A music festival called Rock the Hill will be held on the Halifax Garrison Grounds on July 14. Those rumours that Metallica would play a show July 14 at Halifax's Garrison Grounds at Citadel Hill have been officially confirmed.
Rumours Metallica would play a July 14 show in Halifax first surfaced last month.
James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett, Rob Trujillo and Las Ulrich will headline the Rock The Hill festival, which will also feature performances from Matt Mays, Protest The Hero, Seether and Coheed And Cambria on July 14. East coast metalheads can officially start freaking out now. "We anticipate that Rock the Hill 2011 will be the biggest event ever held on the Halifax Garrison Grounds, and with a capacity of 30,000, this show will be a sellout event," MacKay said in the release.

Halifax will be the band’s first North American stop after wrapping up a European tour with a performance in France on July 9. Metallica performs in Quebec on July 16. According to the band’s website, Metallica.ca, the band will follow up that concert with a show in New York City on Sept.14.

Matt Mays, Protest the Hero, Seether and Coheed & Cambria will also be part of the Halifax show.The funding controversy shouldn’t hurt tickets sales, MacKay said.

"The only fear about controversy is hurting the international image of Halifax as a great place to perform. Metallica is in demand around the world and we hope it gets billed as a great thing for this city and province."

Tickets for Rock the Hill 2011 go on sale at noon Thursday and will be available online at www.rockthehill.ca. They can also be ordered by phone at 1-877-569-7767. Tickets will also be sold at participating Needs stores throughout the Maritimes.

Metallica are also playing Quebec City's Festival D'Ete on July 16, which takes place at the historic Plains Of Abraham.

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July 2 Gelsenkirchen, Germany @ Veltins Arena
July 3 Gothenburg, Sweden @ Ullevi
July 6 Milan, Italy @ Fiera Open Air Arena
July 8 Stevenage, England @ Knebworth House (Sonisphere)
July 9 Amneville, France @ Snowhall Parc (Sonisphere)
July 14 Halifax, NS @ Garrison Grounds at Citadel Hill (Rock The Hill)
July 16 Quebec City, QC @ Plains Of Abraham (Festival D'Ete)
Sept. 14 New York, NY @ Yankee Stadium (Big 4)
Sept. 25 Rio De Janeiro, Brazil @ Cidade Do Rock (Rock In Rio)
Oct. 28 Delhi, India @ F1 Rocks