Metallica: “Big Four Tour Is Not Gonna Happen”
Kirk Hammett of Metallica says there will be no Big Four tour *bursts into tears*…
A US radio station spoke to Metallica guitarist Kirk Hammett prior to the band’s October 4, 2009 show in the US.
When asked about the rumors that Metallica was assembling a tour that would feature the “Big Four” of the 1980s thrash metal scene — itself, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax — Kirk replied, “That tour is not gonna happen. I’ve been hearing that, we’ve all been hearing that for awhile. I get asked [about] it regularly. And as far as a tour going on, it’s not gonna happen. Conflicting schedules, conflicting personalities, [a lot of] conflicting things. It’s a good idea, though. And personally, I can see the significance of playing a tour like that, but… it’s not gonna happen.”
When asked in a recent interview about the Big Four tour possibility, Lars Ulrich said: “As far as I know, we haven’t talked to anybody about it; we’ve talked about it amongst ourselves. And, obviously, because you get sort of caught up in the rumor of the whole thing, so I get asked about it four times a day in interviews. It certainly could be fun, if everybody would be up for it; certainly we would be up for it. But it’s not something that’s imminent; it’s not something that’s being discussed for January. Everybody’s got their own schedules and everybody’s doing their thing, but at some point, of course, in the right situation, I think it could be super-fun. Listen, the guys in Metallica certainly are all about nostalgia, all about lineage, all about making the fans understand how things, sort of, came to be, and connect the dots and all that type of stuff, so I would definitely be up for that. But I haven’t made any phone calls yet. [Laughs] But we’ll see what happens. I’m sure it definitely could happen one day.”
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Gutted, would have been a must see!
what about Poison?
this makes me sad =[
I’m quite glad this isn’t going to happen. Reason being, if somehow, the ego’s were pushed to one side and it went ahead, you can bet your arse that the fuckers wouldn’t come over here.
Shit shit shit shit…. shit
Well I suppose it saves me having to pay £300 for a ticket from a scum-of-the-earth ticket tout.
trumbone sound-”wah wah waaaaahhhhh!!!!”
Aw well. not the end of the world. iv seen metallica and anthrax and im goin to see slayer in november. megadeth some day!
thank fuck for that, hope metallica just tour themselves and dont bothering bring any shite like slayer or anthrax
Has anybody really thought this through. Most nights of the tour would be (at best):
Anthrax – 30 minutes
Slayer – 45 minutes
Megadeth – 45 minutes
Metallica – 80 minutes.
These bands won’t sign up for sets this short, and even if they did, it wouldn’t be that good – better on paper than in practice methinks. Best chance of it happening is at a festival where they could play longer sets. Andy Copping is a clever man – I reckon he could make it happen.
this tour has been talked about for years and although i would love it to happen,ive never truely beleived it would.the only way these 4 will play together is if they all end up on the same bill at a festival,now that could happen.maybe!
How about having the Big Four close Download 2010, that would be the most awesome way to end the weekend.
I had a very interesting chat with one Rick Sales, Slayer’s manager the other day and he said the opposite to this. That Lars was the one who really pushed it and that a tour would happen next year! Dunno who to believe…
A big four tour would be a tough prospect to pull off
To do it without damaging precious egos, the best idea would be: Equal Set times and running order rotated so each band got a chance for the headline slot.
Well that FUCKING SUCKS!!!
There is no way that Metallica, Megadeth or Slayer would let Anthrax headline any date of that tour!!!
And Metallica would probably have beef letting Megadeth or Slayer headline any dates as well.
Slayer are shite.
Is not going to happen because Metallica would be the weakest link in the tour. And they cannot afford to ruin their image that way. Also Mustaine’s ego would interfere a lot, although Megadeth would be the most technical proficient band in the tour.
It should be a an all day festival. During the day Local Thrash metal legends should play (from each hosting country or city), and then when the night approaches Anthrax comes with a 60min set. Slayer follows with another 60 min set. Megadeth follows with a 90 minute set and Metallica closes with a 90 min set.
You gotta admit my post rules…
I knew it would be too good to be true. Then again, after reading what Lars said I’m keeping my fingers crossed. It might happen some day yet! And Ian, I’m not taking the bait.
I think that most of us knew that it was n’t really going to happen sadly.
well our heads would have just exploded anyway…. its probably for the best
christ its not rocket science just get together and frigging tour i dont get why their making out like it would be soo hard.
a few bitchy arguements in return for a legendary tour and thousands of happy motherfuckers? sounds like a fair trade to me
i think as metal hammer said on the download rumors it wud be the best place 4 this 2 happen they could all have long sets and huge crowds
@Shane
Actually the set times are the LEAST of the other 3 band’s worries. It all comes down to money. I’m pretty sure Anthrax would kill the be on this tour; they don’t seem to be doing much other than playing some Croatia festival gigs once in a while. Slayer still packs decent-size venues. I’m not sure about Megadeath. Bottom line is, Metallica is the only band that can say ‘in terms of money we can take it or leave it’. But the other bands, Anthrax and Megadeath especially, would benefit most from this gig. Even if they’ve got an opening 35 minute slot, they’ll be there. Trust me.
