Hungarian Metallica tickets 1988-2010

Just before Easter, I was able to get a ticket from a concert in Budapest in 1991. I thought that cool would be to write something about Metallica tickets from concerts that took place in Hungary.  I checked my collection and found that this last „Hungarian” ticket whose it was lacking in my collection. This also prompted me to write the following text.

“Please wear low-heeled shoes to protect the grass.”

1988

The first concert in Hungary was September  11, 1988 and this was the first concert during the European Damaged Tour. During this tour Metallica promoted their  new album …And Justice For  All and in Budapest band performed for the first time Eye Of The Beholder, Blackened,… And Justice For All and One. The ticket from concert is very rare and difficulty to find in good condition because was printed on the thin paper. Every copy without tears, bends and stains is a good hit. Unfortunately my copy will not surrender to classify as the good hit. One of the Metallica fans from Hungary of whom I have this ticket was very nice and translated to me the original Hungarian text printed at the ticket. Part of this text reads “Please wear low-heeled shoes to protect the grass.”

The world domination was yet to come

1991

Metallica returned to Hungary three years later during the huge tour Monsters Of Rock 1991 when they supported AC/DC. For me to find and get this ticket it was a pain in the ass.  This was first time when I saw this ticket in stock and I knew that I could not squander such opportunity. On the most of European tickets from this tour AC/DC logo is this which dominates in the graphic design of the ticket and the Metallica name was mentioned lower-case letters - on this ticket You don’t find Metallica name at all. The world domination was yet to come.

Gold logo rules

1993

When in 1993 I was in Bratislava (Slovakia) on my own first Metallica concert, I was not conscious that only just the day later band plays concert not distant Budapest. The show was part of  Nowhere Else then Roam Tour which was a last leg of the mammoth tour promoting Metallica bestselling album till now - Black Album. For me this is the nicest ticket from Hungarian concerts. The golden Metallica logo does the really large impression. Two or three years ago in the short time several these tickets appeared in stock on ebay, but generally one does not see their too often on sale.

Mint and unused since 1999

1999

The next ticket  dated  1999 is from the Garage Inc. Tour.  On the ticket so as on the most of tickets from the European leg of this world tour is visible the photo from the Garage Inc. album cover.  This ticket was for sale on ebay for a long time in the set with other tickets from this Tour. And though the price of the set was a bit high then the middle price for the ticket went out rather little. Very nice, unused ticket with great design.

At least it has classic Metallica logo

2010

The last Metallica concert in Hungary was in 2010. Like all previous held in Budapest.  I got this ticket from other Metallica tickets collector. Since this is ticket from Eventim, this is not surprising that the ticket design is not very interesting and limited to basic information about the event. The only advantage, in contrast to many other tickets from the same tour is to put on the ticket classic Metallica logo.

All together now. Different years - various sizes

First blood

My first Metallica ticket is from my first concert of The Four Horsemen. It was hot summer 1993 and I, along with three of my friends drove by car to a distance of 700 km of Bratislava. It was June 8, and Slovakia for eight days was an independent country (previously it was Czechoslovakia) but we are only interested in whether the concert which will be going for sure. We were driving without 100% certainty after hearing one of information on MTV Headbangers Ball (if anyone still remembers this program .... rock on Vanessa) ... in an era when the Internet yet no one heard it had to suffice. Morning in Bratislava we saw the first concert posters and we knew it was worth the drive 700 km. Crowd under Slovnaft stadium looked a little different than the type of metalheads. Sandals and terry socks, leather jackets and shorts and ofcourse mullets everywhere.

 

 Young Metal Attack

 On the ticket, The Cult, Alice in Chains and Metallica – nice line-up. I admit that the concert of The Cult do not remember much, but instead of Alice in Chains Megadeth came on the scene arousing universal applause. View Mustaine in white jeans (hi Spirti hehe), an orange sweater and white wristbands I have in mind for today. The concert was dope but the crowd was waiting only for Metallica. I'll just say it was hell on earth from the first bars of "Creeping Death". For the first four songs fought for it to stand up and not be overturned. Then I withdrew a little back and be able to soak up all over each other music and atmosphere of this concert. After the concert ticket hid the "magic box" and may God bless me for not having decided to laminate the ticket as they did my buddies. The ticket is really big in shades of green with a gold inscription Metallica.

 

 Bratislava ticket (green)

 

Nice gold Metallica logo .....glowing in the dark 

Next day there was a concert in Budapest, where they were confusingly similar tickets - standing green and blue on the seats. I do not know if at concert in Bratislava was also a blue version of the ticket - not seen as such. The ticket is quite difficult to obtain, for last 5 years I saw him only once on eBay. A similar situation is with a ticket from the concert which was held in Brno held on 24 May 1993 - the only one that appeared in the sale was bought in January 2010 for $ 109. Good luck

 

Budapest ticket (green)