New shit in my collection #16

The first two tickets today, it was a real pain ass to get it but in the end both are in my collection. Besides ticket from Basel (which I'm still looking) those two tickets from Dortmund from summer Monsters of Rock 1991 Tour was the hardest to get.

Another ticket, which rarely appears on sale. I could not deny myself the pleasure;)

Ticket concert from Arras 2008, which was filmed for the DVD that was released in Metallica Box “Francais Pour Une Nuit”.

The last ticket today is a ticket from last year's Metallica Summer European tour concert in Gothenburg (Sweden).

800 tickets

After the last large delivery - 800 tickets in my collection has become a reality. Honorable name "ticket number 800" went to the ticket of June 15, 1988 from a concert which Metallica played in Pittsburgh during the Monsters of Rock Tour as a Van Halen support.
Long life, Metallica and more tickets in my collection. Below are some photos of my collection.

Ticket #800

Monsters of Rock 1987

In late summer of 1987 Metallica played in Germany two concerts during the European Monsters of Rock Tour. These were two big concerts in Nürnberg (29 August) and Pforzheim (30 August). Tickets from both concerts I have in my collection for a long time. Both tickets have a very similar design and beyond the basic information about the show were different background color. The ticket from Nürnberg had bright green background and a ticket from Pforzheim bright pink. For a long time it was the only type of tickets from these concerts that appeared on the Internet. Earlier this year, I found a ticket from Pforzheim, who had a background in dark pink. It was something new but not yet sparked my interest. A few days ago I was able to buy a ticket from Nürnberg, who has a background in dark green. Both the two tickets from Pforzheim and from Nürnberg have the same information and differ only in the shade of the background color. I suspect that this may involve standing and seated tickets but none of the information on the ticket does not provide this. It is interesting that the two tickets with a darker shade of color have a low three-digit serial numbers. From my experience I know that tickets with low serial numbers (from the beginning of the series) were tickets given to promoter, bands quests etc. If anyone has any information about these tickets please send me message.

Full set (so far) from Monsters of Rock Tour 1987

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

Football vs LULU

Recently, my collection has grown by two interesting tickets. Both related to Metallica but not quite. Both rare and hard to find despite the fact that separates them 24 years from release. Let's go back in time nearly 25 years. Remember the Metallica summer tour through Europe - Monsters of Rock 1987?. After two large festival concerts in Nürnberg (29 August) and Pforzheim (30 August), Metallica's management has planned yet another show - August 31, in Frankfurt at Stadion am Riederwald. However, hard to find any information about this event. Why?. Because it's not about a concert in the tour but football match.

Bundesliga Match-Ticket

German organizers of the Monsters of Rock concerts invented football match between members of bands like Scorpions, Deep Purple, Metallica and Iron Maiden and local VIPs with the minister of culture to the forefront. From my information, it appears that Metallica eventually did not participate in the match but the fact is that it appears on the ticket. The ticket looks very cool and designer refers to the rest of the German concert tickets on this tour. Over the last 5 years I saw him once in sales and this is the copy that you see in the picture ... .. so you can say that is quite rare.

The second ticket is from the end of last year (11 November 2011) from a concert that took place at the Kӧln 1LIVE Radio Station. It was a concert of artists hiding under the name of LULU and promoting the album with the same title. For those who do not know, LULU is Lou Reed and Metallica project.

My name is LULU

I have not like 90 percent of people on earth the problem with the understanding that this is not Metallica's next album. This is album of LULU. It's more or less successful collaboration Lou Reed and Metallica. Unless the songs from the studio versions sounds at least strange and monotonous at live they sounds a lot better. But Metallica is a typical live band and it shows on stage. Whole concert I only watched on You Tube and ticket with wristband bought the day after the concert. This performance showed me the strong side of songs from LULU. Both Metallica and Lou have shown incredible commitment to the stage. It was evident that playing material from LULU is happy for the band. I do not share the opinion that the recording LULU is a step back in the band's career. I will say more, you have to have balls that after a good album (Death Magnetic) release such material, probably because no one believed it could succeed commercially. But Metallica has balls (which has already proved more than once) and can afford to pursue their artistic vision and collaboration, without regard for others. I wonder how many other bands would take such a challenge?.

Ein Abend mit Lou Reed und Metallica