Metallica’s Lars Ulrich says the Big Four Of Thrash could tour the US and UK in 2011.
In an unprecedented move, the legendary Big Four Of Thrash - Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax and Metallica - shared a stage at Poland's Sonisphere festival in June.Now Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich wants to put off their previously planned mammoth "equivalent of The Wall" tour to bring the other big three to the States.
He told Classic Rock magazine they'd be stupid to ignore the good vibe from their one-off show.
"You know on your iPhone, you can move the weather maps up and down? Well, the Big Four is quickly moving up to the top in terms of potential occurrences for the next couple of years."
He said, "I would champion trying to do this [the Big Four tour] in 2011 or 2012, obviously in England and the United States. It's just a matter of logistics. I don't think there's anybody involved who considers there's a sell-by date on this."
This doesn't mean their "theatrical" tour is completely off.
He said of their planned ten-date extravaganza, "We might incorporate a lot of different ideas, instead of it being one particular thing. It would be a multitude of theatrical elements, maybe as an idea for a one-off tour or something."
But for now, the band will take a break this November after almost two and a half years on the road.
