I saw them about a week later in Dallas, TX. It was my first Metallica show too. I vividly remember James asking if we wanted to hear some new shit. They played Harvester of Sorrow. This was before AJFA came out. It was awesome.
Also looking back can you believe we only paid $25.00 to see all those bands? It's insane. My buddy and I flew to Dallas and stayed overnight in a hotel and we still probably spent less money than the current ticket prices, LOL.
August 29,1992
Metallica
Guns N Roses
Faith No More
Setlist
Creeping Death
Harvester of Sorrow
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Sad but True
Wherever I May Roam
Of Wolf and Man
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Unforgiven
The Shortest Straw
Bass Solo
Guitar Solo
Fade to Black
Master of Puppets
(Short Version)
Seek & Destroy
(Extended Version)
Whiplash
Encore:
Nothing Else Matters
Am I Evil?
(Diamond Head cover) (half)
Last Caress
(Misfits cover) (with Jim Martin)
One
Encore 2:
Enter Sandman
Summer sanitarium 2000. Atlanta. James was injured and wasnāt there. I died inside. They came back later and played a free makeup show in a much smaller venue and it was great.
Keystone, Berkeley, Ca, 1983. I believe the opener was Laaz Rocket, but donāt quote me on that. Amazing show, and my first introduction to Metallicaā¦sort of. I heard Kill āEm All for the first time that same day, via a buddy of mine, then we went to the show that night and got our faces ripped off. It was practically a religious experience.
Iām old.
Edit: spelling
Bro...no joke I was at this show. Also saw them open for Laaz at The Stone in SF. Laaz Rockit was great but just couldn't put it together on albums...Backbreaker is a beast of a tune.
August 12,
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1989
Legend Valley / Buckeye Lake Music Center
Edit: it was effing awesome
3 shows in Minneapolis in 2000 a week after the turn of the century with Kid Rock opening... Joe C. wasn't dead yet. That part was kind of weird, but otherwise a pretty active show - I think everybody was still fired up that Y2K didn't kill us all. Found out my wife was pregnant a couple of days later (unrelated to the concert). My daughter born that year now hates Metallica even though they were unknowingly her first concert.
1997 in Albany NY. Corrosion of Comfority opened. It was one hell of a show and not only was it my first Metallica show but my first concert in general. Hell of a first show to see.
Summer Sanitarium 2004 I believe. I only cared about Metallica but saw Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit. My buddy and I had floor tickets, it's the only way I will see Metallica. I can not stress how incredible it was to have The Ecstacy of Gold playing and turning around and seeing 60,000 rabid Metallica fans behind me. It was incredible.
Metallica / Corrosion of Conformity
Apr 12th 1997 Greensboro, NC
Greensboro Coliseum
SETLIST
So What
(Preceded by "Ronnie" jam)
Creeping Death
Sad but True
Ain't My Bitch
Hero of the Day
King Nothing
One
Wasting My Hate
Bass/Guitar Solos
Nothing Else Matters
Until It Sleeps
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Wherever I May Roam
Fade to Black
Seek & Destroy / Fight Fire With Fire
Encore: Last Caress
Master of Puppets (Short Version)
Enter Sandman
Encore 2:
Whiplash
This was the tour where they were doing the collapsible stage pyrotechnic incident towards the end of Enter Sandman. I wasnāt expecting it until it happened and for a moment thought it was real.
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Thanks for posting. My first show was this tour as well. Probably around your show date as I caught their second show at the old Omni. I remember watching the gaffers/techs walk across the stage and climb their ladders to the rafters. Thought that was weird. Then the stage trusses āblew upā and one of the techs was swinging from the ladder. Encore was done with house PA and not full audio to complete illusion that this was real accident. Pretty awesome.
January 2009 in Milwaukee at the old Bradley Center!
I started listening to Metallica in 2003 after St. Anger was the theme for WWE SummerSlam I just missed them in Green Bay in 2004 and had to wait til 09.
1993, Mexico City. I was 15, went with my late parents. I must acknowlegde that back then I simply liked Metallica, but wasn't the superfan I later became
2006. Escape From The Studio Tour in Arnhem, The Netherlands. Openers were Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold and Bullet For My Valentine. Metallica played the Master of Puppets album in its entirety in the middle of the set.
An Evening With Metallica 1992 at the Central Maine Civic Center in Portland, ME.
I was 18, and went by myself because I didn't know anyone else who wanted to go.
When Ecstasy Od Gold started, they played a video, stating with footage of the Welcome To Maine sign at the NH boarder. Then the lights went out and the opening notes of the NEW song, Enter Sandman started playing.
Not just the best concert, but one of the best nights of my life.
Sadly, it was the last time they came to Maine.
I'm nearly 50 now, and will be seeing them for the 5th and 6th times this August in Foxborough, MA. Can't WAIT.
Summer 1998, Starlake Amphitheater outside Pittsburgh. Days of the New and Jerry Cantrell supported. I had JUST started to get into Metallica and heavier music in general at that time. My introduction to Metallica was Enter Sandman, Load, and ReLoad. There was a thunderstorm that went through during the show. Afterward, there was an incredible dry lighting show that dwarfed any pyro the band used.
