Metallica Fall tour 2009 rocks NYC Madison Square Garden

Metallica's World Magnetic Tour will return to North America from Europe this fall and make its way through this continent beginning in Nashville on Sept. 14.

Metallica tickets have five Canadian dates set for Montreal, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and Quebec City in September and October, with the possibility of more dates being added, according to the band's website.

"European Summer Vacation, part 2,347 will end on August 2, so that can only mean one thing ... more dates in the U.S. and Canada!" the band wrote.

"We just rocked Austin at SXSW and are super psyched that we'll be back in North America visiting our friends in the Fall as the World Magnetic Tour keeps rolling on. We had an amazing time on the last run in '08 and early '09 and we are so ready to do it again!"

Tickets to most shows (including the Canadian dates) go on sale on April 4, while the rest will be available on April 11. Pre-sale information is available to members of the band's fan club.

You can see Metallica here:

March 25 Birmingham, England @ LG NEC Arena
March 26 Glasgow, Scotland @ Scottish Exhibition And Conference Centre
March 28 London, England @ O2 Arena
March 30 Rotterdam, Netherlands @ Ahoy
April 1-2 Paris, France @ Le Bercy
May 4 Stockholm, Sweden @ Globen
May 6 Munich, Germany @ Olympiahalle
May 7 Leipzig, Germany @ Leipzig Arena
May 9 Stuttgart, Germany @ Schleyerhalle
May 11 Frankfurt, Germany @ Festhalle
May 12 Hamburg, Germany @ Color Line Arena
May 14 Vienna, Austria @ Stadthalle
May 16 Oberhausen, Germany @ KoPi-Arena
May 17 Cologne, Germany @ Lanxess Arena
June 14-15 Helsinki, Finland @ Hartwell Arena
June 17 Oslo, Norway @ Spektrum
June 19 Nickelsdorf, Austria @ Nova Rock Festival
June 20 Nijmegen, Netherlands @ Goffert Park (Sonisphere)
June 22 Milan, Italy @ Datch Forum
June 24 Rome, Italy @ Palalottomatica
July 4 Hockenheim, Germany @ Hockenheim Ring (Sonisphere)
July 5 Werchter, Belgium @ Rock Werchter Festival
July 7 Nimes, France @ Festival De Nimes
July 9 Lisbon, Portugal @ Optimus Alive! 09
July 11 Barcelona, Spain @ The Forum (Sonisphere)
July 13-14 Madrid, Spain @ Palacio De Deportes De La Comunidad De Madrid
July 16 Zurich, Switzerland @ Hallenstadion
July 18 Hultsfred, Sweden @ Folkets Park (Sonisphere)
July 20, 22-23 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhagen Forum
July 25 Pori, Finland @ Kirjurinluoto (Sonisphere)
July 27-28 Copenhagen, Denmark @ Copenhagen Forum
July 30 Oslo, Norway @ Spektrum
Aug 1. Dublin, Ireland @ Marlay Park
Aug. 2 Stevenage, England @ Knebworth House (Sonisphere)
Sept. 14 Nashville, TN @ Sommet Center
Sept. 15 Cincinnati, OH @ US Bank Arena
Sept. 17 Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse
Sept. 19 Montreal, QC @ Bell Centre
Sept. 28 San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
Sept. 29 Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Oct. 1 Ft. Lauderdale, FL @ Bank Atlantic Center
Oct. 3 Tampa, FL @ St. Pete Times Forum
Oct. 4 Atlanta, GA @ Phillips Arena
Oct. 12 Winnipeg, MB @ MTS Centre
Oct. 13 Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
Oct. 15 Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
Oct. 17 Charlottesville, VA @ JPJ Arena
Oct. 18 Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Bobcats Arena
Oct. 26 Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
Oct. 29 Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
Oct. 31 Quebec City, QC @ Colisee Pepsi
Nov. 9 Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
Nov. 10 Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena
Nov. 12 Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
Nov. 14 New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Dec. 5 Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay
Dec. 7 Boise, ID @ Idaho Center
Dec. 8 Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
Dec. 10 Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
Dec. 12 San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion

Ticketmaster, Live Nation Fall on Justice Request

Ticketmaster, Live Nation Fall on Justice Request (Update2)


it does not look good for TMTK

By Matt Townsend

March 20 (Bloomberg) -- Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc., owner of the world’s largest ticket-selling network, and Live Nation Inc., the largest concert promoter, fell in U.S. trading after saying the U.S. Justice Department requested more information on their proposed merger.

Live Nation fell 40 cents, or 14 percent, to $2.52 at 4:05 p.m. in New York Stock Exchange composite trading. Ticketmaster dropped 12 cents, or 2.9 percent, to $3.97 in Nasdaq Stock Exchange composite trading.

The companies said today in a statement they expect the deal to close before the end of the year.

Ticketmaster, based in West Hollywood, California, and Live Nation, based in Beverly Hills, announced their plans to merge on Feb. 10. The companies said at the time the enterprise value of the deal was about $2.5 billion.

The day after the deal was announced, the Justice Department opened its investigation. The two companies would control 80 percent of concert ticket sales if they merged, Senator Charles Schumer, a New York Democrat, said Feb. 11.

After reviewing the additional material, the government may file an injunction to stop the merger if it believes it would violate antitrust laws, according to guidelines in the Hart- Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.

The government received 1,656 pre-merger notifications in 2008, according to the Justice Department’s Web site. Investigations were launched into 84 mergers and the government made a second request, like it did today, for information in 20 cases.

Some lawmakers expressed concern about the deal at a hearing in front of the Senate Judiciary committee on Feb. 24. Democratic chairman Herb Kohl of Wisconsin said during the hearing the merger would put “a stranglehold on all segments of the concert business.”

The companies’ chief executives defended the deal, saying the combination wouldn’t hurt competition or mean higher ticket prices.

To contact the reporter on this story: Matt Townsend in New York mtownsend8@bloomberg.net.

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