Metallica in Omaha 11/06/2008

We went to see Metallica in Omaha, Nebraska Nov. 6.
It was a great concert!
We had nice seats. 7th row, lower bowl. We were seated right in front of what we think was the sound board.
The band was tight. James sounded great.
The coffin lights were cool. They raised and lowered and moved.
There were fireballs and some multi-colored flames and laser lights. We could feel the heat from the fireballs. I'm glad James didn't catch himself on fire for us.
The fire, lasers and lights were just the icing on the cake. The music was fantastic enough.
There is no studio magic with this band. What you hear on the albums is what you hear live, if not more. Incredibly amazing band.

At the end, James ordered the house lights on and they dropped a bunch of black balls into the crowd. I wish I could have had a Metallica ball. No such luck.
People were getting really sloshed by the time Metallica took the stage. I worried for the safety of a few of them who seemed to defy gravity going up and down the stairs. I wonder if a few of them will even remember seeing Metallica.
There were a couple jerks but overall, people were considerate. Some guys tried to steal our seats. One of the ushers had to come kick them out. Lesson learned. Do not leave your seats.
They guy behind me kept stomping his feet right behind my seat. Metal bleachers that bounced. get the picture. There always has to be one idiot to ruin a perfect evening doesn't there?
Don’t get me wrong though. I loved the concert. Love it.
A lady in front of us looked like she didn't even like Metallica. She was texting on her phone through most of it. What? TEXTING during a CONCERT??? WTF?
I think she was just there for the $10 beers. She left before the end of the concert. What a waste of a perfectly good seat.

My voice is gone from screaming and singing, and I probably lost more hearing, but I will not soon forget this concert.
Kent loved it too.
I already downloaded the audio from the concert directly from the Metallica site.
It's been a dream of mine to see Metallica live for a long time.
I'm so happy I got to see them.

...Now if I could just get my hands on a couple tickets for AC/DC.....

Here's the set list for Metallica, Omaha Magnetic.

That Was Just Your Life
The End of the Line
Creeping Death
The Thing That Should Not Be
One
Broken, Beat & Scarred
Cyanide
Sad But True
Wherever I May Roam
No Remorse
Kirk Solo #1
The Day That Never Comes
Master Of Puppets
Fight Fire With Fire
Kirk Solo #2
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
Die Die My Darling
Blitzkrieg
Seek and Destroy
Total Running Time: 2:04:43

Not too many pics. I just wanted to enjoy the show. I really wanted them to play Suicide & Redemption from Death Magnetic but knew they probably wouldn't play it. I think they should of though. They included 6 songs off the new album. They should of squeezed in one more IMO.
Me and Kent wish they would have included Sanitarium as well. We both really love that song.

We listened to Master of Puppets and Death Magnetic on the way back home.
Death Magnetic is really comparable to Master of Puppets, no doubt about it.


Not my vid, but from the same concert.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACw12DYu8Fk&feature=channel
We had a similar view as this person. We were almost directly across from where this viewer was.
Good quality. Much better then I got off my camera.
They dropped the balls at the end so watch it all.


Omaha World Harold review
http://www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=2620&u_sid=10480947

Caesar

It sure is quiet here this morning.

I took our Siamese cat, Caesar, to the vet yesterday.
He has a mole on his eyelid that turned red and icky a couple days ago.
The vet looked at it and stopped short of saying that it is cancer but she did say that his mole has definitely changed and is irregular shaped and she said that it should be removed.
After calling my husband, we decided to have the surgery done right away and pick him up on Friday, after we return from Omaha.
Caesar was also constipated so they gave him an enema. I'm sure he wasn't too thrilled about that but I bet he feels a lot better.
The vet wanted to keep him to run some tests and to check his urine output. She assured me that Caesar will be able to close his eyelid all the way and he won't have a big, ugly scar. Just a little one.

So Ceasar is getting the full Monty of tests.
He was quite the ham at the vet office and the vet and assistant were telling him how beautiful he was and of course he was eating it up.
He wasn't scared at all once we got there and was eying the bird they keep in the waiting room.
Poor Bird is eyed as a snack by most animals that come in there I bet.

Domino seemed like he was wondering where Caesar was last night around dinner time.
Both Stormy and Domino seemed very relaxed though. Caesar instigates a lot of fights around here because he thinks he is the king.
Domino and Stormy were both laying on the bed with me last night. Something they don't normally do when Caesar is around because he gets so jealous and will start a fight with both of them.
I was petting both of them and Domino, normally very easy going just bit Stormy on the ear unprovoked. I don't know where that came from. lol

Anyway. I feel kind of crappy for leaving Caesar at the vets to have surgery while we go out of town for a concert.
I hope he will be OK. I am sure he will. They are very good to our pets and I wouldn't take him anywhere else to have this done.