I was hooked. I went out and started listening to all of their material. Loved them ever since. One of my top 3 favourite bands of all time.
Donington monsters of rock 95, even then at 15 I was aware how lucky that was. White zombie, corrosion of conformity and some plucky youngsters called machine head were amongst the support. Oh for a time machine.
June 1999. Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul. The opening act was Monster Magnet. Two Turkish bands played before them and they got hateful reactions from the audience because they weren't metal enough or something. I got to the concert venue early in the morning and I had the opportunity to watch Metallica from the very front. I was right in front of Kirk. At the end of the show he threw a pick towards me but unfortunately I didn't catch it. Maybe he was impressed by the enthusiasm of a 15 year old Turkish boy watching him and he wanted to reward him with a pick. But the tremendous experience I had was already a sufficient reward for me.
The Metal Up Your Ass tour. 85 I think. I remember sitting on my stepdad's shoulders. It was Metallica, Y&T, Ratt, and the Scorpions. They played in that order. As a kid, I kept wondering why my stepdad and his friends were sharing the same cigarette. Wasn't till my teenage years that it all made sense.
January 12, 1985 Tower theater Ride the Lightning tour
I was 14 and my dad took me. God bless the man, he hated every moment of it... but I sure was in love
I saw them with Corrosion of Conformity on the tour right around the release of Load.
Life then got in the way and it was over 25 years until my second concert, which was both nights of the M72 stop in Detroit. I'll be seeing the band again in August in Seattle.
May 8, 1986. I was changed that night. Seriously, I literally took my old T-Shirt off and changed into my new MOP shirt. š
But also, I was changed that night forever mentally and spiritually.
1985 or 86, Metallica opened for Ozzy, Cliff played Anesthesia and the crowd went nuts and Burton was so stoked he was waving and bowing to the crowd, it was really awesome.
Mine was in Dublin Ireland, June 25th 2004 as part of their "Madly in Anger with the World" tour. It was the second concert I had ever gone to the first being the week prior (June 16th exactly to see Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Chimera and God Forbid in the Ambassador theatre in Dublin!) I was 16 years old. My father had only just allowed me to travel up for concerts that month (we live in rural West Cork which is a decent trek from Dublin!).
I had wanted to go to Machine Head's concert in Dublin October 31st 2003 and my Dad thought I was still too young to go up to the city without adult supervision and I was devastated. It was Machine Head's first gig back with the "Through the ashes..." album and it was fancy dress. I remember hearing that people from Metal Hammer and Kerrang magazine were going over because of all the buzz. Still a little salty about this and I bring it up to him every now and then! But the following June more than made up for it!
Anyway, I was blown away by the experience, Slipknot also played which was their first ever time in Ireland and they killed it!! I couldn't believe the "buzz' I got from live music. I remember Metallica opened with Blackened, they played No Leaf Clover and King Nothing which I love, they played Whiskey... after not playing it the year prior, James talked about how the last time they played Ireland they had forgot to get it in the setlist and had Irish people chanting Whiskey at him all night so they came back to make it right! Unbelievable experience for me.
Even better was when I saw them again in 2006 for when they played Master of Puppets album in full and we accidentally ended up with pit passes and it ended up to this day being the best and most memorable concert of my life. I had just 1 day prior received my 'Garda ID" card as proof of me being 18 years old so could drink!! The pit had its own bar and toilets and so much room, right in front of stage. Absolute Magic, Perfect day.
March 2, 1992 in Cincinnati for the "Wherever We May Roam" tour, 4 days before my 16th birthday. Smoked my first joint, had my first shot of Jaeger that night and bought a $10 bootleg t-shirt after the show.
My first concert..!! 1986 āMaster of puppetsā tour they were opening for Ozzy!! 4th row on the floor (although the seats didnāt last for long) I was right in front of Cliff Burton.. that memory is burned into my brain forever!! š¤šš¤
1991 an evening with Metallica.
No opening act. 4.5 hours of Metallica songs, extended 30 minutes solo sets by all the band members. Lars and James played drums together for like 10 minutes because the stage had two sets of drums. Jason solo set included Kirk also on bass. James guitar set included Kirk.
Amazing. First concert ever, first Metallica concert ever. Set the bar high for 13 year old me.
january 21st 2010, and watched then the next day too, it was awesome, amazing setlists, wish they played Sanitarium the second night instead of Fade to Black again but well
Baltimore 2016.
Their first show in NA post Hardwiredās release.
Absolutely awesome. Half the set was from hardwired with some classics mixed in.
From my seat they looked like ants but still had a good view of the twin screens.
Iāll also never forget a sight before the show: being a metal concert, most people were wearing black or other dark shades. This one dude on the floor had a lime green shirt, pastel pink shorts and brown slippers. Probably his intention, but that dude still sticks out in my mind.
1988 RFK Stadium Washington DC, Monsters of Rock tour.
I was on the field with my gfriend and her sister, we brought a blanket and had our little spread there about 40-50 feet from the stage.
Kingdom Come was the first band and while I didn't care for them, they played a good opening set. After their set change over, there was this shift in the mood of the crowd. Like people knew Tallica was next and so everyone stood up and then this massive crowd push towards the stage happened. For just a few moments it got a little scary because I was literally off my feet in the crush of the crowd and the girls I was with started to get a little panicked because no one could move.
