The European leg of the By Request Tour 2014

Europejska część trasy By Request to 17 koncertów podzielonych na dwie części. Na wstępie muszę zaznaczyć że nie udało mi się zgromadzić wszystkich biletów z tej części trasy.The European leg of the Metallica By Request Tour include 17 gigs divided into two parts. Most of the tickets You see below are from my Friends: Piotr, Kasia, Michał, Richard, Alex and Mike. Thank You very much.

This part of the Tour will be for me remembered because of few facts:

• A concert in Helsinki (Finland), during which band played for the first time in the history The Frayed Ends on Sanity from the album ... And Justice For All. Even bad weather was not able to overshadow the show.
• Two fastest sold out concerts on the Tour: Horsens (Denmark) where the band played for the second time in prison, and Hamburg (Germany) where in my opinion was the best lineup.
• Metallica performance at Glastonbury Festival. It was probably the biggest surprise not only for fans of Metallica but I think especially for the festival regulars Glastonb ury. It was probably the biggest surprise not only for Metallica fans but I think mainly for Glastonbury Festival regulars. Tickets for the festival were sold about six months before the announcement of the performance of Metallica, and due to the fact that they were registered they can not be sold. Tickets for the festival were sold out about half a year before the announcement of the Metallica concert, and due to the fact that they were registered they can not be resold. It is therefore highly likely that this hippie-alternative festival, there were not many fans of the team in San Francisco. Ponieważ trudno nazwać Glastonbury “ciężkim” festiwalem, bardziej hipisowsko-alternatywnym nie było na nim zbyt wielu fanów Metalliki. Atmosferę podgrzały liczne protesty przeciwko występowi czwórki z Frisco na festiwalBecause Glastonbury is definitely not "heavy" festival, more like hippie-alternative,  there were not too many Metallica fans. The atmosphere heated the protests against Metallica at the festival. Metallica we właściwy dla siebie sposób odniosła się do tych wydarzeń – nakręciła krótki film, którego przesłanie sprowadza się do krótkiego i dobitnego - Pieprzyć Was. Co warto odnotować, frekwencja podczas występu zespołu była rekordowa. Band in an appropriate way referred to these events - they made ​​a short film with a message boils down to a short and emphatic - Fuck Off. It is worth mentioning that was a record-breaking concert at the festival this year when it comes to the number of people.
• Koncert w Warszawie podobnie jak ten w Pardze został przeze mnie szczegółowo opisany tutaj [Warsaw 2014 home sweet home].Warsaw, it’s not because it’s my hometown (more has been described here [Warsaw 2014 home sweet home]) but also Metallica played during one concert two instrumental tracks Orion and The Call of Ktulu. Taka sytuacja kiedy na jednym koncercie Metallika zagrała dwa instrumentalne zdarzyła się pierwszy raz od ……. This was first Metallica concert with two instrumentals since February 7’1985 when they played Anesthesia and The Call of Ktulu.

Below, all my goodies from European leg of Metallica By Request Tour 2014.

 

Stockholm, Sweden May 30' 2014

 

Oslo, Norway June 1' 2014

 

poster

 

Horsens, Denmark June 3' 2014

shitty e-ticket and nice info folder

 

Hamburg, Germany June 4' 2014

nice ticket in very bad condition ...arrived to me after two months ..f##k

 

Nurnberg, Germany June 6' 2014

 

 

Pilton, England June 28' 2014

 

 

 

Basel, Switzerland July 4' 2014

 

Stevenage, England July 6' 2014

 

 

 

Prague, Czech Republic July 8' 2014

 

 

 

Vienna, Austria July 9' 2014

 

 

Warsaw, Poland July 11' 2014

GA ticket with wristband

GC ticket

 

wristbands and passes

 

pass sheet

 

poster

 

Istanbul, Turkey July 13' 2014

 

 

Bilety z tej trasy, które wciąż poszukuję : Tickets from  the European leg of the By Request Tour, which I am still looking for:

Helsinki Helsinki

Nurburgring (Rock am Ring) Nurburgring (Rock am Ring)

Landgraaf (Pinkpop) Landgraaf (Pinkpop)

Rome Rome

Werchter Werchter

 

Please, send me private message if You have any of these for sale/trade

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New shit in my collection #9

Last time I totally forgot about a few tickets, so today is small update to part 8 ….plus new addiction from last 2 weeks. Also I’m waiting for huge package with tickets. Hope it arrive to me before Christmas madness.

