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Legendary Bay Area rock band Metallica has just announced a special concert benefiting Red Hot Chili Pepper bassist Flea’s Silverlake Conservatory of Music, taking place Wednesday, May 14, at the 2,200-person-capacity Wiltern in Los Angeles. Tickets for the gig go on sale tomorrow (Sunday) at 10 a.m. via Ticketmaster and will set you back $200 (plus handling fees) — an arguably small price to pay to see the metal gods in such an intimate setting.
Metallica will headline the show, with Scars on Broadway (featuring members of System of a Down), opening.
VIP packages at $500 are also available; these will include a gift bag and admission to the after-party. For more information on how to purchase VIP tickets for the event, contract Jennifer Rey at the Silverlake Conservatory of Music.
Update: As of Monday at 12:30 p.m., $200 tickets are still available for the show via Ticketmaster’s website.
– Charlie Amter
Photo of frontman James Hetfield in 2003 by Stefano Paltera / For the Times
Metallica at the Wiltern….Whoa, cool.