Metallica is reportedly coming to 'Craig Ferguson' for a week
The band Metallica is reportedly booked to perform for a week on 鈥淭he Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson鈥� in November.
According to , the band will be interviewed by Ferguson on Nov. 17 and will perform on the show every night for the rest of the week. Ferguson鈥檚 last show is scheduled to air on Dec. 19, according to .
鈥淲hat better way to celebrate Craig's awesome tenure at CBS than to come and shake the rafters for a whole week?" Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich said in an interview with Rolling Stone. "Nothing to sell, nothing to promote (except a reissue DVD)... purely hanging at Craig's personal request. Bring it!鈥�
The reissue DVD to which Ulrich referred is a new version of the Metallica documentary 鈥淪ome Kind of Monster,鈥� which is being re-released for its tenth anniversary. It鈥檚 due to be released on Nov. 24.聽
When 鈥淢onster鈥� was originally released, Monitor film critic David Sterritt awarded it two stars out of four. 鈥淭he quartet appears to be mightily lacking in the brains and judgment departments, but at least it tries to do something about its failings, employing a traveling psychotherapist whose interventions and ruminations provide some of the film's most unwittingly amusing moments,鈥� he wrote of the film.
After Ferguson departs, 鈥淚nto the Woods鈥� actor James Corden is set to take over the show. There will be a brief break in between the hosts 鈥� Corden will debut in March, according to TV Guide. 鈥淭he Colbert Report鈥� host Stephen Colbert will take over for David Letterman, who is set to depart 鈥淟ate Show,鈥� sometime in 2015, according to .
Ferguson took over 鈥淟ate Late Show鈥� in 2005 after Craig Kilborn departed. 鈥淐BS and I are not getting divorced, we are 'consciously uncoupling,'鈥� Ferguson said about his departure in a . 鈥淏ut we will still spend holidays together and share custody of the fake horse and robot skeleton, both of whom we love very much.鈥�
