Yeah I've never had such a bad time at a show either. I was in the 500's and it was borderline unlistenable. I almost wanted to just leave. I ended up finding tickets for Sunday in the 200's for $100 each and just ate the others I had because I wasn't going to do that again. It sounded much better in those seats, but still muddy as hell during certain songs (Fight Fire With Fire for example).
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Yeah I've never had such a bad time at a show either. I was in the 500's and it was borderline unlistenable. I almost wanted to just leave. I ended up finding tickets for Sunday in the 200's for $100 each and just ate the others I had because I wasn't going to do that again. It sounded much better in those seats, but still muddy as hell during certain songs (Fight Fire With Fire for example).
Stadium shows suck it's almost universal. I saw RHCP in a football stadium a few months ago it was...okay. The Strokes were the open and it was unlistenable.
I wouldn't pay the prices these big stadium tours are going for right now.
There's also an awful lot of backing trackage going on in that case including the music itself. All of which can be elaborately tuned and calculated much more so than a band.
I wouldn't pay the prices these big stadium tours are going for right now.
There's also an awful lot of backing trackage going on in that case including the music itself. All of which can be elaborately tuned and calculated much more so than a band.
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I heard from people in the seats the sounds wasn't the greatest. I was close up front on the floor and had a good time
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Yes and no. She does have a band and backup singers who do perform live. Like most bands with massive stage production they use a master click track on most songs to sync the show (lights, visuals, cues for when chorus/bridge come in, lyrics etc). Yes, she also uses auto-tune and yes there is additional vocal tracks on choreo-heavy songs, but the mixer's job doesn't change whether its live, to track, or whatever. They'll have a soundcheck and they have to make it sound good in the venue any way you slice it. It's just that when sound comes from one direction you can use a consistent spot for the mixing board to get a constant reference (150 out dead center). If it is in the round, where do you put the board if each venue is different?
And fwiw even Metallica plays to a click and has some backing tracks (intros and whatnot). I would be surprised if they didn't have some vocal tracks too just in case someone has the flu and they don't want to cancel on 80k fans. Often they come into play for particular big cues (think Roger Daltrey's screams in Won't Get Fooled Again).
Ya was going to post something similar. Rarely have I been to a massive stadium show with amazing sound. The big O in Montreal is especially bad with the way it can echo around depending on where the speakers are setup and pointing. I prefer an arena show any day of the week, especially since modern arenas are built with shows in mind and have amazing built in sound most of the time.
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Dog sneaks away from home, into SoFi Stadium for Metallica concert
The pup, surely enjoying the dog days of summer with hits like "Master of Puppies" and "The Mailman That Never Comes," was reunited with her family the next day at their home near the stadium in Inglewood.
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I saw them back in 2017 at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey (Giants and Jets home field). They played with Volbeat & Avenge Sevenfold. It was a great show , they are fantastic live. I should of went to go see them play 1 of their 2 shows or even both back in early August when they came through here again. I can understand if people are complaining about the sound quality or whatever since they are using a stage setup that opens up pretty much the whole stadium they play in for seating. They still are great live regardless of whether you dislike their music post Injustice For All.
Metallica just launched the world’s first-ever guitar-shaped ice cream bar
Based on James Hetfield’s ESP Truckster, the Enlightened x Metallica vanilla dark chocolate bars will raise money for the metal icons’ All Within My Hands foundation
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Not that I have any interest in seeing em’ as without Dime and Vinnie it’s not really Pantera IMO.
But still, that’s a shame.
Metallica just launched the world’s first-ever guitar-shaped ice cream bar
Based on James Hetfield’s ESP Truckster, the Enlightened x Metallica vanilla dark chocolate bars will raise money for the metal icons’ All Within My Hands foundationwww.guitarworld.com
Should have called em’ “Trapped Under Ice….Cream Bars”
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I have tickets for both shows at Commonwealth in Edmonton next summer and the sound comments are definitely concerning. Doesn't help that Commonwealth Stadium, quite frankly, is a dump.
Still stoked based on the setlists I've seen.
72 Seasons just hasn't hit me quite like Hardwired did. The highs on Hardwired just blow Seasons away. That said, I'm in love with Inamorata and Chasing Light, and James is sounding really good. I've hovered around a 6/10 for Seasons, which honestly, at this point for Metallica, I'm not mad about.
Still stoked based on the setlists I've seen.
72 Seasons just hasn't hit me quite like Hardwired did. The highs on Hardwired just blow Seasons away. That said, I'm in love with Inamorata and Chasing Light, and James is sounding really good. I've hovered around a 6/10 for Seasons, which honestly, at this point for Metallica, I'm not mad about.
