To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Anthrax’s Fistful Of Metal, Megaforce Records is offering a limited edition vinyl release of the album on May 12. The reissue, of which only 2,000 copies will be made, will be spread over three 10-inch records in a tri-fold die cut jacket, and will also include the group’s 1985 EP Armed and Dangerous. Also tying in with the reissue will be Anthrax’ first new studio album in six years, Worship Music, which is set for a summer release. It will be their first with new singer Dan Nelson.

Alberta rockers Nickelback dominated the Junos, Canada’s music awards, on Sunday night as they won trophies for group of the year and album of the year for “Dark Horses” and the fan choice award.

Nickelback led all comers with five nominations going into the 38th edition of the Junos, which were handed out in Vancouver.

Coldplay, Tool and the Beastie Boys will headline the second annual All Points West Music & Arts Festival, to be held July 31- Aug. 2 at Liberty State Park in New Jersey, just across the Hudson River from lower Manhattan.

Other bands and musicians confirmed for the multi-stage festival include Echo & The Bunnymen, My Bloody Valentine, Vampire Weekend, MGMT, MSTRKRFT, Gogol Bordello, The Black Keys, Fleet Foxes, Neko Case, Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Arctic Monkeys.

Tickets go on sale April 3. Single day tickets are $89, while three-day passes start at $199. Organizers are offering several lay-away options as well.  A portion of the proceeds will benefit Friends of Liberty State Park, which is working to make environmentally friendly improvements to the venue.

Metallica is not done touring on Death Magnetic just yet, and the band has announced more dates for the U.S. and Canada:

September 14 – Nashville, TN               September 15 – Cincinnati, OH
September 17 – Indianapolis, IN         September 19 – Montreal, QC
September 28 – San Antonio, TX       September 29 – Dallas, TX
October 1 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL           October 3 – Tampa, FL
October 4 – Atlanta, GA                      October 12 – Winnipeg, MB
October 13 – Minneapolis, MN          October 15 – Cleveland, OH
October 17 – Charlottesville, VA        October 18 – Charlotte, NC
October 26 – Toronto, ON                    October 29 – Ottawa, ON
October 31 – Quebec City, QC               November 9 – Grand Rapids, MI
November 10 – Buffalo, NY                    November 12 – Albany, NY
November 14 – New York, NY              December 5 – Las Vegas, NV
December 7 – Boise, ID                        December 8 – Sacramento, CA
December 10 – Anaheim, CA                December 12 – San Jose, CA

JUDAS PRIEST U.S. SUMMER TOUR CONFIRMED, PRIEST TO PERFORM
CLASSIC ‘BRITISH STEEL’ RELEASE IN ITS ENTIRETY!

For the past few years, Judas Priest has unquestionably ruled the U.S. summer concert scene, having been a part of both the top-grossing Ozzfest and Metal Masters tours. And this summer, Priest has done it again, by uniting with Whitesnake for a series
of stateside shows. Priest will be celebrating the ‘30th Anniversary’ of the classic album ‘British Steel’ (it was originally issued in April 1980), by performing the album in its
entirety for the very first time ever live on stage!!! In addition they will be playing some old favorites.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT:
www.judaspriest.com