Metallica June 04

lunacyfoundme

I cant wait. I dont care what any of you neh sayers say about having those two gigis too close together. Metallica was the best gig of last year, not even because of the Darkness (they ROCKED) or Linkin Park (they rocked even as they were getting bottled constantly). And Id been to seen Audioslave (they rocked), RHCP (they Rocked), Foo Fighters (they moved quite a bit but did not exactly rock) and QOTSA (the fooookin ROCKED).

Anybody want to take a guess at wholl be supporting them.

Praetorian

I have my ticket already, ticket number 13 LOL

mithrandir

Godsmack are supposed to be supporting them.

feylya

Eh what? 4th June? Explain.

lunacyfoundme

No its June 2004. Dont go using crap American dating system or Ill have to get weapons of mass all over your ass.

feylya

Ah yes, that'd do it. Must remember not to post as soon as I wake up.

Dermo

it's not godsmack supporting, they are only supporting on us dates

slipknot are supporting for all european dates

Töpher

It's Slipknot. Or so says the sign by the entrance to the rds beside my house. Search people dammit!

Dermo

oh and there is a pretty high chance that Korn will be supporting as well

feylya

Really? Have any proof? That would just about make my day.

lunacyfoundme

Slipknot and Korn awwww awww ohhhhh. I just came in my pants.

Looks like theres going to be a sea of black moving towards the RDS in June. Im not much of a freak myself do i do like those bands so i will def be there. Cant wait to perv on all the 16 year old goth bitches with ripped tights. Its fun for all the family.

I just hope no ass turns up dressed like the che quevara cover of that RATM album. That guy was a dick.

Dermo

Originally posted by feylya
Really? Have any proof? That would just about make my day.

nothing has been formally announced or anything but I know for a fact that Korn have said they have been approached to do the european leg of the tour but don't know if they are going to do the metallica thing of just do as many festivals as they can

Tray

Well whoever the support is I hope they get a smoother ride than Linkin Park did. It was a ****in' disgrace that some morons were booing and bottling them. Its not their fault they were supporting and booing them wont get Metallica on any sooner. My blood still boils thinking about it!:mad:

James R

yeah was a pity. A girl I went with hadn't much interest in Metallica but went to see Linkin Park who she loves (fair enough it was a co-headliner) and it was kinda ruined for her because of people. I'm not a LP fan but I did feel sorry for the people who forked out 60 odd euro and had to listen to boos during their fave songs.

Señor Juárez

Slipknot, Korn and Metallica. possibly the best gig ever.

Lukin Black

Oh Gawd. I'll just have to remember to bring earplugs this time.

Atomic Pineapple

Originally posted by marclar
Slipknot, Korn and Metallica. possibly the best gig ever.

you are taking the piss right?
korn and slipknot would be the two worse bands they could have there
even worse than linkin park, hope they get a worse doing than linkin park
theres no need to have such shít bands playing,

slipknot are what 9, 10? idiots who scream into a microphone?
korn aren't much better, there nu metal idiots, i know metallica have gone down the nu metal road a bit but slipknot and korn supporting is just the lowest of the low.

why not have system of a down?
or even the darkness back again?

who the hell organises these things, get them to put korn and slipknot on in the point or something where there fans can go and they wont get boo'd.

gonna have to load up on useless 1 - 20cent coins and try and kíll as many as them as possible, i'm sorry but i really really hate them, they have no place on a music stage.

Töpher

Some would argue that nor do modern day Metallica.

Crucifix

Indeed, the bands supporting seem in the same catagory as Metallica's new music (ie: **** [ah I'm only joking]). I imagine half the audience will be thrilled to see them, and half the audience will be wishing for support in the vein of Metallica's old music.
Me? I've been to see em before, so this year, I'll probably spend the money I would've spent on a ticket buying booze, then have some mates down to watch S&M or Cunning Stunts.

lodgepole

Anyone who saw Korn in the SFX all those years ago should know that they're a stunning live act. I've never been much into Slipknot, but ****, i'd let them play their set and get off.

