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Metallica Set Up Live Download Site
Rock uberlords Metallica are launching a new website where fans will be able to buy downloads of recordings from their current US tour along with exclusive artwork. Not bad for a band who previously rejected the idea of anyone downloading their music as damaging record sales.
The new site www.livemetallica.com will make the band’s live sets available to download as MP3s for $9.95 a gig four days after each of the concerts which start in New York this April.
A printable booklet and labels will also be available for those who want to burn the tracks to CD.
Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich announced the launch on the band’s website, saying:
"This is the next logical step in a process that began back in 1991 when we first implemented the 'Taper Section' at our shows, where the fans were encouraged to bring in their own gear to record the show, and then take home their very own 'bootleg' of the concert they had just seen.
“This technology will enable our fans to get the best possible recording of the show, without having to hold a microphone in the air for the entire night."
Which a more cynical person could possibly translate as:
“Well, we used to let you all get free recordings of the gigs you’d paid a fortune to come and see, but we’ve just decided we can screw you if we make you pay to do the same thing on your PC.
“Don’t forget we were the first band to sue Napster for lost copyright earnings and were totally opposed to downloading, but that was before we realised we could make even more cash… and by the way have you seen my 80ft solid gold yacht?”
Metallica will be playing the Download Festival on June 5 & 6 at Donnigton Park and on Glasgow Green on June 2 & 3.
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