The Metallica Thread v. Reloaded

[cramx3]

Seeing a concert at the rose bowl would be amazing. Such a cool venue for football. I'll be in Pasadena in a couple weeks.

[Kotowboy]

I drove 4 hours each way two weekends ago to see a concert.  If there is a will there is a way.  But Im guessing, for you, the effort is just not worth it which is fine.  Traveling and finding a spot to crash is costly.  That's not including the ticket for the event and food and whatnot.

In another thread I broke down exactly what it would take to get to a London date.

It's at least 7 hours travelling each way plus seperate costs just for each leg of the journey.

Plus everything else you mentioned. 

[Ben_Jamin]

The last dates are pretty odd...going from Quebec to California, next door to AZ, back into Cali, then up back into Canada.

[Kotowboy]

You'd think they'd start at the bottom and work their way up. Less travel costs.

I assume they have to book the venues when there's a free slot.

[Ben_Jamin]

Yeah...but then Volbeat also are dropping from the tour. While Gojira joins.

[OpenYourEyes311]

Sucks that A7X is not at the Foxboro, MA show. Whatever, not gonna miss Metallica either way. I just wonder what the reason is.

[Phoenix87x]

I was hoping that they would do an indoor arena tour. Definitely not feeling the wide open football stadium thing. I might pass on this one

[ReaperKK]

I wish they were coming close to where I live. Funny when I lived in Florida we never got any bands that came to my area and now I move and they all go to Florida

[fadetoblackdude7]

Umm......what?

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lars-ulrich-we-were-talking-about-making-lady-gaga-a-permanent-member-of-metallica/

[Adami]

Umm......what?

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lars-ulrich-we-were-talking-about-making-lady-gaga-a-permanent-member-of-metallica/

Humor.

[fadetoblackdude7]

Umm......what?

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lars-ulrich-we-were-talking-about-making-lady-gaga-a-permanent-member-of-metallica/

Humor.

My God I hope so. Can't be too sure these days lol

[Kotowboy]

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[KevShmev]

I wouldn't mind seeing Metallica again, especially at Busch Stadium, where they are playing at in June on this tour. but it'll probably cost an arm and a leg...and the likelihood of going deaf might be too great. 

[Progmetty]

GA tickets for the Texas dates range between $150 and $160, here I was thinking I was gonna go to all the Texas dates, with a 60$ to 80$ per ticket price range. Choke on a donkey dick Metallica, I'm not going to any of the shows.
Check out the "Enhanced Experience Packages", ranging from 300$ to 2,000$, but you enter the venue using a "Through The Never" gate, through my ass yeah.
Gag on it Metallica, make that donkey happy.

[Adami]

https://www.facebook.com/RoLoadChapter/videos/1750248998334329/

Hope that link works.

Performance without mic issues.

[BlobVanDam]

Can she stand still for more than 2 seconds without going into a skanky stripper routine?

[Adami]

Can she stand still for more than 2 seconds without going into a skanky stripper routine?

I know right?!!? When I see a high energy metal performance, I prefer the musicians to stand still.

[BlobVanDam]

Call me crazy, but I just don't associate cheap hooker dancing with thrash metal. Everything about her performance screamed poser to me. She's got a good voice, but nothing about this fitted together imo.

[Adami]

Oh totally, but this wasn't a pure thrash metal performance. It was Metallica + Lady Gaga. They each added their own personality, and that's hers.

Just like when they played with that pianist kid. I don't associate thrash metal with a guy in a suit, but that's what he brought. So I don't see the problem.

And if I don't have a problem with it, neither can you. Kapish?

[BlobVanDam]

Yeah, this one just didn't work for me, but I do like seeing one off performances of something new and different in principle. The pianist performance I enjoyed. I think my problem with this one is that it felt like she was trying too hard to fit in with them, which felt forced and fake.

[Adami]

Yeah, this one just didn't work for me, but I do like seeing one off performances of something new and different in principle. The pianist performance I enjoyed. I think my problem with this one is that it felt like she was trying too hard to fit in with them, which felt forced and fake.

I can see that. I think the background....whatever they were....people were the worst part. A bunch of people who wouldn't listen to metal if you paid them pretending to be thrashing around. At least Gaga was adding something new like literally leaning on Lars, almost forcing him to stop playing....if only.