****ing shameful behaviour, treating support acts like **** because you think they're no good.

Señor Juárez

draffdox: sigh, is all i can say. just because YOU don't like a band doesn't automatically make everyone else hate em as well.

I went to korn in the RDS a year or two back, i loved it. And as for SOAD....yes, they are a good band...but the absolutely suck live.

--Kaiser--

I've seen System of a Down live twice, in Reading 2001, and in Ozzfest 2002
and i really beg to differ on that SOAD sucking live comment,
they are one of the most energetic and crowd pleasing bands i've ever seen.

Brian Houlihan

Hello All,
I know slipknot are going to be there. From what I hear not too sure about Korn. P.O.D is a name that has popped up. I hope it's Korn

S.O.A.D are brillaint live, totally amazing. I'd love to see them again.

James R

POD are supporting Linkin Park on their World tour.

the other bands supporting LP are Hoobastank and Story Of the Year

lintdrummer

LInkin Park a better support band than Korn; I don't think so!!
Korn have supported Metallica many times before and have always gone down well. They've even played a set together live.
You have to think about it this way, Korn were influenced by Met. Therefore they have something in common and the music is somewhat linked.
Linkin on the other hand are pop metal. They had no connections with Metallica and the guitarist says he doesn't do solos coz ''It's just mindless fretboard masturbation''
He obviously has zero respect for Kirk!
Alright I don't think it was at all fair the amount of booing they got but it was a terrible mistake putting them as support.
As for Slipknot, you have to respect how difficult it is for them to perform live. Getting a 4 piece band sounding coordinated is hard enough, whatever about 9. The guys are good at what they do and I think the gig will make for a bitchin day of Metal!

therecklessone

Originally posted by emmettogara
and the guitarist says he doesn't do solos coz ''It's just mindless fretboard masturbation''
He obviously has zero respect for Kirk!

Kirk musn't have much respect for himself then, eh?

Atomic Pineapple

i never said everybody else hates them!
I HATE THEM!
Slipknot will bring aload of kids to the rds and kids do get in the way!!!!
My 12 year old cousins listen to slipknot for god sake, 12 year olds dont know good music, i mean he and she have slipknot with busted, britney spears, good charlotte and christina aguileira etc cds!

thats the kind of fanbase slipknot have and its not the kind of fanbase i want to share a concert with!

granted metallica's new album is one of the worst albums i've ever bought but last year they played all there old stuff which was pure class, hopefully will be the same this year.

i can stand Korn but cant stand slipknot and dont think they should be supporting metallica, i have no problem with anyone else liking slipknot just dont think they fit with metallica although i'm sure alot of the new metallica fans would disagree with me,

damn commercialism

JoeKelly

I heard system of a down were playin any truth in this???
Does any one actually know whos playin support acts etc. perhaps the those of you who have tickets?? thought it might b written on em???

feylya

Yeah, there was a rumour last year too that SOAD were going to be playing instead of Linkin Park. We'll just have to wait til closer to the date to find out.

gucci

if u wish hard enough anything can happen.if SOAD are supporting them then im gonna get into training for 3hours++ of ear-bleedingly good entertainment!!!

Seen a bootleg of them live in LA and were savage also metallica were excellent last year,even though booing/bottling didnt get metallica on stage any sooner it still meant we dint have 2hear as much stinkin fart

Atomic Pineapple

yeh Linkin Park didnt play there full set because of the abuse, god bless Ireland

Mongo

There was abuse alright but LP finished their set

Atomic Pineapple

did they? was a very short set so

Brian Houlihan

Someone above pointed out young people wearing slipknot etc.

To be honest maybe half of them actually know what they sound like, these people are usually part of a hoodie gang as I see it. Also I doubt that many 12 year olds would go to slipknot, if so thats cool for them.

