The back-to-back shows with a different playlist really pisses me off. Sort of forces you into going to both shows if you want to be sure to catch your favorite songs. Not going to lie, I’d be fucking furious if I went to one show and they didn’t play songs like One and Master of Puppets but did the next night.
I know they’ve been doing that with their latest tour but I was hoping the Sphere shows would not be that.
It’s kind of genius marketing. It’s also fucking irritating.
You a fan of Tool?
In a greatest hits kind of way.
you’d love their festival.
You beat me to it - I was going to post that the Tool In The Sand (gotta love acronyms!) attendees were definitely not of the same mindset as GMAN when it came to setlists.
The difference being that for the Tool festival you had no option to purchase a one day ticket (according to that article). So you’d expect a different setlist.
The Metallica shows are either one night or two. I don’t want to be “forced” into having to pay for both nights so I can see all the songs I want. Shows at the Sphere are fucking expensive and two shows on non-consecutive days also means a four night hotel stay. I know I’m not being forced, hence the quotes.
As I said above, I know the tour they were just on was doing the no repeat back to back shows. I just hoped the Sphere shows would just be standalone shows. I don’t necessarily need a Greatest Hits show but I don’t want to spend four days and a zillion dollars on two shows. This is just me being disappointed in how this was organized.
That stated, the Metallica tickets seem to be way cheaper than U2. I think I paid $700 per ticket for 200 level seats.
Metallica switched to non consecutive shows at least a few years ago, to my knowledge. perhaps kickbacks from the tourism boards.
I’d expect prices to be less than U2 - they opened the venue and more mainstream normcore similar to Taylor Swift. And some of the newness of the venue has worn off.
Regarding changing setlists - Phish sold out 13 shows at MSG not repeating a song.
To be fair, no one hears all the songs they want at a concert. For a band that’s been around for a few decades, you’re probably lucky to hear half. The last show I attended, I heard maybe 1/5th and it was fantastic.
A residency is sort of a different animal. I don’t know what the best way would be to put together a multiple night setlist, since I wouldn’t want to script the show publicly in advance.
ETA: reading the website description, it appears they’re doing a two night Eras Tour-style event. The layover day does make it more of a vacation-length event, so I can see that being off-putting, and without knowing how they’ll structure the sets you can’t really know which of the two day shows to attend (I’d skip everything north of the black album if that’s possible).
The travel packages are for three nights hotel stay, which is basically impossible from a travel perspective. Shows are Thursday and Saturday. You really need to be there Wednesday and leave Sunday. Which is four nights. So you have to tack on a night. You’d be stupid to try to travel on Thursday given today’s travel climate.
Yeah that’s a problem. There are very few bands that I’d make that sort of commitment to at this point. I wonder if the shows will be west coast attendees primarily because of the logistics.
I get the money grab aspect of the pricing, especially if travel packages are required - which is why I have not done any of the cancun shows for DMB or Phish. But, for me, when I have the time and tickets are in budget, residences have been great for Tedeschi Trucks, DMB, Phish - but those are jambands that change their sets for residences.
Are you not retired? Or, rather, aspiring golf pro? 
All the travel packages sold out in a couple of hours.
I was close to pulling the trigger, but it was going to be about $6000 total for the wife and I. Flights. An extra night. Plus whatever else we would spend. As much as Metallica is part of my DNA, I couldn’t spend that much for this.
Same thing. I could have bought tickets during one of the presales but it was going to be like $7,000 for two tickets for both shows, four nights, and flights.
I wouldn’t pay $7K to see any band. I might pay $7K for a four day threesome with Cindy Crawford and Kathy Ireland circa 1989 but that’s where I’d draw the line.
There is no price too high for that. Talk about a truly immersive experience.
1989 or 2026 dollars?
George Thorogood March 31(?)
AC/DC in July at Ohio Stadium
Springsteen in Pittsburgh, need to buy these yet
And really considering ZZ Top and Cheap Trick at the Hollywood Bowl in August
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Sphere Entertainment is in early, preliminary talks to bring a smaller, scaled-down version of the Las Vegas Sphere to Nashville
. Representatives have met with local Nashville executives to explore developing this immersive music and entertainment venue in the city.
Nashville Post
Let’s see if this happens.
Wilco is coming to my area in June. Just purchased tickets.
