TOUR ARCHIVE

Date: 1999-06-12
Location: Athens - Greece [4 shows here]
Venue: Rizopoulos Stadium [1 shows here]
Fan reviews: 1 - Add yours!
Author: Nick Bosovitch
Setlist: Yes

It was the best show I have been to despite of the fact that I can't hear right now and all my body aches. I wrote this report only two hours after the end of the show in order not to forget anything.

The doors opened at 18.30 and Monster Magnet where on stage by 19.10. I will pass this quickly they played for 50 minutes and got the crowds attention for only a couple of songs, everyone was waiting for the big thing to come. Around 20.45 we heard Ecstasy of gold and that was it, a nuke was detonated in our minds when james came out. But what was is this? All of the fansexpected breadfan, but for this show the boys surprised us with So What and Last caress first and Last Caress right after. It was a pretty heavy setlist.

The group left the stage four times and was back the three of them.

The crowd was amazing, we did sang all the lyrics, done the faithful part in memory and even sang where no lyrics existed following the guitar lines. James told us after the three first songs that: "we have a long list of songs to play for you but I don't remember all the lyrics so help me" and he needn't say more.

The show was great with a lot of fireworks and fire columns emerging from the floor of the stage (mostly on one, fuel and on the returns of the band on stage) at the time before sabbra cadabra Lars got of his seat and started giving away his drumsticks to the crowd joining the other guys that gave away their guitar picks. Soon Lars and James where walking around the stage and Kirk and Jason got side by side and started playing sabbra cadabra (no drums no vocals of course). Lars then climbed on an amplifier and started dancing, witch was pretty funny in his sorts.

Concluding it was metallica for all the fans, both new and old, playing many hard tunes and making harder the softer ones. Even James was from the 1991-93 period wearing black jeans and black bracers with long hair, his vocals where from that era too, more rough and direct.

Lastly both Lars and James thanked the crowd and promised to be back soon ,not in six years again, since they said they where feeling like home. And we don't forget promises here.