Funny that this thread is being bumped - I just saw Metallica last night
Monday sunny, Tuesday sunny, today sunny, yesterday rainy... screw my life. But a coworker that was meant to come with me got sick and she couldn't come - I guess that puts things into perspective.
It was a different way to experience a concert in the end - all wrapped up in antirain coats, no photos (but people had phones out anyway, at least for half a gig it didn't rain), a very dramatic atmosphere. I mean, I never ever want to stand in the rain again during a big concert, but it's something to tell about.
Also, it was the most MASSIVE concert I've seen. I've seen Iron Maiden and I've seen them in the same venue but the crowd was insanely big and we were all so pressed, and the stage set is the biggest I've ever seen. Bigger than the Big 4 tour, it was just gigantic.
This is the setlist - AFTER THE LINK I'LL DISCUSS SOME OF THE SONGS SO IF YOU DON'T WANT SPOILER SKIP THE REST OF THE POST.
https://www.setlist.fm/setlist/metallica/2019/ippodromo-del-galoppo-di-san-siro-milan-italy-2390f4af.htmlAll in all a good setlist, they change some songs here and there from show to show but the bulk is the same. I read online that they played Frantic, I'm glad I got St. Anger instead, the best song of that absymal album. And hey, look at how they "apologized" for playing a St. Anger song - the four lethal attack of One + Master + Bells + Creeping Death was mindblowingly awesome
Creeping Death was apocalpytic - all red images on the maxi screens, and it was raining... wonderful experience!
I welcome setlist changes and I'm so, so glad that I got to hear Halo on Fire, but Lords of Summer as first encore? really? a b-side I bet not all people knew? it's the start of the encore, just take advantage of it and start with a song with an intro, such as Battery, Blackened, Fight Fire with Fire or, dunno, literally anything else. I mean, Ride the Lightning and Disposable Heroes get rotated between shows, but Lords of Summer is the fixed first encore. The hell.
Aside from that, great shows, I've seen many complaints online already but I didn't notice any big mistakes, just some double bass missing during One. James was good, some songs he was struggling a bit but all in all he gave a very good performance.
Also Ghost as openers were the icing on the cake, great energetic show from them, it makes up for not seeing them as headliners on this tour!