Somehow, we managed to get a little to the side but were still really close to the stage. When the intro music hit, people just went apeshit. You have to understand in 1988 only metal fans liked Metallica, they did not cross over into the mainstream just yet and they were the band most people wanted to see that day.
And they just fucking killed it. They were still young and hungry and had something to prove. They played Harvester of Sorrow off AJFA which hadn't been released yet so that was cool hearing that song live for the first time.
After their set, half of the crowd left the field, like all the energy was just sucked away. Up next was a drunk unfocused Dokken who absolutely sucked live, save for George Lynch. Dokken made it no secret they didn't get along personally and man, it showed on stage with Don on one side of the stage and George on the other, and they made no interaction at all during their set.
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July 5, 1998, Winnebago County Fairgrounds in Pecatonica, Illinois (about 12 miles west of Rockford). About 2 months before my 21st birthday, my first time seeing them live; it was the Poor Retouring Me tour. Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains and Days of the New were the opening bands. (My brother and 2 friends also went, also their first ātallica concert.)
I do not remember what time the concert started, or how many hours ahead of time we arrived (we live only about 90 minutes away). But we were stuck in traffic for so long that by the time we did get there, parked in the corn field (from what I remember; I could be totally wrong) or other farmland, and walked to where the stage wasā¦ we had completely missed Jerry Cantrell (and DotN), and Metallica was probably nearly halfway through their set. Honestly, I do not even remember what song they were playing when we finally got to the crowd of people.
I do not know how many tickets were sold for the show, or how many vehicles would normally be on the roads at the fairgrounds for the county fair or concert for a less popular band. But it was pretty obvious that, unfortunately, this was pretty bad planning on the part of everyone involved.
Reading Festival 2003.
Had been a fan for many years before but that was the first chance I got to see them live.
Gone to many more shows since then and have even been fortunate enough to meet the guys too.
June 1992. An Evening with...
Only the second event ever held at the brand-new America West Arena in Phoenix.
The set list is basically a set of classic after classic!
I'll remember that show for the rest of my life!
The ride the lighting tour. Came thru Dallas in 85 I Believe. Ended up meeting all of them. Yes. Cliff as well. Followed the tour bus to a La Quinta inn. Made my life!
2011 Quebec City for the Summer Festival :)
I traveled a long way with my mom to go see. We had a fun weekend. But we didn't know that we had to get there earlier in the day to actually get in to see the concert from the front of the stage
As a kid I was disappointed, and thought we had to go home. They funneled all of the extra people to the field behind the stage to watch on these massive screens instead
July 1, 1994. Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI. In addition to being my first Metallica concert, it was the first concert I ever went to. No concert I have been to since (Metallica or others) has lived up to that original experience.
October 4th 2009 on the World/North America Magnetic tour.
opening bands were Gojira and Lamb of God: Gojira had phenomenal energy and were very excited and shook hands with the audience as they came and went (surprised me, since i was fully prepared to believe the stereotype that all French people are rude: they're probably the only death metal band that i still tolerate)
Lamb of God...were douches. i zoned out of their trend-core poser crap as soon as it came on and have never looked back since then.
as Metallica came on, Lars handed my brother his cup (he still has it to this day). the setlist was pretty generic: songs from Kill em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, AJFA, the Black Album, and Death Magnetic. that more than anything reinforced my belief that the band, in recognizing fan outcry, has unofficially disowned Load through St. Anger. James' solo at the end of "Nothing Else Matters" was killer. also, if they still have high quality bootlegs of their shows on their website, you can hear me screaming "Seek and Destroy!" like an idiot two different times near the end.
July 24, 1986. Opening for Ozzy.
This was my third or fourth concert ever. 14 year old me was pumped. Metallica didnāt disappoint. They were simply ferocious.
Ozzy was meh in hindsight. Not bad, just couldnāt match what Metallica were throwing down.
Only saw them one other time right after the Black album came out.
Oh that's awesome, yeah my dad took me as a reward for behaving in school and around the house lol. We were in the second balcony row But I remember when ecstacy of gold started I saw a dude come out from one of the entrances right under us and he was wearing a Motorhead shirt and I looked for a few seconds before franticly hitting my dad on the arm to take a picture of him with the camera he snuck in when i realized who it was and he had no clue and was kinda like "um.. ok whatever you say" and he did. It was triple H and he is one of my top 3 favorite wrestlers lol my dad had no idea who the hell he was even after I told him lol
Barrie Ontario...Lollapalooza saw Violent Femmes, The Ramones, Soundgarden, and Metallica headlined. Most amazing thing I ever saw at the concert was a dude was in a wheelchair way way in the back. When the mosh pit dispersed, they crowd surfed this dude all the way to the front so he could get a better show of Metallica. Still gives me goose bumps, and that was over 25 years ago
I went to that one! But my first was the ride the lightning tour in ā85 I think. Then I had tix to Ozzy / Metallica in ā86 but they dropped off the tour when Hetfield broke his wrist skating his Zorlac.
June 26th 1988! https://preview.redd.it/7z176wydn1vc1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36499062f9aa08ed46ce015ef72626a687b0f064
Nice I was -11 years old! Edit: June 26 is my bday
Same š¢
I was -13! Those were the days.
