72 Seasons Tour

Oh and I just received a mail that I won pit passed for the second show, aaaaalrighty then

That means you had a good time 🍻

These bastards add a rotating cover slot to the setlist, drop it after one weekend, and then post a video reminding us.

Two of us won actually so it’s perfect. We are 7 in total but we are 4 from my home town. Shit decision avoided

Haha we probably should. It’s the first time he has won anything Metallica related, I’ve won quite a bit. So he called 5 min after I got my mail and he was over the moon.
I don’t think he knew how to react when I told him that I won too lol.
But it’s the perfect scenario for all of us.

Or for 4 of us heh

Just drop some acid before the show starts. That sucks though, what the hell?
I can't imagine not having a beer at a show in hand. Bet you can't smoke either, bunch of 🤬

Good lord.

AWESOME! My advice? Get in there before the first support act is on and grab a spot by one of the yellow "bumps". Those are by microphones. You'll never get a spot by the lower ramps as those with special tickets get early access. Set yourself a goal of a couple of photos per song but don't forget to live in the moment. You're going to be RIGHT in the middle of the music. After this past year, make sure you feel those waves right to your core.

Huh. Weird. We were allowed all drinks in Munich.

🥜💦

Checking in for team stream. I love these 3pm Friday shows for the east coast.

That melodic stuff from 2007-2011-ish was gold. There was one or two solos that sounded like something Slash could've come up with for the Appetite album. I had put together lots of clips of his solos (And James' riffs too) on the official forum before 72 Seasons came out. I'll see if I can look for it.

PS: Kirk's Melbourne solo from 2004 was some of the best stuff he's written since the Loads.

I was actually pleasantly surprised by the Kirk/Rob jam on the stream today. It sounded like it could’ve been a Load era song with some of Lars’s drumming and James’ vocals. Not sure if that’s been the standard, but it was way better than any of the Worldwired covers.

Also, 15 song sets are disappointing but I think they’re using the time very well. These have been some of the better Metallica setlists I can remember, especially with Litez and Leper in the rotation.

You can bring beers into the pit. Woop woop

Short recap

Friday: We were fucking wasted! Way too much.
3/7 disappeared before Metallica took the stage lol 😅
Great sound, best I’ve ever heard at that particular venue.
Highlights were Harvester, Shadows and Blackened.
We were standing pretty close to the stage between two towers but fuck me I hate that stage so much.
Honestly I couldn’t figure out were the guys were half the time, so I kinda lost interest in looking for them.

Sunday: We agreed not to drink anything buuut we ended up getting quite a few beers. With more luck than anything everybody hit the perfect tension level and we all had a blast.
Highlights were Ride, King Nothing, Inamorata, Battery and Moth.
Moth came as a surprise and the entire stadium loved it, we went crazy.
One of the best shows of my life, mostly because we all had a blast together. Nobody was missing, too drunk, not drunk at all. It was perfect.

So the pit. It was obviously a great experience, Friday I felt quite disconnected from the band, yesterday was entirely different.
It’s still pretty lame that they are so bad to utilize the stage. They are around Lars 95 % of the time, the stage/pit is simply too big.
It feels weird, even in the pit, looking at their backs half the show.
I much prefer their World Magnetic stage.

That said, when Lars is near by, I made sure to place us in the sweet spot between where the drumset rises up, and the stage is at its lowest, it’s pure magic. I thought I was getting to a point where it didn’t mean that much to me anymore, but when James is riffing 1 meter away, or even closer, I’m 12 years again. Fuck me it was epic.
Fangirling out because James locks eyes with you at 42 years old is both a little embarrassing but also cool that it’s possible still to find those childish feelings.

The downside is the sound. We noticed right away that all the speakers were pointing away from the pit. Only a limited amount, and very small ones were pointing inwards.
Dunno if that’s why, but the sound, while still acceptable was way better standing on the outside.

General thoughts.
- James seemed very energetic, healthy and happy. Made me happy to see
- Rob. Man I’ve always loved Rob but I’ve noticed the last few years that he seems. I don’t know how to frase it. But he doesn’t contribute to anything if you ask me. There’s almost no energy in him anymore. I think he suffers a lot in the stage setup.
- Kirk played well I thought, Kirk is just Kirk
- Lars is playing it more and more safe which is fine. I think he plays very well on this tour. He completely murdered Unforgiven, he basically played a different song with that beat. Bugged me a little but oh well. Other than that he seemed very energetic as well.

The 15 song set list is annoying, I’ve never felt a concert pass so quickly by. Even with 20 min of Ktulu/Inamorata in the middle.

All in all an awesome weekend and miles better than Hamburg last year.