Hello! Friendly neighborhood ex-tab guy reporting in from his most recent 'Tallica show.

Godsmack played mostly songs from the radio, and I knew the songs that wern't. They did a pretty sweet "instrumental" break (about 7 or 8 minutes) with the singer playing on a second drum kit.

Metallica played a fairly normal set from the lists I've seen on this tour. Lots of pyro. Kirk was pretty sloppy for the first hour. Robert and Kirk played Orion during his "solo" (called Junglessence if you visit livemetallica.com). Only new songs were Frantic and St. Anger. They played Holier Than Thou which was only the 2nd time I'd ever heard it live. The new Full Metal Jacket intro to One is cool. The pyro for One at the beginning was so damn bright, hot and loud that I almost passed out. They played Jump in the Fire and Seek and Destroy as the final encore.

Random observations by Phil:
- I noticed that Kirk didn't play the "KH-2" skull inlay guitar. He did play his old Jackson Rhodes for Sad But True and Seek and Destroy.

- James' new Ken Lawrence explorer is cooler than the old one (sun inlay at 12 on the new one).

- I don't like James' other newer guitars though. He had a silver ESP "Les Paul" with graphics to make it look worn in places, and a white Gibson explorer with his tatoo graphics on it. They didn't do anything for me.

- Seek and Destroy doesn't sound better tuned to D. I'm not sure why they decided to do that.

- Battery is still one of the kick-assingest songs in the Metallica catalog.

- I don't think Kirk will ever play a good solo to Blackened.

- Frantic is cooler live.

- Robert looks bigger on TV.

- Robert kicks more ass live.

- I caught another pick from James. This one from right after I Disappear. They aren't using the Dunlap ones anymore. This one is white, and it seems thinner.

- People in Cleveland smell bad. I don't like being that close to people, and everyone I was close to smelled.

- People in the SW part of the arena had better boobs and were more willing to show them than anyone else.

Setlist
Blackened
Fuel
The Memory Remains
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Frantic
Holier Than Thou
No Leaf Clover
St. Anger
Sad But True
Creeping Death
Battery

I Disappear
Nothing Else Matters
Master of Puppets
One
Enter Sandman

Jump In The Fire
Seek And Destroy

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