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PODCAST: Episode 925 - Metallica Books The Sphere - Can You Afford to Go? · Ghost Cult Magazine Podcast

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One of these fixes it. What's up everybody?
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Late night TV, what's going on, man?
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It's time for another ghostcoldman.com live stream.
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It has been a crazy day of music news and stuff and I am just
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trying to keep it all together. Keep it all together.
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So the Tal get this fear. That's what we're going to talk
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about. I had thought about doing, you
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know, I have some housekeeping to do in a second.
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I had thought about doing a few other things, including the Hall
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of Fame. People don't seem to like
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talking to the Hall of Fame as much as me, which is fun.
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But you know, we'll, we'll get into it.
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You can go to our website and check out my thoughts on that.
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Rob Zombie's got a new record out, getting very high reviews
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from all around. Jules is here as well as Speed
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Wilson. What up?
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What up? I'm just trying to make sure I'm
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on all the things. All the things are coming on
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live. Hey, Brooklyn Miss is here late
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at night on the East Coast. I hope you're doing OK with the
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snow. Brooklyn Miss.
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I'm just going to do some Metallica discussion about this
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here got announced today. They've been, you know, teasing
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this for a while. Again, I said this on the our
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live stream recently, which was like, oh, you know, when a band
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says we've been discussing what it would be like to do this
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fear, they're in talks, it's being negotiated, you can pretty
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much guarantee it that like anything at this point that's
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like, oh, we're thinking of doing this.
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They're fucking doing it. You know what I'm saying?
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Of course, as usual, I'm not not sure what's going on outside my
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window at almost 11:30 at night. Hold on one second.
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What about it? All right, well, we're going to
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make the best of it. Sounds like a fight is going on
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outside in the alley. World star.
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That's where I live. World Star, San Francisco.
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Only for a limited time. It never fails whenever I'm
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going live. But anyway, let's talk about
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Metallica, and let's talk about Metallica playing this sphere
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specifically. And what we're going to talk
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about is can you afford to go? Can anyone afford to go?
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And what is it going to be like to do this thing?
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So let's do all the things. Angle myself a little bit
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better. Hold on one more second.
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So yeah, there's just madness going on outside.
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I don't know. I got away from Brooklyn and New
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York City to get away from some of this shit, but it just seems
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to follow me. It seems to follow me.
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OK. I got my liquid death.
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Drop some stuff, All right, Anyway, I hope everybody is OK
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out there because it is dinner time, dinner time.
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But anyway, so I'm talking in this beer and if you can afford
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to go first in housekeeping, I'll just in begin this for a
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second housekeeping. We're going to do another live
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stream tomorrow early that is going to be reviewed this Rob
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Zombie album. I actually spent a lot of time
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working on this, but I just didn't have it ready to go
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tonight and I felt like this fear was a better conversation
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topic. I don't know if you agree or
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not, but we're going to find out.
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And then of course, tomorrow is my live stream, the Weekly
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Ritual. It is our rocket metal news
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recap show. Here's the already I got the
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thumbnail ready with the correct date on it and everything.
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So, you know, shit is shit is crazy.
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So anyway, not for you Brooklyn, Miss, but anybody else that's
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feeling tipsy, that comes along and wants to watch, you know,
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feel free to drop a tip in the tip menu.
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You know, we are really trying to build a community for
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independent metal journalism here.
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I don't think anybody does it as well as us.
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I'm just going to say it. There are bigger websites than
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us. I had some revelations this
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week. We're having some back end
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website problems. But actually I found out like,
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oh, our numbers have been like drastically underestimated for a
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long time. We actually have one of the most
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popular metal websites there is in terms of metal news and
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interviews. We do some of the most
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interviews. There's a lot of channels that
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only do interviews and look, I don't come already.
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I'm not Billy Corgan, I'm not Garza.
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I didn't come in from a band already popular and build off my
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fame. I'm a former musician, a current
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musician. I'm a metal fan.
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I have been a musician and a metal person since I'm a preteen
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basically, or a a young child when I first heard Black Sabbath
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at three years old. But I could say I've been an
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educated metal fan since I'm a preteen.
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I have a minor in musicology, I've been a professional
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musician, I produced records. What's up Lady Boneyard and Kruk
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and Robert are all here. I appreciate y'all.
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See if anybody else is going to join in, but feel free to drop
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us a tip if you're feeling tipsy.
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The best experience for these live streams is always Twitch,
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YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.
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But I like hanging out on TikTok.
