Cliff Burton Museum Coming to Sweden Close to Web site of Bus Crash

Metallica followers can be delighted to study that there is a Cliff Burton Museum coming to Sweden later this 12 months. It’s going to be positioned within the Swedish municipality of Ljungby, close to the location of the deadly bus crash that Burton died in.

Guitar World famous that Metallica’s Swedish fan membership positioned a stone on the location of the accident round 10 years in the past, which has develop into a well-liked place for followers to go to and honor the late bassist’s reminiscence.

Now, Ljungby will open a museum stuffed with footage, album and different memorabilia associated to Metallica, along with pictures and interviews from the reporters and first responders on the scene of the tragedy in 1986. One of many bigger reveals will function a duplicate of the stage Metallica carried out on, in addition to the devices they used, throughout their last-ever live performance with Burton, which passed off in Stockholm.

“We primarily need to honor Cliff Burton, who died so tragically in the midst of his profession, and speak about who he was as an individual and a musician,” the museum’s creators informed Guitar World. “Our second essential objective is to create a gathering place for all those that search the memorial web site within the small group of Dorarp. We need to proceed the effective work that the followers began after they began elevating funds to make Cliff’s memorial stone.”

The museum’s grand opening will happen Saturday, Could 14. Comply with their Instagram web page to study extra particulars as they’re revealed.

Metallica have been on tour in assist of their 1986 album Grasp of Puppets when Burton died within the bus accident. He was 24 years outdated.

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