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In a June 2009 interview with Italy's Rock TV, Ulrich stated that Metallica was planning to continue touring through August 2010, stating there were no plans for a tenth album, but was sure that they would collaborate with producer Rick Rubin again. According to Blabbermouth.net, the band may start thinking about recording their next album in the second half of 2011. In a November 2010 interview with The Pulse of Radio, Ulrich stated that Metallica wants to get back to writing again for 2011. Ulrich stated: "There’s a bunch of balls in the air for 2011, but I think the main one is we really want to get back to writing again. We haven’t really written since, what, ’06, ’07, and we want to get back to kind of just being creative again. Right now we are going to just chill out and then probably start up again in, I’d say, March or April, and start probably putting the creative cap back on and start writing some songs." In an interivew at the April 2011 Big Four concert, bassist Robert Trujillo said that Metallica will work with Rick Rubin again as the producer for the new album and were "really excited to write some new music. There's no shortage of riffage in Metallica world right now." He also added, "The first album with Rick was also the first album for me, so in a lot of ways, you're kind of testing the water. Now that we're comfortable with Rick and his incredible engineer, Greg Fidelman, who worked with Slayer, actually, on this last record — it's my hero — it's a great team. And it's only gonna better; I really believe that. So I'm super-excited."
On November 9, 2010, Metallica announced that it will be headlining the Rock in Rio, in Rio de Janeiro, on September 25, 2011. On December 13, 2010, the band announced that it will once again play as part of the "big four" during the Sonisphere Festival U.K., on July 8, 2011. It will be the first time all of the "big four" members play on the same stage in United Kingdom. The performance will take place in Knebworth House, Hertfordshire. On December 17, 2010, Another "big four" Sonisphere performance was announced that will take place in France on July 9.[102] On January 25, 2011, another "big four" performance was announced, this time in the United States. The performance took place on April 23, 2011 in Indio, California at the Empire Polo Club. It was the only scheduled concert in the United States, it was also the first time all of the "big four" members played on the same stage in the United States. On 17 February 2011, another show was announced in Europe. The performance will take place in Gelsenkirchen, Germany on July 2, 2011.[104] On February 22, another "big four" show was announced, also in Europe. The performance will take place in Milan, Italy on July 6, 2011. On March 2, 2011, again another "big four" concert was announced. It will take place in Sweden on July 3, 2011.