Like to add though there was a butt load of little kids running around like headless chickes during LP. Their fanbase in Ireland it seems to me is very much kids between 8- 16 or whatever.

I don't care who supports as long as I have fun and don't get drunk

raven136

people had every right to boo and bottle lp.the people who booed and bottled(i was one )came to see a traditional hard rocking guitar based outfit not some teeny bopper radio friendly scratching machine.
metallica was a rock gig and linkin park are bascially a pop band cashing in on someone elses culture.they are westlife with piercings and tatoos and if they play again ill have no problem booing again

lodgepole

Originally posted by raven136
people had every right to boo and bottle lp.the people who booed and bottled(i was one )came to see a traditional hard rocking guitar based outfit not some teeny bopper radio friendly scratching machine.
metallica was a rock gig and linkin park are bascially a pop band cashing in on someone elses culture.they are westlife with piercings and tatoos and if they play again ill have no problem booing again

No they (and you) didn't. Don't even try to justify it. It's bad f*cking form and you know it. People like you should be f*ucked out of venues.

vasch_ro

Originally posted by raven136
people had every right to boo and bottle lp.the people who booed and bottled(i was one )came to see a traditional hard rocking guitar based outfit not some teeny bopper radio friendly scratching machine.
metallica was a rock gig and linkin park are bascially a pop band cashing in on someone elses culture.they are westlife with piercings and tatoos and if they play again ill have no problem booing again

I believe this is condoning anti social and violent behaviour , it is not a very mature why to express your opinions
if you don not like lincoln Park just do not go in for that portion of the gig
why interfere with other peoples day out,

As an aside I saw metallica in the Top Hat in Dun laoire many moons ago and am really looking forward to their return, if I see any immature people throwing bottles I will report them to the bouncers/ Police/stewards

Kali

Originally posted by raven136
people had every right to boo and bottle lp.the people who booed and bottled(i was one )came to see a traditional hard rocking guitar based outfit not some teeny bopper radio friendly scratching machine.

Grow up. you preach on another thread about people always giving Irish bands a hard time, yet here you are slating other peoples opinons and preferences. If you're that ignorant then simply don't go to the gig, plain and simple, and its not as if metallica haven't sold out either to the mainstream audience, they and their promoters CHOSE linkin park to support them on tour, think about it for a second. music fascists like you make me sick.

D!ve^Bomb!

miow:D

honru

Many people condone the abuse Linkin Park got on that day, but I personally feel embarassed as a nation that the band had to endure that amount of crap during a show. Firstly, there must have been a good few people there who paid to see Linkin Park, so why you should spoil it for them? And what about the band themselves, how would you feel in their shoes? Granted, I am not a fan of Linkin Park, but you can choose whether to go see them or not. The uproar over the absence of Whisky on the Jar on Metallica's setlist just proves my point further, and shows how narrow-minded some people are.

Atomic Pineapple

I agree I am being a bit narrow minded but it drives me mad to see people supporting manufactered image dependent bands that have no substance, no style and are completely commercial, granted metallica are pretty much completely commercial these days but hearing the old stuff is too good to miss.

Señor Juárez

a lot of people just didnt bother with linkin park. another 10 thousand people (minimum) arrived just in time to see Metallica last time round. the place was only packed after LP finished

James R

Linkin Park had as much right to be there as Metallica. Its bad enough to boo a support band but at the end of the day it was a co-headliner.

I'm not a LP fan but there were people there who went solely/mainly to see them and lets face it their day was ruined a bit by people like you!

How would you feel if you forked out over 60 quid and had some muppet ruin the concert for you?!

Atomic Pineapple

if there was that many people booing and pegging stuff at a band i liked i'd probably wake up and realise how crap they were and go home and break all there cds

Señor Juárez

whaddya mean, people like me? i was there from the beginning, getting my money's worth, hence my ability to comment about the numbers of people before & after linkin park.

i dont particularly enjoy em, so i didnt listen to them, conversed with friends instead.