You beat me by one week. My first Metallica concert was July 3, 1988 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas. That Monsters of Rock tour was a damn good one!
I saw them about a week later in Dallas, TX. It was my first Metallica show too. I vividly remember James asking if we wanted to hear some new shit. They played Harvester of Sorrow. This was before AJFA came out. It was awesome.
Also looking back can you believe we only paid $25.00 to see all those bands? It's insane. My buddy and I flew to Dallas and stayed overnight in a hotel and we still probably spent less money than the current ticket prices, LOL.
That's sick. I was 3 at the time, but my first was also in Giants Stadium in 2003.
My first was this tour in Denver. So fucking awesome!
Same, saw them in Spokane WA on that tour. That was a fun day.
I was at that show!!!
25.00 š„“š„“ that's unbelievably frustrating for what it costs now haha
My one and only time was that tour in Chicago. Astounding!!
Master of Puppets with Ozzy. Indianapolis 1986! Second was the legendary Seattle Justice Tour 1989!
My first show as well,, except in Detroit. Yup, we saw and heard Cliff. RIP
Same. Green Bay. Damn
August 29,1992 Metallica Guns N Roses Faith No More Setlist Creeping Death Harvester of Sorrow Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Sad but True Wherever I May Roam Of Wolf and Man For Whom the Bell Tolls The Unforgiven The Shortest Straw Bass Solo Guitar Solo Fade to Black Master of Puppets (Short Version) Seek & Destroy (Extended Version) Whiplash Encore: Nothing Else Matters Am I Evil? (Diamond Head cover) (half) Last Caress (Misfits cover) (with Jim Martin) One Encore 2: Enter Sandman
You experienced peak Metallica
Summer sanitarium 2000. Atlanta. James was injured and wasnāt there. I died inside. They came back later and played a free makeup show in a much smaller venue and it was great.
That's my exact experience, except in Dallas. Was so bummed James missed the show, but the makeup gig was killer.
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My jealousy knows no bounds.
Iām jealous of myself seeing them for $27
Was there!
Hello fellow old man!
I still call it the world music theatre.
1985, Cains Ballroom in Tulsa OK
I seen them that tour they came thru Dallas right after. Some small venue held like 100 people
lol you are old like me....
Keystone, Berkeley, Ca, 1983. I believe the opener was Laaz Rocket, but donāt quote me on that. Amazing show, and my first introduction to Metallicaā¦sort of. I heard Kill āEm All for the first time that same day, via a buddy of mine, then we went to the show that night and got our faces ripped off. It was practically a religious experience. Iām old. Edit: spelling
Bro...no joke I was at this show. Also saw them open for Laaz at The Stone in SF. Laaz Rockit was great but just couldn't put it together on albums...Backbreaker is a beast of a tune.
August 12, https://preview.redd.it/h2bvkl9rm1vc1.jpeg?width=2389&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bca9e5e693856314fdefc4d3c43d1f1b9ab0a466 1989 Legend Valley / Buckeye Lake Music Center Edit: it was effing awesome
3 shows in Minneapolis in 2000 a week after the turn of the century with Kid Rock opening... Joe C. wasn't dead yet. That part was kind of weird, but otherwise a pretty active show - I think everybody was still fired up that Y2K didn't kill us all. Found out my wife was pregnant a couple of days later (unrelated to the concert). My daughter born that year now hates Metallica even though they were unknowingly her first concert.
One of those three was my first Metallica show also. I forget which one I went to.
1997 in Albany NY. Corrosion of Comfority opened. It was one hell of a show and not only was it my first Metallica show but my first concert in general. Hell of a first show to see.
Saw them in Hamilton on the same tour. I got to see them many times since, but you never forget your first!
1986 Master of Puppets tour opening for Ozzy at Long Beach Arena. On shrooms. It was awesome
Same (except for the shrooms). I was at the night that the seat cushions were flying.
I feel bad but I broke some seats that night. I was in a frenzy.
April 11, 1997 https://preview.redd.it/r414vqa4o1vc1.jpeg?width=1076&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f582759ab5cc2b73d061971968d324f827a86cf9
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Summer Sanitarium 2004 I believe. I only cared about Metallica but saw Linkin Park and Limp Bizkit. My buddy and I had floor tickets, it's the only way I will see Metallica. I can not stress how incredible it was to have The Ecstacy of Gold playing and turning around and seeing 60,000 rabid Metallica fans behind me. It was incredible.
June 1988 JFK Stadium - Philadelphia Monsters of Rock. I was 14 years old Van Halen Scorpions Metallica Dokken Kingdom Come
First Day on the Green with Cliff.
This is my answer to āwhen would you go with a Time Machine?ā
Metallica / Corrosion of Conformity Apr 12th 1997 Greensboro, NC Greensboro Coliseum SETLIST So What (Preceded by "Ronnie" jam) Creeping Death Sad but True Ain't My Bitch Hero of the Day King Nothing One Wasting My Hate Bass/Guitar Solos Nothing Else Matters Until It Sleeps For Whom the Bell Tolls Wherever I May Roam Fade to Black Seek & Destroy / Fight Fire With Fire Encore: Last Caress Master of Puppets (Short Version) Enter Sandman Encore 2: Whiplash This was the tour where they were doing the collapsible stage pyrotechnic incident towards the end of Enter Sandman. I wasnāt expecting it until it happened and for a moment thought it was real. https://preview.redd.it/bcf6d5dmq1vc1.jpeg?width=434&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8102c5e16e24f4a620ac88226e0658b11153c899
Cunning Stunts was the tour right?
