Report: Iranian Tourists Come To Turkey To See METALLICA
July 28, 2008, 16 years ago
Turkey's SABAH newspaper has issued the following report:
Many tourists flocked to Istanbul to see the legendary heavy metal band METALLICA in a concert held at Ali Sami Yen Stadium last night (July 27th).
Metallica fans began to line up for the concert at 5:00 AM yesterday morning. A Metallica fan from Iran stated: "My country's regime would not allow such a concert to take place; that's why I came to see them in Istanbul. I can not even dream of seeing this concert in my own country."
Metallica ran through the following setlist at the show: 'Creeping Death', 'For Whom The Bell Tolls', 'Ride The Lightning', 'Harvester Of Sorrow', 'Welcome Home (Sanitarium)', 'Leper Messiah', '...And Justice For All', 'No Remorse', 'Fade To Black', 'Master Of Puppets', 'Whiplash', 'Nothing Else Matters', 'Sad But True', 'One', 'Enter Sandman', 'Last Caress', 'Motorbreath', 'Seek And Destroy'.
Metallica's new album, Death Magnetic, will be released on September 16th, and features the following tracklisting: 'That Was Just Your Life', 'The End Of The Line', 'Broken, Beat & Scarred', 'The Day That Never Comes', 'All Nightmare Long', 'Cyanide', 'The Unforgiven III', 'The Judas Kiss', 'Suicide & Redemption', 'My Apocalypse'.
Further details on various packaging, plus the latest "fly-on-the-wall" footage from the studio can be found in a previous posting, here.