[BlobVanDam]

I actually would have preferred it if the other stuff stuck to pop, and let it contrast with the metal. When they're all pretending to be metal, it comes across as almost condescending, like they're badly trying to pander to a sub-culture they don't understand.

[Adami]

I actually would have preferred it if the other stuff stuck to pop, and let it contrast with the metal. When they're all pretending to be metal, it comes across as almost condescending, like they're badly trying to pander to a sub-culture they don't understand.

But........that IS what was happening. So I'd say they succeeded.

[ariich]

In general, perhaps, but I didn't get that impression with Lady Gaga, who I can definitely imagine enjoying a bit of metal.

[Adami]

In general, perhaps, but I didn't get that impression with Lady Gaga, who I can definitely imagine enjoying a bit of metal.

I meant more the Grammy people who put the whole thing together.

[RoeDent]

Umm......what?

https://www.blabbermouth.net/news/lars-ulrich-we-were-talking-about-making-lady-gaga-a-permanent-member-of-metallica/

Humor.

My God I hope so. Can't be too sure these days lol

Do Blabbermouth actually list themselves as a comedy "news" website, because they should. They're masters at taking what are insignificant, passing comments from musicians and blowing them up out of all proportion, making full articles out of them.

[Phoenix87x]

GA tickets for the Texas dates range between $150 and $160, here I was thinking I was gonna go to all the Texas dates, with a 60$ to 80$ per ticket price range. Choke on a donkey dick Metallica, I'm not going to any of the shows.
Check out the "Enhanced Experience Packages", ranging from 300$ to 2,000$, but you enter the venue using a "Through The Never" gate, through my ass yeah.
Gag on it Metallica, make that donkey happy.

Yeah, to hell with them.

 I thought I was gonna see $60, $80 and $100 prices ranges roughly, but nope.  I can't afford this, and especially not for an open air, shitty acoustics, watch em through binoculars bullshit football stadium show. 

I was looking forward to seeing them for the very first time, but it definitely aint happening.

[cfmoran13]

I'm definitely not a Lady Gaga fan.  But, she can certainly sing.  And, at the very least, she appreciates hard music.  There's video footage of her in her Led Zeppelin cover band.  With that being said, I would like to have seen this performance without the idiots "thrashing" in the background and without LG doing the cracked-out stripper moves the whole song.  Waaaaay too spastic and distracting.

[MirrorMask]

Yeah, the people in the background were overkill, almost like someone thought  "Hey, let's show people how rad and badass metal is, let's put there people doing those funny gestures!!!". A desperate attempt to drive the point home organized by people who probably aren't even metalheads, but think to have understood metal.

[ReaperKK]

I agree with the people in the background. That was too much

[cramx3]

I agree with the people in the background. That was too much

Yea, that seemed forced and was just annoying.  I'm fine with Gaga acting like a stripper though.

Also, yea the ticket prices are absurd for this tour. 

[Kotowboy]

I agree with the people in the background. That was too much

Yea, that seemed forced and was just annoying.  I'm fine with Gaga acting like a stripper though.

Also, yea the ticket prices are absurd for this tour.

They are ? I won't be going then.

[cramx3]

I agree with the people in the background. That was too much

Yea, that seemed forced and was just annoying.  I'm fine with Gaga acting like a stripper though.

Also, yea the ticket prices are absurd for this tour.

They are ? I won't be going then.

Cheapest ticket in NJ is $60 before taxes and fees.  That's likely a spot where you can hardly see anything.  The highest ticket price for GA is $160 before fees and shit.  I really want to be on the floor... but that's a bit much for a place so big.  I'm not sure I can convince my friends to pay that much either.

[Kotowboy]

I'll try and get a ticket IF they play Cardiff and IF the ticket isn't ludicrously pricey.

For instance if they play The Millennium Stadium and the ticket is £50 plus fee i'll go.

I might even stay the night in a B&B or hotel so i'm not rushing back.

[mikeyd23]

Tour dates are a disappointment for me personally. First off, they aren't coming within 4 hours of me, and second, stadium shows are usually sucky.