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 #4

Today, a few words about the tickets that the postman brought in recent days. Coincidence that all come from concerts in Belgium and the Netherlands, and almost all are from major European summer festivals. Chronological order from the oldest to the newest.

22.08.1997
In 1997, Metallica played in Belgium at Pukkelpop festival in Hasselt. In the same place band played in 1991 as a AC / DC support during Monster of Rock Tour. This was first time when Metallica played at Pukkelpop. Nice, full color one day ticket.

 

15.06.2003
In 2003, Metallica played many shows during European summer tour, visiting most of the major European festivals. One of them was the performance in the Dutch city of Nijmegen at Fields of Rock Festival. The ticket is faded and lost it’s color but as a nice addition to the set I have wristband from this concert.

 

 

 

06.12.2003
In December 2003, the group has arrived again to Europe for indoor concerts to promote the St. Anger album. December, 12 Metallica arrived to the Dutch Arnhem where they gave a concert in the hall Gelredome.

 

 

 

 01.07.2007
Since 1993, Metallica played at Werchter Festival in Belgium six times. This ticket came from their fourth visit in 2007 to this legendary festival.

 

 

30.05.2008
Another festival ticket. The band played in 2008, at the Dutch Pinkpop Festival - it was the first and so far also the only Metallica visit this festival.

 

 

 

15.08.2008
The second and so far last Metallica visit for the Belgian Pukkelpop Festival.