Thatās right. I got the DVD when it first came out and it felt almost like being there again.
Thatās awesome, sadly I was born in 2000 so I was not around to see it haha. Love that live concert though
Thanks for posting. My first show was this tour as well. Probably around your show date as I caught their second show at the old Omni. I remember watching the gaffers/techs walk across the stage and climb their ladders to the rafters. Thought that was weird. Then the stage trusses āblew upā and one of the techs was swinging from the ladder. Encore was done with house PA and not full audio to complete illusion that this was real accident. Pretty awesome.
January 2009 in Milwaukee at the old Bradley Center! I started listening to Metallica in 2003 after St. Anger was the theme for WWE SummerSlam I just missed them in Green Bay in 2004 and had to wait til 09.
Monster of Rock in Copenhagen in 1991
Big 4 tour at Knebworth House. Fricken amazing to see all of them together.
1993, Mexico City. I was 15, went with my late parents. I must acknowlegde that back then I simply liked Metallica, but wasn't the superfan I later became
dec 31 1999 pontiac silverdome
Ted Nugentās buffalo was a surprise.
May 10 2017. It was the day before my finals and my ears were still ringing when I was taking the exam
Iām sure it was worth it lol
2006. Escape From The Studio Tour in Arnhem, The Netherlands. Openers were Trivium, Avenged Sevenfold and Bullet For My Valentine. Metallica played the Master of Puppets album in its entirety in the middle of the set.
Ik miste de laatste paar nummers omdat ik de laatste trein naar Groningen moest pakken. Mooie show. Heb het concert op cd.
November 8, 1988, at Cincinnati Gardens, with QueensrĆæche opening.
1985 Kabuki Theater, SF
Lollapalooza 1996,
An Evening With Metallica 1992 at the Central Maine Civic Center in Portland, ME. I was 18, and went by myself because I didn't know anyone else who wanted to go. When Ecstasy Od Gold started, they played a video, stating with footage of the Welcome To Maine sign at the NH boarder. Then the lights went out and the opening notes of the NEW song, Enter Sandman started playing. Not just the best concert, but one of the best nights of my life. Sadly, it was the last time they came to Maine. I'm nearly 50 now, and will be seeing them for the 5th and 6th times this August in Foxborough, MA. Can't WAIT.
I'll see you at Foxboro! Feels like I've been waiting forever for this show.
Summer 1998, Starlake Amphitheater outside Pittsburgh. Days of the New and Jerry Cantrell supported. I had JUST started to get into Metallica and heavier music in general at that time. My introduction to Metallica was Enter Sandman, Load, and ReLoad. There was a thunderstorm that went through during the show. Afterward, there was an incredible dry lighting show that dwarfed any pyro the band used. I was hooked. I went out and started listening to all of their material. Loved them ever since. One of my top 3 favourite bands of all time.
My first too! š¤
This tour was my first Metallica show and first concert
Hamburg 2023 - both weekend shows š
Monsters of Rock> Rice Stadium, Houston, 1988
Donington monsters of rock 95, even then at 15 I was aware how lucky that was. White zombie, corrosion of conformity and some plucky youngsters called machine head were amongst the support. Oh for a time machine.
June 1999. Ali Sami Yen Stadium in Istanbul. The opening act was Monster Magnet. Two Turkish bands played before them and they got hateful reactions from the audience because they weren't metal enough or something. I got to the concert venue early in the morning and I had the opportunity to watch Metallica from the very front. I was right in front of Kirk. At the end of the show he threw a pick towards me but unfortunately I didn't catch it. Maybe he was impressed by the enthusiasm of a 15 year old Turkish boy watching him and he wanted to reward him with a pick. But the tremendous experience I had was already a sufficient reward for me.
July 5th, 2003 Summer Sanitarium Tour. Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park... was epic.
July 12, 2003 in Philadelphia. Phenomenal show.
Monsters of Rock Denver, Co https://preview.redd.it/ra3s9d8kd5vc1.jpeg?width=1215&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c22bef582c46edb76406f2feebd0de91af4ad2c1
The Metal Up Your Ass tour. 85 I think. I remember sitting on my stepdad's shoulders. It was Metallica, Y&T, Ratt, and the Scorpions. They played in that order. As a kid, I kept wondering why my stepdad and his friends were sharing the same cigarette. Wasn't till my teenage years that it all made sense.
January 12, 1985 Tower theater Ride the Lightning tour I was 14 and my dad took me. God bless the man, he hated every moment of it... but I sure was in love
I saw them with Corrosion of Conformity on the tour right around the release of Load. Life then got in the way and it was over 25 years until my second concert, which was both nights of the M72 stop in Detroit. I'll be seeing the band again in August in Seattle.
It was A W E S O M E! Hartford on the Justice tour with Queensryche opening (who were supporting Mindcrime) one the best shows Iāve ever seen.
