The stage is a trip. When you walk in it doesn't look all that impressive, but once you get underneath it's overwhelming. And the catwalk around the snakepit is enormous. I was close enough to see every weather-worn wrinkle in Iggy Pop, but I could barely make out his drummer who was so far away. (and Iggy was great) Good stage show with all of the graphics overlaying the live footage. However, there was a highly disappointing lack of pyro for a Metallica gig. They seem to have discovered lasers now and that's supplanted the explosions. Not even during the intro to One, or the Landmine. A few puffs of fire from the top of the stage during Fuel and Moth, and a good 5 minute fireworks display after the gig, but that's about it.
On a side note, I saw Slayer on the Raining Blood tour. My left arm was around a lady-friend and clutching the barricade while my right was holding up my half of a chair to protect us from all of the other chairs and bodies flying upwards at us. The Mexicans made that shit look like one of Orbert's church concerts. All I can say is that those poor bastards at Riverfront suffered pretty awful deaths.
And tomorrow night awaits.