Tag Archives: The Big Four

The Big 4 Announce German Show

Posted by on February 17, 2011

The Big 4 (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax) have announced the addition of a date in Gelsenkirchen, Germany at the Veltins Arena on July 2, 2011.

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Diamond Head To Open For The Big Four In The U.K.

Posted by on January 31, 2011

It has been confirmed that NWBHM legends Diamond Head will be appearing at the U.K. Sonisphere Festival on July 8 along with Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax. This is pretty cool considering that Diamond Head has been cited as a major influence on all four bands, as further proven by the Big Four’s song choice […]

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It’s Official: Big 4 To Play America [Updated]

Posted by on January 24, 2011

In case you needed more proof, Metallica’s latest tease pretty much confirms what everyone has known about since Dave Mustaine’s tweets. On their official website, Metallica posted the image seen in the top right corner with the headline “coming soon…” earlier this morning. In other words: THE BIG 4 WILL FINALLY BE PLAYING TOGETHER IN […]

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Headbangers’ Brawl 1/7: Metal Anticipations For The Year 2011

Posted by on January 7, 2011

Headbangers’ Brawl is a weekly column whereMetal Insider’s Bram and Zach take a moment to debate and analyze two opposing sides of a topical issue occurring in the world of metal and/or the music industry. During the last Headbangers’ Brawl of 2010, Bram and Zach discussed their favorite albums of the past year, Now with the […]

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The Big Four Confirmed To Headline Sonisphere France Edition

Posted by on December 17, 2010

The Big Four (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax, in case you live under a rock) have been confirmed to headline France’s Sonisphere Festival. Will America be next? Fingers crossed!

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The Big Four Confirmed To Headline Sonisphere U.K.

Posted by on December 13, 2010

Last week, Dave Mustaine hinted at it, while Anthrax guitarist Rob Caggiano had no comment. But now we can confirm at least part of the rumors surrounding The Big Four’s Summer plans. It has been confirmed that Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax will be headlining the first night of this coming Summer’s  U.K. installment of the Sonisphere festival. […]

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Mustaine Fed Up With Roadrunner Records

Posted by on December 13, 2010

You can always rely on Megadeth frontman Dave Mustaine to give you something juicy to write about. Lately, he’s been hinting about more Big Four shows to anyone willing to listen (aka, everyone). But in a recent interview with New Zealand’s 3 News, Mustaine has more to talk about than just the Big Four, which […]

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Mustaine Hints At “Big” Summer Plans

Posted by on December 6, 2010

Twitter might just be the online news community’s best friend, seeing as how we’ve been given so much to write about thanks to band’s tweets. Now, we get to write about Dave Mustaine. The Megadeth frontman took to his Twitter account this past weekend to tease fans of a “Big” announcement. Mustaine tweeted the following […]

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Video Of Big Four Jam Available For Free Download

Posted by on October 26, 2010

Video of the “Big Four” (Metallica, Megadeth, Slayer, Anthrax) performing “Am I Evil?” together is available as a free download via iTunes. The clip is taken from the upcoming The Big 4: Live From Sofia, Bulgaria DVD/CD/Blu-ray.

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Anthrax Announces Exclusive Metal Club Release

Posted by on October 25, 2010

Anthrax will be releasing Live at the Sonisphere, a 10” picture disc featuring live recordings of “Medusa” and “Only” that were taken from The Big 4 Live From Sofia, Bulgaria DVD/CD/Blu-ray exclusively through Metal Club participating stores on November 26.

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