Metallica just unveiled their next big move: Orion Music + More, a new annual music, arts, and lifestyle festival founded and headlined by the band. It will take place June 23-24 at Bader Field in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The festival was named in honour of the band's late bassist Cliff Burton - and also of the eponymous song.
Orion Music + More will feature multiple live music stages plus a lifestyle element that reflects each of Metallica's band members many personal interests.
Metallica will headline both nights and play "The Black Album" in its entirety one night and "Ride The Lightning" the other. This will be the only time the band will perform these albums in North America in 2012.
The lineup for Orion Music + More will span multiple musical genres. From punk to country, over 20 bands will perform. Here are the confirmed names so far:
Metallica
Arctic Monkeys
Avenged Sevenfold
Modest Mouse
The Gaslight Anthem
Cage the Elephant
Fucked Up
Best Coast
Hot Snakes
Titus Andronicus
Gary Clark jr.
Lucero
Roky Erickson
The Black Angels
The Sword
A Place to Bury Strangers
Liturgy
Fan club presale of tickets starts today, February 8 at 10 a.m. (Eastern) and runs through Friday, February 10 at 10 p.m. Tickets will go on-sale to the public on Saturday, February 11 at 10 a.m. (Eastern) for $150 for a 2-Day Pass including all fees.
More info can be found at orionmusicandmore.com.