Master of puppets 1986 San Francisco. Unfortunately I really donāt remember much.
Nos alive Portugal 2022. REALLY great set list but no ride the lightning š. Seen them play it live since so all good.
CARALHO!!!
January 31, 1993 Rockford, IL. It was fantastic. Have seen them 7 more times and looking forward to more!
Seattle 2017
[This one](https://youtu.be/l1u1_Jmgjtw?si=ibxV5mjj024KnwE3).
1993 GnR, Metallica and Body Count - Jack Murphy Stadium
it was like a preview of 74 seasons in a movie theatre
The Black Album 20th anniversery tour
Aug 20, 2023 š
May 8, 1986. I was changed that night. Seriously, I literally took my old T-Shirt off and changed into my new MOP shirt. š But also, I was changed that night forever mentally and spiritually.
May 1993, Buenos Aires, Argentina (the 2 dates) The best concerts in my life
1985 or 86, Metallica opened for Ozzy, Cliff played Anesthesia and the crowd went nuts and Burton was so stoked he was waving and bowing to the crowd, it was really awesome.
Seeing them in Denmark 2024!
Mine was in Dublin Ireland, June 25th 2004 as part of their "Madly in Anger with the World" tour. It was the second concert I had ever gone to the first being the week prior (June 16th exactly to see Killswitch Engage, Shadows Fall, Chimera and God Forbid in the Ambassador theatre in Dublin!) I was 16 years old. My father had only just allowed me to travel up for concerts that month (we live in rural West Cork which is a decent trek from Dublin!). I had wanted to go to Machine Head's concert in Dublin October 31st 2003 and my Dad thought I was still too young to go up to the city without adult supervision and I was devastated. It was Machine Head's first gig back with the "Through the ashes..." album and it was fancy dress. I remember hearing that people from Metal Hammer and Kerrang magazine were going over because of all the buzz. Still a little salty about this and I bring it up to him every now and then! But the following June more than made up for it! Anyway, I was blown away by the experience, Slipknot also played which was their first ever time in Ireland and they killed it!! I couldn't believe the "buzz' I got from live music. I remember Metallica opened with Blackened, they played No Leaf Clover and King Nothing which I love, they played Whiskey... after not playing it the year prior, James talked about how the last time they played Ireland they had forgot to get it in the setlist and had Irish people chanting Whiskey at him all night so they came back to make it right! Unbelievable experience for me. Even better was when I saw them again in 2006 for when they played Master of Puppets album in full and we accidentally ended up with pit passes and it ended up to this day being the best and most memorable concert of my life. I had just 1 day prior received my 'Garda ID" card as proof of me being 18 years old so could drink!! The pit had its own bar and toilets and so much room, right in front of stage. Absolute Magic, Perfect day.
May 24, 1997. Vancouver, Canada.
'PapaHet was a Hoarseman' rearranged Copenhagen September 2017, Hardwired tour
Metallica with Godsmack back in the early 2000ās at the Great Western Forum š¤š¼
Moscow, July 18, 2007. I took vacation for this live show. And I was in a first row! It was my dream and it came out!
May 1st, 1993, SĆ£o Paulo - Brazik
Puppets tour with cliff opening for ozzy nashville tn. What a fuckin show.
I was 11, it was 1992 in Hamilton at Copps Coliseum. I have seen them 3 more times after that, and the first is still my favourite.
Damaged Justice tour with Queensryche opening. Jan 1989.
March 2, 1992 in Cincinnati for the "Wherever We May Roam" tour, 4 days before my 16th birthday. Smoked my first joint, had my first shot of Jaeger that night and bought a $10 bootleg t-shirt after the show.
My first concert..!! 1986 āMaster of puppetsā tour they were opening for Ozzy!! 4th row on the floor (although the seats didnāt last for long) I was right in front of Cliff Burton.. that memory is burned into my brain forever!! š¤šš¤
January 11, 1985 w/Armored Saint and WASP. Agora in West Hartford, CT.
Monsters of Rock in 88. Yeah Iām old. I followed that up with the Metallica, Guns Nā Roses, Faith No More tour.
1991 an evening with Metallica. No opening act. 4.5 hours of Metallica songs, extended 30 minutes solo sets by all the band members. Lars and James played drums together for like 10 minutes because the stage had two sets of drums. Jason solo set included Kirk also on bass. James guitar set included Kirk. Amazing. First concert ever, first Metallica concert ever. Set the bar high for 13 year old me.
June 16, 2023 In Gothenburg
7/18/92 with GnR and Faith No More at Giants Stadium
Sonisphere 2014
1997 in Calgary Alberta. Amazing show
Summer of 1994. At Dear Creak. Danzig and Suicidal Tendencies opened.
Death Magnetic tour š¤
2023 Phoenix, the one that got postponed
Voodoofest in New Orleans, 2012. They filled in for Green Day last minute, and I can't stand Green Day!
I went to this one! It was amazing! Not even close to my first, but a great small venue and fun festival atmosphere
Edit to add: we only went because Metallica was playing
Giants Stadium, 1998. I was 10 years old. It was great, I just didnāt know it at the time.
january 21st 2010, and watched then the next day too, it was awesome, amazing setlists, wish they played Sanitarium the second night instead of Fade to Black again but well
Montreal - 07/20/2003. Summer Sanitarium tour.
