New shit in my collection #18

Time for new tickets in 2017. Traditionally, from the oldest to the newest.

The first ticket from the Damage Inc Tour during which Metallica performed as an Ozzy Osbourne support.

Unused ticket from the Wherever We May Roam 1991-92 Tour concert in Fresno.

Very special ticket from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, where Metallica during the Billboard Music Awards made the only performance of The Unforgiven II. It is worth mentioning that a unique opportunity to hear the song for the second time was in 2014 during the By Request Tour in Prague but Unforgiven II lost the Vote of the Day Song instead St. Anger. To be honest, I myself voted for St. Anger \ m /.

Another ticket is special for me because it is from my third concert, which took place in my hometown Warsaw in 1999. Although I already had the ticket in my collection that this particular ticket is unused and came additionally with a special folder in the form of a program in which holders of VIP packages received their tickets. The whole set is a very nice souvenir from Warsaw concert.

Another ticket is from the first concert which was held in the new hall Centre Videotron in Quebec City in 2015.

The last of today's ticket is a rare ticket from promotional concert that Metallica played at London's House of Vans during the promotion of their new album Hardwired ... to Self-Destruct.

New shit in my collection #17

09-04-1986 – Ticket from US Master of Puppets Tour ’86 when Metallica supported Ozzy Osbourne. 

18-06-1986 – Another ticket from Cliff era. Heard that Metallica show was cancelled for unknown reason. Don’t know if it’s true, any info will be appreciate.

24-11-1991 and 28-11-1991 – I hardly looking for any tickets from 1991. Those two are nice gems from US Indoor Wherever We May Roam Tour. Both in very nice condition. I’m really happy to finally get them …. just a few more to complete all 1991 year.

04-02-1997 - Nice “extended” version of US 1997 ticket. Most of those tickets after years are small stubs. This one has side parts still on place.

Blitzkrieg 97

Today, three tickets from Metallica European concerts in 1997. They were the only concert that summer in Europe to a wider audience. It is true that the band played several gigs in small clubs during Re-Load Promo Tour but they were promotional gigs before the release of the Re-Load album. It was a real Metallica live blitzkrieg - band played three concerts in three days in a row - just a weekend getaway. Metallica adequately to the situation called this mini-tour - Blitzkrieg 97. So the summer of 1997 You could see the band at Pukkelpop Festival in Hasselt (Belgium), Blindman's Ball Festival in Stuttgart (Germany) and Reading Festival (United Kingdom). It was the first visit Metallica on each of these three festivals. The concert in Stuttgart was fully registered and video from show was a part of the Fan Can # 3. On each of these concerts the band played four songs from the Load album (King Nothing, Hero of the Day, Ain’t my Bitch, Until it Sleeps). I personally would like to make these songs again returned to the current setlist. Are these times I'll ever come back?. Besides ticket from Stuttgart on the other two tickets no mention about Metallica, which is common when it comes to festival tickets.

New shit in my collection #6

Time for the first new tickets in the new year. The first one who brought the postman is another ticket from 1986. Ticket from the show at Philadelphia Spectrum. Metallica is not listed on the ticket – this is a common feature of most tickets from Ozzy tour where Metallica played as a support band – but believe me that day they played at Spectrum and even performed for the very first time live The Thing That Should Not Be from Master Of Puppets album.

Premiere of The Thing That Should Not Be - April 20' 1986

 

 

Next two are tickets from concerts held in Portland (Oregon). First of them is from The Summer Shit Tour ’94, when Metallica were supported by Alice In Chains. Second is from 1997 American leg of Poor Touring Me Tour where as a support played Corrosion Of Conformity. Despite the fact that both tickets are typical “ticketmaster’s” they are interesting due to location – You can’t find too often tickets from Oregon.

 

Portland 1994

Portland 1997

 

The last ticket today is from trade with another collector. Unused ticket from the concert at  Allstate Arena (Chicago) during Madly In Anger With The World Tour.

Chicago 2004