New shit in my collection #11

The first ticket is from the Metallica tour with Ozzy Osbourne, from show which took place in 1986 in San Diego. The ticket is not in perfect or even good condition, and far away from full ticket but each ticket from Cliff era which I don’t have in my collection is valuable for me. 

Another ticket is one of my best …looking for that one for a long time. It comes from the concert that took place in Athens (Greece) during the summer tour Nowhere Else To Roam ‘93. It is a large, printed on hard paper and has a very interesting graphic design with two skulls. That same design can be seen on most concert posters from that Tour and on stage.  

Next interesting item is flyer from Turkish concert from Garage Inc. Tour 1999.

The last two items today are two tickets from 2014 South-American Metallica By Request.  Tour. Both from fairly exotic locations: Ecuador and Brasil. Exotic means for me: rare and hard to find. Since these two are in my collection, I’m looking for only one ticket from that tour – ticket from Chile. By the way, thanks a lot for these gems to my Chilean connection - Rodrigo. Thank You my Friend.

Ticket from Ecuador

and Brasil

New shit in my collection #10

This is the last topic in my blog this year. Traditionally begin with the oldest of the new tickets in my collection. This time it's about really old ticket because of a concert which took place on August 22, 1983 in Tyler on tour Kill Em All For One. I must admit that at first I had concerns about the authenticity of this ticket, it surprised me even perfect condition. My fears dispelled my friend and Metallica ticket collector stating that I have no reason to worry.

Kill Em All For One

Next ticket comes from Damage Inc. Tour during which Metallica supported Ozzy Osbourne. You can see that the ticket was printing ink with glitter - I have a few similar Metallica tickets, most of the second half of the 80's.

Unused ticket from July 22, 1989 from Meadowlands Arena in East Rutherford during the Damaged Justice Tour.

I was looking for that ticket for a long time. It is a ticket to the third consecutive concert in Rosemont Horizon in Chicago where Metallica played three nights in a row during the tour Wherever We Roam 91-92 May.

Ticket from Summer Shit Tour 94. This is not really a new ticket in my collection. This one is just a whole and in better shape than previously held.

The last two tickets are from a ticket presale for Metclub members (those are Metclub tickets) and comes from two concerts at The Forum in Los Angeles during American leg of the World Magnetic Tour.

Coffin twin

At the end I wish You all a happy New Year 2015 and only rare tickets, posters, flyers, records etc. in Your collections.

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

 

 

Their show, their stage, their rulz

A few days ago, looking through my collection (again - why did I’m not surprised?) and drew attention to the fact that some of them in addition to basic information about the concert and the artist, included are various other interesting annotations. So today's topic is "interesting, funny, annoying annotations on tickets." I think I chose the few most interesting (for me) cases, which also show how changed over the years to participate in a concert with all the pros and cons.

2 drink minimum
If there were a machine to move in time I think it would be fun to see in 1982 Metallica concert. In addition to the pleasure of watching a nascent legend, ticket holders were given two drinks. It is now possible only in the VIP area, where it let's face it, fun is not too cool. I Would like this ticket in my collection, but unfortunately I am not the owner. It comes only from my collection of scans of tickets, which counts more than 1,600 scans.

2 drink minimum. Check also ticket price 3.97$

God Bless You
Belgian Heavy Sound Festival was the third major festival, which Metallica performed in 1984 in Europe. Performed there with such legends as Motorhead and Mercyful Fate. At the ticket outside the typical restrictions for large events, we have to do with "God’s blessing". This is for all those stray sheep, which, instead of to the church hit the hellish event.. Anyway - God bless you. Scan the ticket taken from the web.

God bless Metallica

Don’t drink and drive
Another nice ticket from the concert in Clarkston, Michigan (21 July 1986) where Metallica was support for Ozzy Osbourne. Like many other concerts bringing alcohol and glass bottles for safety reasons contractors are prohibited. But no one forbids drinking before and after the concert. Organizer of the concert with a view to the safe return of the fans after the concert to the house warned: don’t drink and drive

Don't drink and drive

No opening act
American tour after the release of Metallica's "Black Album" was just a Metallica concert and not in addition five other bands. I admit that I miss it right now. The exception for me was the "Big 4" tour where happy to listen to and watched all four bands. Looking back, however, the endorsement "Metallica - no opening act" would be actually a very pleasant surprise for me.

Thanks God - no opening act

No body surfing
Body surfing - one of the signs that the audience has fun and the concert is successful. In an age when half the audience is standing with cameras and phones, recording every move the band on stage phenomenon of body surfing practically ceased to exist. Currently, it is prohibited in most concerts.

No body surfing

Their show, Their stage, Their rulz
This ticket  is my favorite ticket in this episode. As for me, the words "Their show, Their Stage, Their rulz" This reflects the philosophy of Metallica concert. Let's do it on our or fuck off.

Their show, their stage, their rulz ....no other way

Special quest James Hetfield
WTF? Special guest James Hetfield?. Yes. Such information on tickets appeared in 2000 when as a result of back problems, James was unable to play three concerts during the Summer Sanitarium Tour in July 2000. When he returned to the game with the team some tickets in August, has been bearing the text "Special Guest James Hetfield". I must admit it was a very important guest at concerts:).

Very special quest

No moshing or crowd surfing
It is not even funny, it's sad. No MOSHING at Metallica concert???. Where I am ….at Justin Bieber concert ???

No moshing - sad but true

More than words
Sometimes a few pictures says more than 100 words. A ticket from Copenhagen Lars hometown of the first of the five nights concert in the Forum. Without comment.

More than words