Metallica Superthread -All Metallica discussion goes in here

jack presley wrote: »

Don't worry, the set is still pretty much the ame. they'll finish the main set with NEM and Sandman then open the encore with a cover and finish with S&D.

That's my main gripe with their live sets over the last couple of years,it's nearly always the same. The last almost wtf??!! setlist i saw them play was at Knebworth 2 years ago. It went like this:

Hit the Lights
2. Master of Puppets
3. The Shortest Straw
4. Seek & Destroy
5. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
6. Ride the Lightning
7. The Memory Remains
8. All Nightmare Long
9. Sad But True
10. The Call of Ktulu
11. One
12. For Whom the Bell Tolls
13. Blackened
14. Fade to Black
15. Enter Sandman
ENCORE
16. Am I Evil? (w/ Diamond Head, Slayer, Megadeth & Anthrax)
17. Battery
18. Creeping Death

They at least mixed up the running order,Seek was early,Creep was last and they played a few rare(Ktulu/Straw) and relatively rare these days(Blackened/Battery) tracks. Other than that it was the same standard set. Much like Ireland,the UK has seen lots of Metallica shows since 2003 and at this stage there's few who haven't seen them live. Same goes for much of Europe tbh. I can understand the 'greatest hits' set when they hit somewhere new like India or China but not somewhere they've toured extensively before.

Last year i seen them at Werchter in Belgium. Because they were playing the whole of TBA they played Lights,Puppets,RTL,Bells to open and Hell & Back from Beyond Magnetic and then TBA. They closed with Battery,One and Seek. It was the first time i ever left a Metallica show early. As i boarded a bus back to Leuven about 2 miles away i could hear Lars,James and the lads saying the same old spiel at the end of the show. It's all got a bit tired imo. Granted i'm a bit spoiled as i've seen them a lot over the last few years but i don't think i'm alone in wanting them to shake it up a bit.

hidinginthebush wrote: »

I've said it before and I'll say it again, they should play something like the sets they played in the Filmore gigs more often. I'd love to go to a Metallica gig with that unknown sense of what's to come, rather than knowing they'll play all the old staples. At this stage they're playing to people who've seen them a good few times, so the fans don't need the greatest hits to draw them in, we're already fans!

I dream of a rarities set in the button factory! (sound is a million times better than vicar st)

Appropriate how Metallica played Kill 'Em All in it's entirety, seeing as it's 30 years next month since it was released

They've called their Danish Appearance a European Vacation which hints at other gigs. Can't see a gig as big as Marley Park being announced this fast, to be fair, there would have been rumors or mumbling of a license being applied for.

Still a European Vacation - and one solitary European gig on it's own - makes me believe there will be more appearances. Their sound travels better indoors anyway so I'd love to see something like that, even (blesses himself) a club tour with a date in Vicar Street

Ash.J.Williams wrote: »

I do believe marley is booked for something yet unknown this summer

Ugh. I'd love them to play indoors.

Full show from day one of the Orion festival as Dehaan.

Any meaning behind Dehaan?

hidinginthebush wrote: »

Quoted for posterity. (You didn't stipulate a date :P )

Grafton Street lol

Got to see Newsted play this weekend and they were really good. Their stuff sounds very solid, so will definitely be a band to keep an eye on. Full album out in August apparently.

They managed to get in the "DIE, DIE.." chanting of Creeping Death before finishing off with Whiplash, with was proceeded by Jason saying
"We did not write this next song, but I breath new life into it!".

Great gig!

i think Mike Patton and Tomahawk may have been an unwitting victim of Dehann!! I think i read they were on a different stage at the same time!

lord lucan wrote: »

I read somewhere that the Dropkick Murphys were on the main stage and they made reference to Metallica being on one of the smaller stages and they wouldn't feel hurt if people wanted to run off and catch their set.

Yeah i think patton said he'd probably go too!!

jack presley wrote: »

To be fair, they probably don't shout 'Whiskey' throughout a gig or sing ole ole ole when the band leave the stage

Lol

I can't wait til they come to Ireland again. I just got into them and I love Metallica. Maybe they'll be a gig here by them either 2014 or 2015....hopefully.

I only came across this video now,never seen it before. It's both funny and sad at the same time given how things turned out.