First ticket today is from Ride the Lightning Tour, from show Upper Darby (Pennsylvania) January, 12^th 1985. Every ticket from that era is very hard to find and is in my top.

 

Next one is one of my favorite tickets. It comes from …And Justice For All European Tour ’88. Concert was held in Munchen (Germany) and ticket has really nice hologram. Everything would be perfect if not for the fact that the ticket is torn.

 

Another European ticket is from Oslo, Norway. This was first of two concerts Metallica played in Norway that summer.

 

Next two are tickets from BIG4 shows. In the years 2010-11 Metallica played 16 concerts known  as a BIG4 concerts (Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth, Anthrax). The first ticket comes from fifth BIG4 concert, which took place in Athens (Greece) June 24’ 2010. It’s very nice, large and unused ticket.

 

Second one is from BIG4 show which took place a year later (July 3’ 2011) in the Swedish Gothenburg. Unfortunately, my ticket is heavily faded.

 

Last one ticket today is newest in my collection. It’s a variation of ticket from By Request show in Warsaw July 11’ 2014. This one is General Admission standing ticket and is torn but comes from GA standing wristband what is pretty cool.

Warsaw 2014 Home Sweet Home

The Boys are back in town ....one of the huge billboards near my home

 

... Then it's time for a concert in Warsaw, my hometown. What could be cooler than a Metallica concert in my hometown?. Just a few days before the concert there were no signs that it will be special gig for me, what more I did not have wristband to the Snakepit, and I thought I'd spend the whole festival in the Golden Circle area, which was in Warsaw monstrous (money rule the world). Two days before the concert I got a text message from my friend that he may be able to get me on backstage as a guest. Finally on the day of the concert, after long nervous anticipation and uncertainty I have received a VIP laminate - my "golden ticket". A piece of plastic, so that all the doors were opened ... OK, maybe not all. This all seemed completely unrealistic for me.

On the red carpet

Kings of Life

I stood in the lobby where there were dressing rooms all bands. Episode 1: high five with Joey Belladonna and Frank Bello just before their show. Episode 2: short conversation and high five with Kvelertak members. Episode 3: Kirk with his bodyguard passing me ….this time I’m not trying to make high-five ….You know, his bodyguard looks like guy from Danzig song “Thirteen” “I was born to bring trouble wherever I’m at…”. I was moving all the time between the Golden Circle, Snakepit and backstage trying to see bands on stage and meet bands on backstage.Zawitałem więc do garderoby Kvelertaka, gdzie miałem okazję pogadać chwilę z zespołem, głównie z gitarzystą Maćkiem, który ma polskie korzenie.

Kvelertak live on stage

 

Scott Ian (Anthrax)

 

So, I had honor to visited Kvelertak dressing room, where I had the opportunity to talk briefly with the band, especially with guitarist Maciek, who has Polish roots.Ci goście rządzą. These guys RULE.Spędziłem też około 40 minut w garderobie Anthraxu. Gwóźdź programu miał jednak nadejść, o czym jeszcze nie wiedziałem. I also spent about 40 minutes in the Anthrax dressing room. Beer from Anthrax in their dressing room tasted better hahaha.

