[News] Metallica Announces Orion Music Festival On June 23-24 In Atlantic City

Earlier today Metallica announced that they are launching a two-day festival in Atlantic City,NJ called Orion Music Festival. The festival will take place on June 23 - 24 2012 with the band headlining both nights of the event. The band also revealed that they will perform The Black Album in its entirety during one of the two nights. Tickets for fan club members go on sale tomorrow (2/8) at 10am ET and tickets for the general public go on sale on Saturday (2/11) at 11am ET.

Other artists included in the lineup for the two-day event include: 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, and Liturgy. There will also be a lifestyle element included in the festival that will showcase each member of Metallica's interests - allowing fan to interact directly with each of the band members.

More details about the event are expected to unfold in the coming months. For more information head over to http://orionmusicandmore.com.

[Contest] Win A Pair Of Weekend Passes To Fun Fun Fun Fest!

I don't know if any of you are prepared for the offering that we are about to drop on you. Coming soon to Auditorium Shores in Austin, TX is Fun Fun Fun Fest. From November 4-6 you will have the opportunity to catch the likes of: M83, Blonde Redhead, TuNe-yArDs, Hot Snakes, Black Lips, Reggie Watts, Diplo, Major Lazer, Childish Gambino, Henry Rollins, Spank Rock, Wugazi, Yacht and about a billion other bands.

Yes, when they say their fest is Fun Fun Fun they are not kidding.

Want to score a pair of weekend passes to the fest? Here's how to enter:

• Follow us on Twitter
• Tweet the following:

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That's it! Not bad, eh? Please limit yourselves to one tweet per person. You have until Monday, October 10th at noon ET to enter. Anyone in the world may enter, but please only enter if you actually intend on going to the fest (let's not be wasteful!). The lucky winner will be selected at random and announced shortly after the contest ends. They will then be contacted to receive information on how to claim their tickets.

For more information on Fun Fun Fun Fest, have a look over on their website.