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Metallica Take The Symphonic Approach

Metallica and composer/conductor Michael Kamen are joining forces with the San Francisco Symphony for two nights of music. The Elektra rock act will team up with a 104-piece segment of the orchestra for shows April 21 and April 22 at Berkeley, Calif.'s 3600-capacity Community Theater. Kamen will conduct. Tickets are $40.

Kamen has collaborated with Metallica before, providing orchestration for the group's 1991 track "Nothing Else Matters"; he has also worked with David Bowie, Bob Dylan, and Eric Clapton.

Metallica, which said in 1996 that it would put out an album per year, is still discussing whether it will release the project on audio and video.

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