Metallica rocks Latin America
2010-01-31 21:28
Sao Paulo - US heavy metal band Metallica belted out new and old songs from its three-decade career in concerts in Brazil on the weekend, halfway through a Latin America tour.
The group, formed in California in 1981, made their guitars scream at 68 000 fans in a sports stadium in Sao Paulo on Saturday night.
A second concert in the same venue on Sunday was undersold, with only 40 000 tickets bought, according to local media.
Metallica have already played in Peru, Chile and Argentina over the last couple of weeks.
In Santiago last Tuesday, a riot broke out as they were playing, forcing police to use water cannon and arrest 120 people, local media and music sites reported.
After a month's break, the band is to resume the tour in March with stops in Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Panama and Colombia.
After that, it is to go on to Europe, performing in Norway, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Hungary, Ireland, Portugal, Poland and the Czech Republic.
- SAPA