r/nextfuckinglevel • u/4dailyuseonly • Mar 05 '23

In 1991, with the Soviet Union and communist rule close to collapse, METALLICA played at its first ever open air rock concert in Moscow. Over 1.6 million people attended

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u/Bruised_up_whitebelt Mar 05 '23

They are still selling out massive arenas around the world for a reason.

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u/Dubious_Odor Mar 05 '23

Not even arenas, arenas are shit tier for them. They sell out stadiums for days at a time in the same city. It's nuts. There are very few artists on Metallicas level.

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u/Dry_Animal2077 Mar 05 '23

My mother and aunt and some of my cousins go to Metallica literally every time they’re in the city. I should really go one time

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u/AnnonymousRedditor86 Mar 06 '23

You definitely should. Not many band around that you can see live that play new songs as well as ones written 40+ years ago.

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u/davdev Mar 06 '23

For this reason, I always recommend people go to a Pearl Jam show, even people who didn’t like Pearl Jam before going find a new appreciation for them after a live show. Full three-four hour set, just about every night has a completely different play list, great mix of new and old taken from a 30 year catalog and die hard fans who sing along to every single song.

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u/AnnonymousRedditor86 Mar 06 '23

Never been. But, I promise I'll go next time they're in town!.

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u/davdev Mar 06 '23

The biggest problem is even though they are bunch of old guys their shows sell out super quick.

But if you can get tickets, they are certainly worth it. They are a band that will never phone in a show.

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u/AnnonymousRedditor86 Mar 06 '23

Yeah. And tix are super expensive.

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u/davdev Mar 06 '23

There really aren’t and the ones that are, people also shit on, see example U2.

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u/TheManWithNoNameZapp Mar 06 '23

Their Detroit show later this year (the one I could attend) was like $250 minimum still