Detroit City Council member James Tate told MLive on Wednesday METALLICA has two years left on its contract with the city to host the Orion Music & More Festival on the 982-acre park Belle Isle, and terms of the deal haven’t changed.
“It’s contracted,” Tate said, “And I think since it was a event so well-suited for the venue – for the type of event it was – it was perfect.”
The Orion festival in Detroit, held June 8-9, could still have an uncertain future in the Motor City because Metallica lead guitarist Kirk Hammett told a Dallas radio station last month the event’s status in the city “remains to be seen.”
“Yes we are; we’re going to have another next year and I can’t wait,” Hammett told Dallas station 97.1 The Eagle. “I had so much fun (in Detroit), and the year before that (in Atlantic City) I had so much fun.
“And it’s … it’s … I think it’s something that we’re beginning to look forward to now because we have two (festivals) under our belts. So let’s just say Orion Fest 2014 – definitely.”
How Hammett responded when station host Cindy Scull asked if the Orion Festival will stay in Detroit or move to a city like Dallas: “Well, that remains to be seen.”