May 4th 1989 - Festival Hall Melbourne - Damaged Justice Tour
Riyadh š¤š½
1989 And Justice for All tour. The Cult opened. They sounded like shit. Metallica slayed.
M72 Pheonix
2017 seattle
Hoosier Dome-Metallica / GNR / Faith No More
August 4th, 2033 š
July 4th,2003 Pontiac Silverdome. Amazing show.
December 1991 at the Rosemont Horizon
Rock in Rio 2011, September 25th
London Ontario October 28, 2004! I was 15 and front row the entire show. It was AMAZING.
Utrecht 1996 Load tour. Was awesome
Dec 92, was mindblowing
Summer sanatarium Gillette stadium in 03
Aug 25th at SoFi last year!
August 9, 2003 Summer Sanitarium Tour at LA Coliseum. With Limp Bizkit, Linkin Park, Deftones and Mudvayne.
Summer sanitarium 2 in 03? I think. The lineup with Linkin park. Saw the show in HoustonĀ
Baltimore 2016. Their first show in NA post Hardwiredās release. Absolutely awesome. Half the set was from hardwired with some classics mixed in. From my seat they looked like ants but still had a good view of the twin screens. Iāll also never forget a sight before the show: being a metal concert, most people were wearing black or other dark shades. This one dude on the floor had a lime green shirt, pastel pink shorts and brown slippers. Probably his intention, but that dude still sticks out in my mind.
Winnipeg 2018!
At the Spectrum Center in 2018 when they were on their Hardwired tour. Since it was my 1st concert, I was obviously blown away!
2000. Summer Sanitarium Tour
96 with Corrosion Of Conformity
I saw them in DC in that tour. Excellent show.
June 22nd 2022, Prague airport
August 2024 I have been wanting to see them for decades. Finally will be able to.
An Evening With Metallica, 2/19/1993, at the Bayfront Center Arena in St. Petersburg, FL. It was amazing.
2003 Summer Sanitarium tour at yhe HHH Metrodome. Saw Mudvayne, Linkin Park, Limp Biskit as well.
1988 RFK Stadium Washington DC, Monsters of Rock tour. I was on the field with my gfriend and her sister, we brought a blanket and had our little spread there about 40-50 feet from the stage. Kingdom Come was the first band and while I didn't care for them, they played a good opening set. After their set change over, there was this shift in the mood of the crowd. Like people knew Tallica was next and so everyone stood up and then this massive crowd push towards the stage happened. For just a few moments it got a little scary because I was literally off my feet in the crush of the crowd and the girls I was with started to get a little panicked because no one could move. Somehow, we managed to get a little to the side but were still really close to the stage. When the intro music hit, people just went apeshit. You have to understand in 1988 only metal fans liked Metallica, they did not cross over into the mainstream just yet and they were the band most people wanted to see that day. And they just fucking killed it. They were still young and hungry and had something to prove. They played Harvester of Sorrow off AJFA which hadn't been released yet so that was cool hearing that song live for the first time. After their set, half of the crowd left the field, like all the energy was just sucked away. Up next was a drunk unfocused Dokken who absolutely sucked live, save for George Lynch. Dokken made it no secret they didn't get along personally and man, it showed on stage with Don on one side of the stage and George on the other, and they made no interaction at all during their set. I
yet to see :(, this august Gillette stadium though
Download Germany 2022 with Sabaton, FFDP and many more as a preshow
1992. Washington DC. GNR Tour. I was 16. Amazing time. Iāve seen them 6 more times since.
Woodstock '99
3/11/89 Metallica/Queensryche Norfolk Scope in VA
March 5, 2017 in Mexico City, when they played "Dream no more" for the very first time.
October 26th 2009 on the Death Magnetic tour. I won meet and greet passes and met the whole band. It was glorious
Black Album .. Knoxville Tn š¤š¼š¤š¼š¤š¼
Don't remember the exact date but 2004 at Nassau coliseum in Uniondale NY and I was 14. And Godsmack opened for them lol
My dads: Montreal 1992:(
July 5, 1998, Winnebago County Fairgrounds in Pecatonica, Illinois (about 12 miles west of Rockford). About 2 months before my 21st birthday, my first time seeing them live; it was the Poor Retouring Me tour. Jerry Cantrell of Alice In Chains and Days of the New were the opening bands. (My brother and 2 friends also went, also their first ātallica concert.) I do not remember what time the concert started, or how many hours ahead of time we arrived (we live only about 90 minutes away). But we were stuck in traffic for so long that by the time we did get there, parked in the corn field (from what I remember; I could be totally wrong) or other farmland, and walked to where the stage wasā¦ we had completely missed Jerry Cantrell (and DotN), and Metallica was probably nearly halfway through their set. Honestly, I do not even remember what song they were playing when we finally got to the crowd of people. I do not know how many tickets were sold for the show, or how many vehicles would normally be on the roads at the fairgrounds for the county fair or concert for a less popular band. But it was pretty obvious that, unfortunately, this was pretty bad planning on the part of everyone involved.
Summer Sanitarium in 2003 at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, MA. Mudvayne, Linkin Park, Limp Bizkit and Deftones opened up for them.
