Metallica Tour Dates

[S7Paul]

Thu 26 February 2009, MEN Arena, Manchester
Sat 28 February 2009, Sheffield Arena
Mon 02 March 2009, O2 Arena
Tue 03 March 2009, Newcastle Arena
Wed 25 March 2009, NEC Birmingham 2
Thu 26 March 2009, SECC Glasgow 2
Sat 28 March 2009, O2 Arena

Tickets on sale tomorrow morning (though possibly only pre-sale for fan club members - I can't check this at the moment).

[S7Paul]

Scooby_snax said:

on sale 24th
http://www.metallica.com/index.asp?item=601490

That's for general sale, Metclub members can buy tomorrow:-

Tickets go on sale via www.ticketmaster.co.uk on October 24 at 9am local time
Met Club presale begins on Tuesday, October 21 at 1am Pacific time and ends on Friday, October 24 at 1am Pacific time
The presale requires your unique presale code found under the MY ACCOUNT page
Each Met Club member can purchase up to four tickets
Opening acts: Machine Head & The Sword

[S7Paul]

mouk786 said:

Do I want to see them again for a whopping 45 plus service charges? Dunno, seen them twice now.

Starting to get fed up of these ridiculous ticket prices now TBH.

Is £45 really that expensive for Metallica + Machine Head + The Sword?

Compared to a typical West End show, or a ticket to see Madonna, Rolling Stones, Streisand, etc., I'd say it was pretty good value.

[S7Paul]

There were loads of complaints from Metclub members yesterday as Ticketmaster **cked it up again. It was specifically stated that there was a 4 ticket per gig limit, but when they went on sale yesterday Ticketmaster was only allowing 2 to be ordered. This prompted a mass of complaints on the Metclub forum, resulting in one of the club administrators getting onto Ticketmaster to fix it (which they did). However, the end result for us is that to get the tickets we wanted, we're being stung for 6 postage fees instead of 3 (an extra £15). So, they **ck up, and as a result make more money. This, on top of the "convenience charge" just makes me hate Ticketmaster even more.

[S7Paul]

satch said:

well i'm fked off.

online for 9 am this morning and on the 'phone, pre-booking password at the ready that Ticketmaster ahd emailed to me.

have got tickets? have I fk.

wnakers

try again tomorrow.

The problem is that first there was fan-club presale (Tue), then O2 customer presale (Wed), then Ticketmaster customer presale (Thu), then finally general release (Fri). How many good tickets are likely to be available by the time general release begins? Still, good luck for tomorrow.

[S7Paul]

blueST said:

Just got mine for Manchester. Never seen them before, cannot wait. From the stage plan on Ticketmaster, it looks like the crowd completely surround the stage.

Incidentally, why when I search for "Metallica" does this thread not come up?

You are correct. I think all these shows will be using a centre stage set-up. Having seen them like this a couple of times I'd say it works really well as the "front row" is effectively much longer, and no-one is too far from the stage. The band are very used to playing like this, and always seem to keep an eye on each others whereabouts to ensure that they are covering each section of the crowd as evenly as possible. Have a look on the 'net at some of the photos & videos from the O2 show in September for a better idea of how it will be.