After a successful seven-date tour through Europe last year, thrash metal's Big Four—Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, and Anthrax—have announced a concert for U.S. fans. As they say in their poster, "America, your demands have been answered!" The concert will take place Saturday, April 23, at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10 A.M. PST through Ticketmaster.


The Big Four now have a date announced They've set up a website with Big Four tickets here. You can also get Coachella Big Four tickets here. The date for that show is April 23, 2011, in the warm desert sands of Coachella, California. This is on the same grounds as the other festival held one week prior featuring bands like The Strokes and Cage the Elephant.

Big Four UK Sonicsphere Festival 2011 tickets are available here (provided they aren't sold out).

Will there be more Big Four tour dates announced?

Hopefully yes. The information will be posted here as soon as we have new tour dates! See above to learn about Coachella 2011 featuring these four bands!

The Big Four tour for 2010 has concluded and was a huge success for the band. There was no drama, no missed shows, and no technical difficulties. If you're looking to see these four bands play together again, you're out of luck for now. However, Megadeth and Slayer are touring together on the "American Carnage" tour throughout America this year. Joining them also on some dates will be Testament, and Anthrax in late 2010. Dates have also been announced for 2011 in Europe. See below for more details on the American Carnage and European Carnage tours.

Will the bands play together again in the future? Several music news outlets have reported statements from Lars Ulrich, Dave Mustaine, Kirk Hammett, and Kerry King all unanimously saying they'd like to tour again in the future. Now the only question is, when? Will we see a 2011 Big Four Tour in the summer? So far, there's one single date in Coachella announced. In the meantime, keep reading for information on the American Carnage Tour, featuring three of the four "Big Four" bands. The future is looking bright for these four bands to tour in 2012 (the wait is killing us, we know).