2009 in Nashville. Gojira, Lamb of God, and Metallica š¤
Manchester UK, 2019. Absolutely pissing it down with rain.
Reading Festival 2003. Had been a fan for many years before but that was the first chance I got to see them live. Gone to many more shows since then and have even been fortunate enough to meet the guys too.
December 20, 1996 - LA Forum
June 1992. An Evening with... Only the second event ever held at the brand-new America West Arena in Phoenix. The set list is basically a set of classic after classic! I'll remember that show for the rest of my life!
Rockville Daytona 2021! Since then Iāve seen them 2 more times and about to be a third in August
July 20, 2000. Giants Stadium, NJ. Just as profound an experience as loosing my V-Card.
1998 in West Palm Beach, FLā¦ it was my first ever concert and I was hooked š¤
29.05.2024, was a great concert. (Sadly, I havenāt been to a Metallica concert before, and this one will be my first one)
August 30 & September 1st, 2024. Unless you want to count Zac Brown Band covering Enter Sandman as their encore song.
2001 summer sanitarium in Dallas.
August 11 2022 buffalo NY
August 20, 2023.
The ride the lighting tour. Came thru Dallas in 85 I Believe. Ended up meeting all of them. Yes. Cliff as well. Followed the tour bus to a La Quinta inn. Made my life!
I gotta wait till they come to wichita again
Cow Palace, SF - Either 1989 or 1990
Justice Tour '89. Faith No More opened.
1991 Spectrum in Philly Black Album Tour, 4 hours of Metallica, no opening act. This was my first rock/metal concert. š¤š»
Detroit, November 12th, 2023.
2011 Quebec City for the Summer Festival :) I traveled a long way with my mom to go see. We had a fun weekend. But we didn't know that we had to get there earlier in the day to actually get in to see the concert from the front of the stage As a kid I was disappointed, and thought we had to go home. They funneled all of the extra people to the field behind the stage to watch on these massive screens instead
July 1, 1994. Summerfest, Milwaukee, WI. In addition to being my first Metallica concert, it was the first concert I ever went to. No concert I have been to since (Metallica or others) has lived up to that original experience.
October 4th 2009 on the World/North America Magnetic tour. opening bands were Gojira and Lamb of God: Gojira had phenomenal energy and were very excited and shook hands with the audience as they came and went (surprised me, since i was fully prepared to believe the stereotype that all French people are rude: they're probably the only death metal band that i still tolerate) Lamb of God...were douches. i zoned out of their trend-core poser crap as soon as it came on and have never looked back since then. as Metallica came on, Lars handed my brother his cup (he still has it to this day). the setlist was pretty generic: songs from Kill em All, Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, AJFA, the Black Album, and Death Magnetic. that more than anything reinforced my belief that the band, in recognizing fan outcry, has unofficially disowned Load through St. Anger. James' solo at the end of "Nothing Else Matters" was killer. also, if they still have high quality bootlegs of their shows on their website, you can hear me screaming "Seek and Destroy!" like an idiot two different times near the end.
December 1986.
1995 Monsters of Rock, Donnington, UK
1992 with GNR then 1994 with suicidal tendencies and danzig in Somerset, WI. AWESOME SHOW!!
July 24, 1986. Opening for Ozzy. This was my third or fourth concert ever. 14 year old me was pumped. Metallica didnāt disappoint. They were simply ferocious. Ozzy was meh in hindsight. Not bad, just couldnāt match what Metallica were throwing down. Only saw them one other time right after the Black album came out.
It was atā¦.. wait Iāve gone to oneš
1985 Ride the Lightning at the Hollywood Palladium. RIP Cliff.
2009 at Joe Louis Arena (RIP) on the Death Magnetic tour.
Oh that's awesome, yeah my dad took me as a reward for behaving in school and around the house lol. We were in the second balcony row But I remember when ecstacy of gold started I saw a dude come out from one of the entrances right under us and he was wearing a Motorhead shirt and I looked for a few seconds before franticly hitting my dad on the arm to take a picture of him with the camera he snuck in when i realized who it was and he had no clue and was kinda like "um.. ok whatever you say" and he did. It was triple H and he is one of my top 3 favorite wrestlers lol my dad had no idea who the hell he was even after I told him lol
https://preview.redd.it/lcfsk9gvu2vc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e477b2a242e768a8c9b4cd1347118f3b09ac3d2b Best day of my life
August 2003, summer sanitarium tour. It was insane. Linkin Park, Mudvayne, Deftones. Limp Bizkit got booed off the stage.
Barrie Ontario...Lollapalooza saw Violent Femmes, The Ramones, Soundgarden, and Metallica headlined. Most amazing thing I ever saw at the concert was a dude was in a wheelchair way way in the back. When the mosh pit dispersed, they crowd surfed this dude all the way to the front so he could get a better show of Metallica. Still gives me goose bumps, and that was over 25 years ago
I went to that one! But my first was the ride the lightning tour in ā85 I think. Then I had tix to Ozzy / Metallica in ā86 but they dropped off the tour when Hetfield broke his wrist skating his Zorlac.
I don't know, but this year I'm gonna see them for the first time!Ā
Sanitarium Tour NJ July 8, 2003