How 11 Metallica Shows Transformed One Fan’s Perspective on Time, Family, and Unstoppable Change — A Journey You Can’t Miss
Eleven, a fitting number. This time around, I brought my son to his first show — at the age of 11. Metallica is touring their 11th studio album, 72 Seasons.
There’s a film premiering called “Metallica Saved My Life”. I wouldn’t go as far as to say that Metallica saved my life. But they’ve certainly marked my life. An indelible imprint. Like pencil lines on the door frame as kids grow older, Metallica have grown with me, and been there every step of the way since I was in Grade 8.
Seeing Metallica in concert has become a measure of my mortality. How are they doing? How am I doing? Metallica shows have always been incredible, fist-pumping, yell-as-loud-as-you-can good. They’re increasingly a spectacle… or you could say, an ordeal. Gone are the days of the hockey arena shows; it’s become football stadiums, craning necks, massive line-ups at the merch stands, traffic. I felt this seeing them at Rogers Centre in Toronto in 2017, the first time the sheer scale of the show created a wall vs. the ‘connection’ of previous shows. As I recently turned 47… have I seen Metallica enough? Maybe I’ll never know. The band still has the chops, but will they know when to call it quits? Will there be an eventual ‘farewell tour’? Will they, like the Rolling Stones, be touring into their 80’s?, do we even want them to?
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