Metallica aviva June 2026

Gojira.

Sound better than Pantera?

A lot better.

Saw a leak of tonights setlist

Among it

Enjoy you lucky SOB's 🤘

Sound is insanely good compared to Friday! What a night!

Out **** standing

What a gig

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The beachballs were ridiculous. Nothing says metal like giant f***ing branded beachballs. But otherwise yes, a good gig.

Just wrapping up now.

Sound in the lower south stand was atrocious. If only for the fact that I'd looked up the setlists in advance i wouldn't have guessed they were paying cthulu, and couldn't decipher it until the outro. And for blackened, probably my favourite Metallica song, the intro tape couldn't be heard where i was. But that was the same for every song, just mushy

I appreciate that stadium gigs can be hard to get the house mix right, but this is their second night here.

Added to that I've seen a better pyro effort from them in the old point depot. Just felt like a dialled in performance all the way. I'm not here for fireworks, but lads, you'd in a stadium, bit of firepower wouldn't hurt.

If I wasn't there and saw the setlist, id be thinking this was a dream gig, having been there though I'm not so sure.

I spent the early songs thinking of ways that i could sneak into the standing, but from my perspective it looked like everyone was just standing in the same spot? No hint of a pit, crowd surf, and bit of a bop?

I know this won't be a popular post, but Metallica were my first concert nearly 30 years ago, life long fan, favourite band, but that just felt bleh...

I moved around a fair but and the sound quality differed dramatically. Best spot I think was my original spot where they congregated for the first 4 songs. Could hear all instruments clearly there but really muddled elsewhere.

There is something slightly disingenuous about James delivery of lines like "Metallica loves you Dublin" or any of his other cheesy lines. And while the in the round thing was annoying in some ways, it did mean I could get way closer for at least a few songs than if it was a traditional stadium set up, without having to be in a mosh pit.

Been a fan since Black Album and that was my first time seeing them. I actually think James' voice is aging really well, loads of character in his singing. But those huge productions just feel impersonal in some way.

Delighted I went and happy with the set but yeah, can't help feel a certain disappointment too.

Both gigs were awesome but i felt friday just edged things out more, the final 7 song run on Friday was just insane, whereas tonight they played some great songs, whiplash, blackened etc but they were very spread and no good run of bangers, finishing on sandman that early with no encore was a bit of a letdown.