light If Darkness Had a Son Too Far Gone? Room of Mirrors Inamorata

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Bob Dylan Book Publisher Offering Refunds Over Replica Autographs

Simon & Schuster, the publisher of Bob Dylan's new book "The Philosophy of Modern Song," are offering refunds to customers who were not happy due to mechanical signatures in the book.

Dylan fans had spent $599 to buy 900 personally "hand-signed" copies of "The Philosophy of Modern Song," but the signatures in the book were mechanical duplicates, admitted by Simon & Schuster.

"To those who purchased the 'Philosophy of Modern Song' limited edition, we want to apologize," said a tweet from Simon & Schuster, which had offered the books for sale on its website. "As it turns out, the limited edition books do contain Bob's original signature, but in a penned replica form. We are addressing this information by providing each purchaser with an immediate refund."

Simon & Schuster's statement comes days after complaints from customers, who through social media had compared their copies and found the autographs suspiciously alike.

The books had arrived with a letter from Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp, vouching for the signature's authenticity. However, according to Variety, when the books began arriving in fans' mailboxes, they began comparing notes and photos and realized that the books had seemingly been signed using an "autopen," which mimics a real signature and then reproduces it using a machine-powered pen.

Initially, the publisher refused requests for refunds and claimed that the books were hand signed. However, the release of fan photos forced the publisher to admit its mistake and offer refunds.

(Photo: Simon & Schuster)

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Def Leppard Share Live Stadium Tour Video For 'Kick'

Rock legends Def Leppard recently shared the official live "Stadium Tour" video for the song "Kick."

The clip was filmed during the band's summer 2022 "The Stadium Tour" with Mötley Crüe, Poison and Joan Jett & The Blackhearts.

"Kick" was the first single from Def Leppard's latest album, Diamond Star Halos, which arrived in May via UMe.

"It's a stadium anthem, and we were about to go into stadiums," singer Joe Elliott said about "Kick". "We didn't write it for that reason, but Phil's always trying to write the next 'Sugar' or 'We Will Rock You' or 'I Love Rock 'N' Roll'. We all are, but he actually came up with one, and it's, like, 'Yeah, we've got to do that,' so now it's a 15-song record."

"The Stadium Tour" was originally scheduled to take place in the summer of 2020 but ended up being pushed back to 2021 and then to 2022 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Def Leppard are now set to perform across Latin America and Europe in 2023, with dates kicking off February 18 in Mexico City, Mexico.

(Photo: Anton Corbijn)

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Thin Lizzy's 'Live And Dangerous' To Be Reissued For 45th Anniversary

Thin Lizzy recently announced that the band will reissue it's iconic live album Live And Dangerous on January 20 next year, in celebration of the record's 45th anniversary.

The new, eight-disc Live And Dangerous set will feature the original album compiled from recordings made at London's Hammersmith Odeon in 1976 and from a King Biscuit Flower Hour radio concert recorded at the Tower Theater in Philadelphia the following year. In addition, the set will also contain six other shows recorded for inclusion on Live And Dangerous.

The original live album was recorded at shows in London and Toronto in 1977 on the band's Johnny the Fox and Bad Reputation tours.

There was some debate as to how much of the album was recorded live when it was released. Producer Tony Visconti claimed that 75% of double-platinum Live And Dangerous was recreated after the fact in the studio, while a former Lizzy manager has said it was 75% live.

"The super deluxe edition of Live And Dangerous finally puts to bed the myth that the album was extensively overdubbed in the studio," says the band's label, "and proves that Thin Lizzy was not only at the top of their game night after night but was one of the best live bands of the 1970s."

The new package also includes sleeve notes and new interviews, plus a booklet filled with rare photos and memorabilia.

(Photo: Harry Potts)

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