Metallica announce 'Orion Music and More' with Gaslight Anthem, F*cked Up, Hot Snakes, Liturgy

Metallica has unveiled their own festival, dubbed Orion Music and More, likely after the song of the same name on 1986's Master of Puppets.

Metallica assembled the lineup for the festival, which will take place at Bader Field in Atlantic City on June 23rd and 24th. The metal band will close both nights and perform 1990's Metallica and 1984's Ride the Lightning in their entirety on each night respectively. The lineup spans a number of genres, with the list so far including: Arctic Monkeys,
Avenged Sevenfold,
Modest Mouse,
The Gaslight Anthem,
Cage The Elephant,
Fucked Up,
Best Coast,
Hot Snakes,
Titus Andronicus,
Lucero,
The Sword,
Liturgy,
A Place to Bury Strangers,
Gary Clark Jr.,
Roky Erickson, and
The Black Angels,

Fan club pre-sale tickets run $125 for a 2-day pass and regular early bird tickets will be sold for $150 when they go on sale on the 11th. Metallica celebrated their 30th anniversary last year.