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Metallica to curate festival

Metallica has announced the creation of the Orion Music and Arts Festival to be held June 23-24 in Atlantic City, NJ. Metallica will headline both nights, playing Ride the Lightning and The Black Album in their entirety on different nights. Also playing will be 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, Liturgy, and more and more still to be announced. In addition to releasing Lulu with Lou Reed, the band recently celebrated their 30th anniversary and released the Beyond Magnetic EP.