METALLICA’s LARS ULRICH: ‘Everybody In Our Band Is A Huge Fan Of GHOST’

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In a recent interview with Kerrang! magazine, drummer Lars Ulrich was asked on why METALLICA chose GHOST and BOKASSA as the opening bands for their upcoming European tour.

“To me, Tobias [Forge, GHOST frontman] is a super-cool dude,” Lars said. “I really like his energy and being around him. Everybody in our band is a huge fan of GHOST. “

“It seems like the fans of our band love them too. With support bands, we always try to take out people we like to be around and get along with. We’re looking forward to our whole jaunt with them.

He continued: “And BOKASSA are incredibly f*cking good. The songs they write, their whole energy and vibe is such a breath of fresh air.

“When I heard their music a year ago, they blew my head off. Getting a chance to introduce them to a wider audience is going to be super cool.”

“The shows will be more like the stadium run we did in America last summer.

“When we play indoors, we play in-the-round, but when we’re outdoors, the issue is there’s no roof on most of the places, so we can’t hang anything, which means it’s a different kind of set-up.”

Leg will consist of 25 stadium shows which will get under way in Lisbon, Portugal, on May 1, and conclude with a performance in Mannheim, Germany, on August 25.

Dates are as follows:

May 01: Lisbon Estádio do Restelo, Portugal
May 03: Madrid Valdebebas, Spain
May 05: Barcelona Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys, Spain
May 08: Milan San Siro Hippodrome, Italy
May 10: Zürich Letzigrund, Switzerland
May 12: Paris Stade De France, France
Jun 08: Dublin Slane Castle, Ireland
Jun 11: Amsterdam Johan Cruijff Arena, Netherlands
Jun 13: Cologne RheinEnergieStadion, Germany
Jun 16: Brussels Koning Boudewijnstadion, Belgium
Jun 18: Manchester Etihad Stadium, UK
Jun 20: London Twickenham Stadium, UK
Jul 06: Berlin Olympiastadion, Germany
Jul 09: Gothenburg Ullevi, Sweden
Jul 11: Copenhagen Telia Parken, Denmark
Jul 13: Trondheim Granåsen, Norway
Jul 16: Hameenlinna Kantolan Tapahtumapuisto, Finland
Jul 18: Tartu, Raadi Airport, Estonia
Jul 21: Moscow Luzhniki Stadium, Russia
Aug 14: Bucharestv Arena Națională, Romania
Aug 16: Vienna Ernst-Happel-Stadion, Austria
Aug 18: Prague Airport Letnany, Czech Republic
Aug 21: Warsaw PGE Narodowy, Poland
Aug 23: Munich Olympiastadion, Germany
Aug 25: Mannheim Maimarktgelande, Germany