Late Metallica bassist Cliff Burton will be honored with "Cliff Burton Day" on February 10th in his hometown of Castro Valley, CA after a Change.org petition received thousands of signatures. February 10th also marks what would have been Cliff's 56th birthday.
Metallica announced the news on their Twitter account, saying, "IT’S OFFICIAL! The Board of Supervisors from Alameda County has just proclaimed February 10, 2018, which would have been Cliff’s 56th birthday, “Cliff Burton Day.” Thanks to all of the fans who got behind this initiative. We love that he remains so revered."
Burton's life and promising music career tragically came to an end at the age of 24 after the band's tour bus was involved in a crash on September 27, 1986, in Sweden. He played bass on the albums Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning and Master Of Puppets. He also co-wrote Metallica classics like "Fade To Black", "Creeping Death", "For Whom The Bell Tolls", and "Master of Puppets. Burton was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with Metallica in 2009.
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