Yeah, so I don't know exactly what it was (setlist maybe?) but Metallica were much better last night than night 1. My gf agreed as we both looked at each other about half way through the set in agreement that the overall vibe was much better. Sound was significantly better too. Crowd seemed way more into it right from the start. And I think starting with three 80s songs really just upped the crowd. There were some nice big mosh pits on the floor, bigger than Friday.
Metallica - Whiskey In The Jar LIVE @ Metlife Stadium East Rutherford NJ 8/6/2023Metallica - Too Far Gone? (LIVE Debut) @ Metlife Stadium East Rutherford NJ 8/6/2023Metallica - Ride The Lightning LIVE @ Metlife Stadium East Rutherford NJ 8/6/2023I think at the end of the day, I'm not a fan of this stage. It's pretty cool and impressive, but it's kind of hard to follow the members on stage. They kind of get lost sometimes in the lights or in the areas that we being blocked by the big stands/screens/speakers surrounding the stage. I get the point of being in the round too. I think it would just work better with a smaller stage and more focus on the band playing together instead of so spread out. I do think it was cool how Lars' drum set played in all four corners of the circle. I didn't know at all how this happened on night 1, but I paid more attention and saw that the drum set does move from underneath the stage. Very cool and you are easily distracted because there's usually some video or intro music playing with the lights off as this happens.
Both nights Kirk and Rob did their doodle together. I honestly think as cool as it is to see some guys just fuck around, it's incredibly boring and uninteresting. What they did last night was terrible. The first night was better, but still. It was the one part of the night where everyone in my section sat down. I also thought it was funny that Rob did the same intro to the doodle both nights as if most of the crowd wasn't there the previous night
As mentioned, I enjoyed the setlist for night 2 better. Blackened may have been the most wild song of the weekend. Biggest mosh pit and crowd went wild for it. Personally, I LOVED getting to see Ride The Lightning. Also since it followed For Whom The Bell Tolls, I think the crowd just was really eating it up and RtL is my favorite Metallica album. I think of the 3x 72 Seasons songs from each night, the 3 from night 2 are more of my favorites than night 1. It was pretty cool to get to see 2 live debuts. The Unforgiven was also awesome. For night 1, I loved King Nothing but it seemed the crowd didn't care too much for it. The Day That Never Comes I could do without, but I was reminded that it really is one of their better songs from that album and I'm glad I got to see it.
Both nights they had these huge blow up balls drop and it was just so much that it was really fun to watch. It's like the band got swarmed with them too on stage. Probably would have been a lot of fun on the floor for those songs.
Contrary to my pictures, not much pyro. Night 1 had pyro for Fuel and thats it. Night 2 had pyro for Moth Into Flame and the intro to One. No fireworks after the show. No actual encores, although both nights were a solid 2 hours. The band did come out after the end to talk to the crowd for a bit both nights, both nights I was already trying to exit the stadium so I didn't catch much of what they had to say.
Overall, awesome weekend. Enjoyed watching the opening bands. I think my tickets came out, per ticket per day after taxes/fess to $93. My seat wasn't great, but certainly not a bad seat. (200 level endzone aisle seats) I thought that was a great value.
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