Metallica Confirmed for Stubb's! [SXSW]
The Chronicle's Austin Powell tells Michael Corcoran that Metallica's people were told by Metallica that the band "will indeed be playing Stubb's" during SXSW, as had been previously rumored.
It also appears that folks at SXSW are none too pleased with the leak — Corcoran reports that festival organizer Roland Swenson declared, "[Powell] didn't get it from us ... we were told not to confirm anything and we're sticking by that." Powell, in turn, had let folks at SXSW know of his plan to publish the confirmation but "never heard back."
The only question that remains now is how exactly they're planning to manage the crowd of badge- and wristband-holders plus thousands of hopeful fans who'll likely gather outside the relatively small venue.
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