To be quite honest, I’d prefer o see a tour of the thrash bands that didn’t grow stupid ego’s and screw eachother over. somthing like:
TESTAMENT
EXODUS
DEATH ANGEL
HEATHEN
ONSLAUGHT
Because i thought the thrash ‘thing’ was all about looking out for each other and staying true and all the above are fine examples of that and deserving of a £60/70 ticket!!
fuck them so get slayer anthrax and megadeth to tour without metallica.. bring along exodus or overkill
Fuck metallica anyways, they shouldnt belong in the big four, get Exodus instead of them and maybe overkill instead of slayer haha
Well considering Dave Mustaine just said in an interview that Kirk has ripped off his riffs, it doesn’t surprise me this won’t happen. Blame this on Mustaine, he has problems with Kerry King too.
the only way it would work is if they had a mini touring festival with a couple other old skool thrahsers (ie Testament, Exodus, Kreator etc.)
Booooooooooooooooooooooooooo
and Scott Ian’s just in the corner like “hey, I got nothin”
Of course “Big Four Tour” is not going to happen >.<
Megadeth and Metallica.. same concert.. no fucking way in fucking hell xD
Methinks Dave Mustaine would rater die.
It happened at the milton keynes bowl with ‘deth and ‘tallica.
SWAP METALLICA FOR GIRLS ALOUD!!!! NOW THAT WOULD BE A SHOW!!! BET MUSTAINE AND KNG ETC WOULD HAVE NO COMPLAINTS!!!
(to Chris)
wow.. how did that happen oO
I would never have believed it..
conflicting ego’s…yh speak for yourself fucktard >:(
man this is getting boring get over yourselfs and just do it or shut the fuck up about it
they need the time to make a better album!
look it never will happen full stop forget about it
I’m annoyed this isn’t happening. But I can see why.
Dave Mustaine doesn’t really like Metallica.
…Or Slayer for that matter.
Anthrax don’t have a full-time singer yet.
I personally blame this on Dave Mustaine for having so many disputes with other bands. He can’t keep his mouth shut and not annoy other thrashers
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This would be legendary, but personally replace anthrax with testament or something. Dave mustaines curly bonce will never let it happen. Shame though would be a legendary tour.
Haha,
Metallica are trying to make themselves look good, like “Oh yeah we have our fingers crossed!”… Bullshit, they know that megadeth and that have said that tour will be unlikely. So what do Metallica do? “Oh yeah we have our fingers crossed!”. Shut up Lars!! I can hear his voice in my head and its annoying!!
Metallica have ego problems too, not just Dave and Kerry
I would like to see all those bands again, and i’ve never seen Anthrax.
They should tour together, put ego’s and problems aside, get pissed, have a laugh, make thousands of people very very happy, and be the most legendary tour ever!
Grow up guys, you’re nearly 50
lets be honest here if metallica weren’t so far up each others arses, and afraid of being made to look anything like the worst of the big four bands this tour would happen, shame one fucking bunch of over rated idiots has to ruin it for everyone, but well thats metallica for you, totally balls.
It would be cool
but I doubt it will happen,
I’d prefer to see the bands seperatly on their own tours so that they can all be headliners
ah ah if its a big 4 tour then it wouldnt be fair if metallica had a longer set, they should all play equal sets and rotate whos closing, like megadeth and slayer are doing atm.
Fuck it, lets have an almost the big four tour! Testament, Exodus, Death Angel and Suicidal Tendencies. With Sacred Reich, Nuclear Assault, Sadus and Dark Angel as special guests. With a second stage featuring Municipal Waste, Evile, Kreator, Sodom, Bonded By Blood, and Gama Bomb. Did I leave anyone out?????
Half the shows somebody would walk off or not show. To many attitudes.
Metallica have had one great album and then turned in to some sort of experimental ex-junkie psychotherapy death trip!!!!!! Lars Ulrich’s ego is big enough to fill any stadium on earth totally by itself (so there’d be no room for the audience anyway).
I can’t believe it was even considered, pretty much all the bands hate each other in one way or another, if it did ever happen you’d just see how much they care more about money than their music. (Though that’s not surprising in some cases *cough*Lars*cough*)
The Dave Mustaine haters on here really piss me off! There always looking for a reason to blame Mustaine for something arent thet? Lars has said it could still happen just not now, so ive got my fingers crossed. Besides Megadeth and Metallica have played a show together before and the tensions between them then we’re way worse then what they are now so i dont see why they cant do it.
But i also agree with what some people have said about how egos and arguing over set times and headline slots are gonna make this difficult, cos do you honestly believe Metallica are gonna give up some headline slots to Slayer, Anthrax or Meagdeth? Exactly!
Damn it – I was really looking forward to it!!!! Come on guys. Sort yoursleves out and gives us the greatest gig ever!!!
you people actually had hopes of this tour happening? AHAHAHAHHAAHHAHAH!!!! idiots.
Wow, People are dickheads. Not the people who thought this would happen, as Slayer & Megadeth have just completed a co-headline tour in Canada, Megadeth played Second Fiddle to Judas Priest & Scott Ian would bend over for this to happen. It would depend on what Metallica could do. The people who say ‘your wankers for thinking this’ll happen’ are the dickheads, but I bet they’ll be first in the queue if it does.
Thank Dog for that. Can we stop bleating on about it now? It would’ve been akin to those dreadful gigs my parents used to go to in the 80’s featuring loads of 60’s bands with their best work long behind them.
To be honest i’m kinda pleased, it would’t have left much time to get to the bar and get the beers in, it’s always good to get some shite on the bill for exactly that.
Why don’t Megadeth, Anthrax, and Slayer just do a 3 group tour if Metallica won’t agree to it.
If they need a fourth band they could pick Testament or some of the other bigger thrash bands that are still together.
fuck metallica, put testament and keep on going!
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