Metallica Plays Marin County Debut Warm-Up Show
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Metallica warmed up for the next leg of the World Magnetic tour with a concert in their backyard, playing for the very first time in their home town of San Rafael, CA, just north of San Francisco.
Metallica's Marin County debut at the Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium was an appearance as part of a fundraiser for the Marin Museum of History's Marin Rocks exhibition slated to open in 2010. The Marin Rocks museum is set to open summer 2010 in downtown San Rafael, and will include exhibits celebrating Marin's rock music heritage, performance spaces and educational programs for young people in music and the arts.
Metallica's James Hetfield has lived in Marin since the mid-'80s. He bought a 500-acre spread in San Rafael, he lives there with his wife, Francesca, and three children, Cali, Castor and Marcella, ages 11, 9 and 7.
James Hetfield lives a quiet, low-key life in Marin County, and is always content to stay under the radar. But as the museum plans hit financial trouble, James Hetfield came to the rescue and offered to hold a Metallica concert with proceeds going to the museum. Tickets for the 2,000 seat Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium venue went between $100 and $350 and sold out in ten minutes.
"We've never done a public show. I don't know why. Probably because there aren't that many places to play in Marin that are large enough to satisfy enough people," James Hetfield said to the Independent Journal. "But in the last few years, basically after 'St. Anger,' we started getting more into public service, giving back to the community, discovering how good that feels."
"Growing up struggling in a dysfunctional family and being able to turn to music as my escape and therapy and savior is dear to my heart," James Hetfield of Metallica said. "So introducing kids to music and having a safe clean place for the youth of Marin to come in and jam, talk about their problems and write songs together really excites me."
"It's very easy in Marin. Most of the people who stop me are very polite, saying things like, `Hey, James, what's up?' That's pretty much it. The people who get star struck or clingy are tourists, and they associate their trip to Marin with me. Everyone else sees me as a resident of this county. It's very easy to kick back and be an equal."
Moonalice, featuring Marin musicians Pete Sears and Barry Sless, opened the show. Metallica came out a little after 9:30 p.m., James Hetfield thanked the crowd, saying: "We appreciate you coming out to support the ancestry and the history of music in Marin County."
The setlist of Metallica's show was as follows:
Creeping Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fuel
Harvester of Sorrow
Fade to Black
Broken, Beat, and Scarred
Cyanide
Sad But True
One
Master of Puppets
Battery
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
Hit the Lights
Seek and Destroy
Metallica's World Magnetic tour begins in Nashville.
Metallica "For Whom The Bell Tolls" Live Marin Center 09-11-2009
Metallica "Hit The Lights" Live Marin Center 09-11-2009
Metallica "Harvester Of Sorrow" Live Marin Center 09-11-2009
Source: Metallica Blog Magnetic
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15 Comments on "Metallica Plays Marin County Debut Warm-Up Show"
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4. writes:
It's always nice to see a band give back to their community. Most of the time, bands forget where they came from or what they can do with the popularity they have. After Katrina, Harry Connick Jr., Dave Mathew's band, etc. help us out. So, it's always good to remember your roots and community. Two thumbs up to Metallica for this one.
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10. writes:
Branded is obviously off his game, so I guess it's up to me to take over...
Hetfield might be off the radar but he's definitly a giant blip on the gaydar.
"Oh, I'm so dysfunctional, but may my music be my therapy and savior." F'ing homo! No wonder you sing in a castrated high-pitched boy-orchestra voice!
"It feels so good to give back to the community." La-dee-da! Maybe because you haven't given the metal community anything worthwhile since 1986 and you're starting to ring shallow even to your shallowest fans.
"Just keep your communities clean, safe and drug-free for the children's sake."
Michael Jackson would be proud. James is definitely off to never-neverland. He probably grew up there--as a teenager Michael Jackson molestee!
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11. writes:
Harvester Of Sorrow, Finally!! A bit too late though, as they have no juice left in them.
"Tickets for the 2,000 seat Marin Veterans Memorial Auditorium venue went between $100 and $350 and sold out in ten minutes"??
So that´s 500K plus in ten mins? That IS impressive
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15. writes:
This was the best show i have ever and will ever go to. No way to top this show. Metallica being my absolute favorite band ever and being to more than a dozen shows i can say metallica should do this more often. David Warner is the man for putting this show on and for being a great host. This show was done for a great cause and for metallica to do it for free and to raise money is the coolest thing ever.
Thanks to everyone involved. Travis from Tiburon
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1. wilco writes:
kind of cool of them