Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has commented on the rumours that the band will headline Ozzfest 2006.\"I can tell you that pretty much everything that I know about is already announced — there\'s not super-secret things being planned out in some warroom somewhere about all these other tours and all this other stuff. (...) It\'s pretty much all been announced. There\'s the rumor about the Ozzfest… Everybody thinks we\'re playing Ozzfest, which, I mean, would be a great thing one day — or a fun thing one day — but it hasn\'t shown up my radar [yet].\"
While Metallica is playing three shows in South Africa this month and has a string of European festival appearances lined up for June, their schedule is empty for the rest of the summer, leading to rumours of some sort of U.S. jaunt.
Others expect the band to enter the studio in July with producer Rick Rubin to begin recording their ninth studio album. Last month Metallica announced their recording plans with Rubin, who has worked with Slayer, System Of A Down, Slipknot, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Audioslave and many others.
