I was standing in the Room to pick up VIP tix and Portnoy walks in with the guys from that metal show. He comes up to me because I had my 25th anniversary DT shirt on and said... "Yeah man! Representin'!" I laughed and then he went to the back of my shirt and tugged on it to show his friends. He said... "You see this era right here.. THAT's the era!"
Then i said i have been a DT fan for over 15 years and it was great to meet him. He said thanks and that was it. That was insane out of NOWHERE he came up to me.
Then we get up to the VIP box and Triple H was in there, Chris Jericho, Jim Bruer, Jim Florentine, Morgan sperlock (Super size me guy.) and a bunch of other industry people were there. First time i've ever been VIP to a concert, I had 7th row seats for the show on top of the VIP box which I hung out in until Metallica came then I went down to the floor and had 7th row!
That was also probably the best metallica show i've ever seen I was stunned at how good the show was. 5th time I've seen them as well.