__

on that note, do you think that, say, "Pop Stars" would have an equal right to be there backing up Metallica?


thought not.

honru

Originally posted by draffodx
if there was that many people booing and pegging stuff at a band i liked i'd probably wake up and realise how crap they were and go home and break all there cds

Originally posted by marclar
on that note, do you think that, say, "Pop Stars" would have an equal right to be there backing up Metallica? thought not.

Ah, cut out the crap and try and be a bit more realistic on the subject; its the whole narrow-mindedness again. Linkin Park are still a metal band, different style of metal compared to Metallica but still metal nonetheless. I see no reason why the promoters would not give the go ahead for this concert given the opportunity - its bound to rake profit.

Take me back to Red Hot Chili Peppers, Landsdowne Road, in 2002. New Order were supporting, a band I was looking foward to see because I was a big fan of Joy Division (and I liked New Order too). However, probably because they were a band hardly compatible with the Red Hot Chili Peppers, or because there were so many kids who didn't know who or what were playing, the band were booed. The atmosphere was numb at best.

I see in no way how my experience matchs your statement draffodx. Perhaps the negative people are the ignorant ones after all.

Señor Juárez

aye, you could say the same about The darkness at the last metallica gig. its not that people booed them, it was more that they ignored them. they just werent interested. despite their best efforts, only a minimal groan was the crowd's response.


But i went to their own gig in vicar street. i can honestly say that it was the most enjoyable thing i have ever seen. ever. its all about atmosphere.

James R

Originally posted by marclar

on that note, do you think that, say, "Pop Stars" would have an equal right to be there backing up Metallica?

Maybe maybe not but thats not for us to decide thats the promoters.

And officially Linkin Park weren't "backing up" Metallica they were co-headlining with them. Theres a difference!

You knew they'd be there when you bought your ticket so deal with it.

If you go to a gig tomorrow and don't like the support fair enough but LP werent just support they were co-headliners and even then you should still respect that some people do actually go to gigs for the support acts.

Señor Juárez

i know that slipknot are also playing with metallica this year, does anyone know if there is anyone else?

raven136

do you people think that if we pay 50/60 euro we don't have a right to boo an act?I don't agree with the bottle throwing and if i didnt make that clear i apologise but the booing was understandable.I went to that gig with a long time supporter of rock music and he was embarrased by the fact that a band his teenage daughter likes supported one of the worlds best rock bands and he booed for that and other reasons.

One of the other reasons that they were booed is the fact that their manager is a simon cowell type and that their record company spent millions advertising them in teeenage girls and boys magazines,the basic fact being they are a band who are making a fortune from tapping into someone else's culture.

And people, don't forget that the only reason that metallica had them support them is because they were cheaper than most others and due to dwindling sales of previous albums Metallica knew they would bring in a younger audience to help sell the tickets.And that was not good form from Metallica either

therecklessone

Originally posted by raven136


And people, don't forget that the only reason that metallica had them support them is because they were cheaper than most others and due to dwindling sales of previous albums Metallica knew they would bring in a younger audience to help sell the tickets.And that was not good form from Metallica either

Why didn't he boo Metallica then? Surely they're no better than LP's "Simon Cowell" style manager by your reasoning...

Try having some respect for the other people who go to the concert. I've a mate of mine who abused the sh*te out of The Revs at Dublin Castle supporting Muse a couple of years ago, nothing blue now, but plenty of "ironic" cheering for them. There was a young kid in front of us with his family who was there to see them, I genuinely felt sorry for the kid. His night was ruined by one mouthpiece, I'd hate to think what would have happened if he'd been at the Metallica show last year to see LP.

Note to "true" metal fans...if you don't like the support band that much, don't go at all. Deny Metallica your €60 and maybe then they'll get your message.