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Metallica Live Earth Appearance Boosts Album Sales

posted Jul 17, 2007 at 3:41 PM by Diamond Oz.  (5 Comments)

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According to SoundGenerator.com, METALLICA's record sales enjoyed a boost of around 800% in the wake of their appearance at Live Earth in London.

As with Live 8 in 2005, bands signing-up for the event saw the huge viewing figures translate into serious album sales, and the FOO FIGHTERS did best, with an increase of around 1,000%, according to Tesco's combined in-store and online download sales.

The Queen of Pop, MADONNA, saw a more modest rise of 420% in album sales during the week before the Live Earth concert at the new Wembley Stadium.

An industry pundit told the Daily Star this week, "Some cynical observers might say there was more to it than just playing for a good cause."

In a recent interview with Norway's NRK, METALLICA frontman James Hetfield stated about the band's appearance at Live Earth, "I really avoided the press around the Live Earth day. I didn't quite agree with what was going on there. Politics drive me crazy, and I don't like talking politics. Politics get in the way of things; they get in the way of getting things done, and getting our music across is what we wanna do — we don't wanna cloud it with 'Democrat, Republican,' whatever. Our philosophy is 'think for yourself' at the end of the day — do what you think feels right. I really believe that humans will survive. I have a lot of faith in mankind that we will overcome and adapt — whatever it is; whether it's man-made or God-made, or Earth/Mother Nature — we have a lot of smart people on this planet that will make something good out of bad."

Source: Blabbermouth

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5 Comments on "Metallica Live Earth Appearance Boosts Album Sales"

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1. Jackrum writes:

Ah i knew there was a reason Metallica appeared...

they are all skint. no wonder after st anger

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2. the antihippy writes:

it could be coincidental

what james hetfield says doesn't make sense at all though.

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3. Spirit In Black writes:

Playing for a good cause!?!?! HA!!! I'm sure they're thinking exactly how good a cause it was seeing thier record sales shoot up again and counting the $$$ stuffing the pockets of their already bulging deep pockets!!!!

# Jul 18, 2007 @ 7:21 AM ET | IP Logged Reveal posts originating from the same IP address
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4. coldiem writes:

Yeah well, it's the fans that are buying the albums, so... where is the insult? Oh Metallica has SOOO much money. Big friggin' deal. Plenty of artists are way richer than Metallica, what difference does it make? So what, they sold a ton of albums. So did Madonna, I don't see you bashing her. And she probably DOES have more money than Metallica does. James didn't say anything about playing for a good cause, just the opposite actually. Besides, isn't the whole point of a band touring and playing shows to promote and sell albums and merchandise? I just don't see how you can insult a band because they sell a lot of albums and make money, that's just stupid. Jealous, are we?

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5. aesthetics of hate writes:

yeah geez give metallica a break!!! they make sweet music, so who cares if they wanna chase a dollar as well!!!

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