Late Late Show Announces Metallica Week-Long Residency

Heavy metal legends Metallica will be Craig Ferguson’s musical guest on each and every episode of CBS’s The Late Late Show for the week of November 17. Ferguson’s tenure as host of the show is coming to an end and he’s expected to leave the program at some point in December.

“What better way to celebrate Craig’s awesome tenure at CBS than to come and shake the rafters for a whole week,” Lars Ulrich told Rolling Stone. “Nothing to sell, nothing to promote (except a reissue DVD)…purely hanging at Craig’s personal request. Bring it!”

Metallica’s week-long residency comes not long after Foo Fighters played a week’s worth of musical performances on The Late Show With David Letterman, another CBS show with a host ending his run soon.

The metal band will re-issue a 2004 documentary, Some Kind Of Monster, on November 24.