 

With Kvelertak. THANK YOU GUYS

But the best had to come.Tuż przed koncertem Metalliki postanowiłem sprawdzić, czy mój „złoty bilet” upoważnia mnie do wejścia na scenę. Just before the Metallica concert I decided to see if my "golden ticket" entitles me to enter the scene. It turned out that, YES. Not disturbed by anyone walked directly behind the stage and stood on the right side of the stage, next to Kirk.

 

View from stage just before Metallica hit the stage

 

The gig started and I still did not believe that this is happening. Watching the band and the concert from the perspective of the scene is a unique experience, for me it was something more than a meet & greet with Metallica a few years earlier. The team is at your fingertips. During the concert, the band members go through every moment beside you.

 

James

The Call of Kthulu

  

The Ripper

 

Because I knew what to expect at the concerts on this tour I've been waiting impatiently for Creeping Death, when the fans standing on the stage are invited to the edge of the stage where they can chant the famous Die, die, die ... ..

 

Die , die , die ....Kirk and I

Creeping Death Video from National Stadium. Recorded by Monica and Krzysztof

 

It was the moment I had been waiting probably the most. Standing on stage in front of a packed National Stadium and chants die die die .... it was something unreal, something best, what happened to me in the history of my concerts Metallica and it was my sixteenth Metallica concert. All good things come to an end. The concert has passed very quickly.

Seek and Destroyyyyyyy

I knew that after the concert will approach us band members to give us the guitar picks. It was the first time I did not have to fight for them in the crowd ... I got them personally from Kirk;).

Thank you Rysiu. Without you, my FRIEND, all this would not be possible. Many, many THANKS.

Below some stuff from concert:

 

ticket

Some wristbands and laminates pass

VIP package envelope and flyer

Pass sheet

Concert poster

 

 

 

 

 

Warsaw & Snakepit Rules

Warsaw Rules. These are the words of James after the Metallica concert at the Bemowo Airport May 10, 2012. And hard to disagree with those words. Although this was my 13 Metallica gig, is ranked very highly. There are several reasons but one of the most important - I got a Snakepit pass. Through a friend from TMCC who gave me and my buddy two passes we could spend a concert in the best place on earth that day - in snakepit. Thank You very much Erik and Astrid. Snakepit who returned to the tour after 20 years is a dream come true for any Metallica fan and give you a chance to be as close to the band as possible. Simply - Snakepit Rules.

Snakepit Rules

Landmine .....Taken my legs

About the same concert, so much has been written that will spare you my reflection. The best moments for me were "My Friend of Misery" (always really liked this piece), amazing lasers during ONE and Seek and Destroy .... I know most people cannot stand this song as the most frequently played at Metallica concerts, but for me this song is just the essence of their music and it's hard to imagine me without singing by fans Searchiiiiiiiiiiing Seek and destroyyyyyyyyy. Men it's fuckin classic.

Golden Circle and General Admision tickets

Tickets are not stunned, just the usual Eventim tickets, fortunately with the classic Metallica logo from the black album era. I thought the same way as on concert posters on the tickets will be the annotation (as it was for Prague tickets three days earlier) “Performing the legendary Black Album in it’s entirety”.

Concert poster from Warsaw show

At venue I bought an occasional and limited to 200 pieces promo poster on HQ paper and manually numbered by Pushead. Very HQ item, which will one day hang framed in my home on the wall. Fortunately, the organizers sold them along with the tube so I did not have to worry about what to do with him during the concert. By the way, I wonder if Hetfield standing at the farthest microphone in snakepit realized that five feet beneath his feet is a tube with my posters. I caught five guitar picks and small black beachball and it becomes clear that I came back from the airport Bemowo more than pleased.

HQ poster limited to 200 copies

7/200 ....lucky seven

Birth, School, Metallica, Death

Snakepit flower ....my goodies from gig

Good advice for all Metallica fans - if you have the possibility to appear in snakepit do everything to make it happen. Worth. In three weeks I go to another Metallica concert in Horsens (Denmark) and I've heard rumors that there waiting for me snakepit pass. See you.