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Metallica Invades Woodstock '99 We're receiving our first reports of the Woodstock '99 performance Saturday night. (Setlist, Pictures and more at MetOnTour. Joining the band onstage at the end was none other than Lars's new pal, Kid Rock. Parts of the show are availible for viewing (streaming only) at the Woodstock site. Inter Sandman's "A," was there and had this to say: The show was astounding. loud as fuck and killer as usual. The people around me just lit up like firecrackers when "Ecstasy of Gold" started playing and they broke into SO WHAT.. The guard, an older guy who met Jamyz with his daughter thru the club and other people around us just started freaking out that he was singing Creeping death, We started chanting the usual... the storm that was predicted was a wimp out.
Rolling Stone says: "The best of the bunch was Metallica. All that trumped-up, larger-than-life drama before they took the stage -- lighters in the air, classical and choral music over the P.A. -- smashed to bits when the band stormed out of the gates with "So What?" Brilliant."
The Detroit Free Press says: "...And ever reliable Metallica, whose precise, fist-pumping metal again revealed why it's the best live band in contemporary rock."
From Spin Magazine's Top 40 Woodstock moments "9. Kid Rock and Lars Ulrich sharing a Corona onstage following Metallica's set.
CDNow - Allstar says: "Metallica's set couldn't have been better scripted in Hollywood. Fans ignored festival announcer's warnings of a severe thunderstorm on the immediate horizon and stuck out the longest set this festival had yet seen. For over two hours, Metallica ambushed the crowd with a solid mix of old and new all the while the air smelled of an impending shower of Armageddon proportions. The band would later emerge for six encores but it was a moment mid-set that made sealed this gig into the annals of rock history. "
MTV: "Looking every bit the part of the elder statesman of metal that they are, Metallica rumbled through a 90-minute set that featured such vintage slabs as "Master of Puppets" and "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Capitalizing on the mellowed vibe provided by the rain, Metallica's blues-ridden rendition of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page" seemed to perfectly capture the riotous events of Saturday night, even as "Fuel," "Enter Sandman," and "Battery" sent the crowd off in preparation for the third and final day of Woodstock '99.
Sonic Net: "Metallica followed with a sonic barrage that equaled that of Rage. The San Francisco Bay Area band played an almost two-hour set of lacerating, pounding testosterone-rock highlighted by James Hetfield's gruff vocals. White strobe lights emanated from the stage as the band broke into "So What" from last year's Garage Inc. Bassist Jason Newsted shouted angrily into the mic, glaring at the audience. Hetfield grabbed his crotch during "For Whom the Bell Tolls." Kirk Hammett held his guitar upright, continuing to play it, as green lasers shot into the crowd. Smoke seeped between the lasers as Hetfield knelt at the lip of the stage to sing "King Nothing" At one point, Metallica performed a cover of Bob Seger's "Turn the Page", offering a break from the hard rock that dominated the set.
Sonic Net: (Quoting The Chemical Brothers whom performed at the same time as Metallica on the other stage) "It was quite nice of the organizers to put us on the main stage to give us a go. It is different in Europe than America. Kids who grow up in Europe, they don't just like rock music or dance music. I can't imagine people [in the U.S.] banging away to Metallica being interested in us." "Just playing any festival, the biggest festival in America, you go for it," Metallica singer/guitarist James Hetfield said. "There's a lot of people out there." Metallica also played the 1994 Woodstock festival. "They asked us back, ha, ha, for some reason," said Hetfield, who was momentarily parked in a chair in a backstage tent where he and bandmate Jason Newsted were finishing up a frantic set of interviews.
USA Today: promoted Metallica's live show as one of several "best bets."
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