Metallica Concert 8/20/16

My first memories of listening to Metallica are from High School in the late 80's. My buddy and I  (he was 2 years older than me) used to cruise around in his mothers 1969 Dodge Polara Custom 4 Door, with a 440 V8, not that it made it fast, the thing was Huuuuge, it needed a motor that big to move it. Anyway, of course being that old, it was equipped with a factory 8 track player, so we had a "Boom Box" on the middle of the front bench seat, where we would crank Metallica's Master of Puppets Cassette over and over and over again.

Now I have been to alot of concerts, and seen alot of bands, my first concert was the Clash of the Titans concert featuring Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. Other concerts included White Zombie, Deftones, Ozzy Osbourne, Iron Maiden, Overkill, Disturbed and of course Pantera, which my friends and I saw 20-30 times throughout the 90's.

But, I had never seen Metallica live. Until August 20th this year. My Daugther and her Boyfriend bought me a ticket for my birthday (Which is August 12th). The concert sold out in 10 minutes!

The openers were Volbeat and Avenged Sevenfold (who I had seen previously with my daughter at the Disturbed concert in 2010). 

Here is a picture of the stage from our seats when we first arrived.

My daughter got us some tasty Bacon Cheese Curds to eat, and damn if they weren't filling. I had 3-4 and was stuffed for the rest of the night, then my wife had 2 the next day as did my 5 year old. 

This is a pic from when Avenged Sevenfold was playing

Volbeat I had never heard before, kind of a bluegrassy/metal mix, not bad. Avenged Sevenfold put on a pretty good show as well, I do wish they had done their Pantera Cover of Walk though. The stadium sounded pretty good, and with the large screens on either side of the stage, the view was fine too.

Then, when Metallica hit the stage, and the place fucking exploded! They played harder and louder then the previous 2 bands, with both the pyrotechnics and crowd Exploding!

They put on an Absolutely Incredible Show, Completely Amazing. On the news it was said the concert could be heard 3 miles away!

They are touring next year supporting their new album, and my daughter, her boyfriend and I will be there!

Here is a link to a good video I found on You Tube, of course it is no where near the same as having been there.