Metallica June 04

There was abuse alright but LP finished their set

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

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.

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.

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 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.

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

Nobody can deny that Metallica are arseholses aswell but just because of this should we be denied the chance both to hear their classic songs and to vent our frustration at the choice of support act?Its a democracy and if your at home you don't watch ****e on the t.v. you change the channell but at a gig you cant turn off the support act so you vent your frustration i other ways

Originally posted by raven136
Nobody can deny that Metallica are arseholses aswell but just because of this should we be denied the chance both to hear their classic songs and to vent our frustration at the choice of support act?

Not to #1, yes to #2.

Taking last years gig as an example, you were not compelled to watch LP play. You could have left the arena to get a drink/something to eat/just chill, but you didn't. You stayed to hear music you say you don't like, then expressed your disgust by booing. Thats moronic. Would you boo your way through a film you don't like in the cinema? Or would you just leave, like any normal person would do?

Suggestion for this years show. Don't go into the arena for the support band if they aren't to your liking. That way you don't have to watch a band you don't like play (the sound won't be that distracting from the bar area), and those who are there to see the bands play will be left alone. Everybody's happy.

If it was the other way around and metallica were supporting linken park, do ya think linken park fans would have boo'd metallica?