Volbeat was best of show.........Avenged Sevenfold was ok (they definitely miss Rev) and Metallica was just good......first time that's ever happened.
Tickets were super expensive and it wasn't sold out. We did somehow get upgraded to Club Level so that was nice. The lightning/thunder storm delayed their set for over an hour after only 5 songs. Then Metallica really missed a moment to re-engage the crowd. They teased the crowd with Ride The Lightning and then just STOPPED....and played some f'n new song that no one has ever heard IMO just so they could stand there and bang on drums as a group for 5 minutes. They lost me after that but I did enjoy the rest of it. Unfortunately it was past my bedtime and I never really reengaged fully.
I knew I was old when I was rocking out to Motorbreath and the young people were just standing there.......
I left before Enter Sandman....because I just can't listen to that. Could have done without Wherever I may roam and Sad but True.....but the Black album fans love that shit. No Metal up your ass fan wants to hear anything off of Load or Reload. Getting to hear Creeping Death live one more time was enough for me.
http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/metallica ... 7726c.htmlWho knows why they didn't perform all of Ride The Lightning......super missed opportunity. Kind of like Satan to the Devils. At least the Ducks got it right.
I can't justify the ticket prices any longer unless they specifically tour with a catalog from their first 3 (or AJFA). Maiden figured out how to do that....time for Metallica to do the same.