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Metallica to do drive-in show

MANISTIQUE — Metallica will be the first rock band to be featured in the Encore Drive-In Nights series, with a full set showing Saturday at hundreds of drive-in and outdoor theaters across the United States and Canada, including the Highway 2 Community Drive-In Theater in Manistique.

The show will be shot specially for the Encore Drive-In Nights Series at a location near the band’s Northern California headquarters and will subsequently be edited and mixed by the band’s production team to the highest standards possible. The concert will feature material from throughout their near four-decade career and provide Metallica fans with an intimate, unique and truly memorable concert experience.

Tickets are available at ticketmaster.com/encore-metallica. General on-sale will began on Aug. 14. Every ticket purchase –which admits one carload of up to six people — will include four digital downloads of

Saturday’s show will also feature a special guest performance by Three Days Grace. Drive-in theaters hosting the concert will adhere to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended guidelines as well as all state and local health mandates. Staff will wear personal protective equipment and enforce at least 6 feet of space between cars. The series will also use contactless payment and ticketing systems and limit capacity in restrooms. Guidelines around concessions will be enforced to abide by individual state regulations.

The Highway 2 Community Drive-In Theater is the last of its kind in the Upper Peninsula. Built in 1953 and open every year until it was shuttered in 2001, the theater was there for the rise and eventual decline of drive in theaters across the country. The Upper Peninsula Film Union, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group, brought the theater back to life in 2016 and is now in its fifth year of operation.

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