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Matt Jackson's here. What up?
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What up? Welcome.
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There's our cash App. All right, Metallica's at this
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sphere. Let's I'll put myself back on
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the screen. So Metallica at this sphere.
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This has been teased for a long time and like I said, Tool is
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all right. We've been talking about what it
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would be like to play this sphere.
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They're negotiating to play this sphere.
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They're going to have a new record in 27/20/27 and they're
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going to play this sphere. But Metallica, let's talk about
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Metallica's bit, you know, like what is left for Metallica?
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I don't even know I dream in colors here.
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What's up? I don't even know the
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Metallica's got that long left in them.
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I not that they can't do it because the last few times I saw
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them, they were fantastic, but like just keeping it real.
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I just don't know that Metallica's, they don't have 10
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years left. They probably don't have five
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years left. And as I've talked about on my
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other podcast, the Glacially musical podcast, they're
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probably not going to do a farewell tour.
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I know that's very, people are like surprised when we say that,
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but I kind of agree. And that's our host Nick
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Cameron's idea. They're this is the farewell
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Metallica tour. Maybe they do another album.
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They surely will be live albums. They'll be Metallica content and
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collateral and home things and merch forever.
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They are the biggest and most successful band of all time.
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Doctor Music is passing by. What's up Doctor Music promotion
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Ray is here. What up?
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What up? Doctor Music is home to one of
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my favorite artists, Peter Wilson and four trips ahead.
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But so metallic at this fear. Like, you know, realistically,
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like, you know, what is it all about?
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Instead of doing like a usual big long graphic thing, I just
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want to talk about it here for a second and, you know, just get
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into the nitty gritty of it, you know.
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So, you know, they've been talking about doing this.
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There's not a lot left for them. They haven't done, you know,
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that's kind of the thing. There's not a lot left they
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haven't achieved. So realistically, if they're
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going to do something unique like the sphere, they're going
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to do it the Metallica way all out or not at all.
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They're only doing a handful of shows.
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Maybe this is a trial run for a future thing and it's you know,
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your life burns faster. Metallica life burns faster at
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this sphere and Dillinger compound is here.
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What up, homie? Tickets for this sphere will be
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stupid expensive. We're about to talk about it
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because I got some Intel about what the ticket prices are going
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to be. But you know, this is a special
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thing. Only a handful, you know, you 2
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open this fear. I don't like them, but
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apparently it was like 10. They hadn't toured a lot.
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They played like 10 or 20 days. They were all sold out.
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The tickets were going for astronomical numbers because it
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was the first ever big show at this.
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Fear Dead and company did a whole run there last year.
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Bob Weir passed away last summer.
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After that run was over, the Eagles were just there.
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I think Backstreet Boys were there.
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No Doubt is going to be there ill but whatever.
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People seem to love them millennials and Gen.
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Xers. I don't know what to say if No
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Doubt is a band you're hanging your fucking hat on.
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Of all the Scott punk bands I know they were hugely popular
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but I'll Gwen Stefani ill but anyway.
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She's about as terrible a person as we're finding out Greg is.
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But anyway, Dillinger, I was going to do a live stream about
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that and I was like, I'm just not ready to go there.
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But anyway, so it's going to be a special thing.
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And again, life burns faster. Obviously.
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That's a lyric from Master of Puppets, which is turning 40
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years old this year. And you know for a fact I can
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just. I would bet my life fooling.
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Their money is soon parted and I'm not usually a betting
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person. Speaking of Vegas, I'm a
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notoriously terrible gambler. My two favorite games are
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roulette and craps with the absolute worst odds.
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Anybody knows of a 00 or single zero roulette anywhere in Vegas
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let me know. But you know, they're going to
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play all the Master of Puppets, They're probably going to be
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playing all the Master of Puppets elsewhere during the
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year. I would be pretty, you know,
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there's going to be some Master of Puppets content.
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The Master of Puppets, Metallica of everything.
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Duran Duran should do this for your Dillinger compound.
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Dude, I love Duran Duran. I just did come undone at
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karaoke last week and absolutely would love to see it.
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I know Ghost is taking a hiatus. I just saw them last weekend in
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Sacramento and I absolutely love the show was like Iron Maiden
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and Metallica level almost. And I could see them coming back
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and doing this fear someday. I don't know, You know, I the
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sphere is a very special thing. It's extremely expensive to put
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on a show, but you know Metallica is going to do it
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right? So let's talk for a second about
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the logistics. It's just a handful of shows so
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you can go to ghostcultman.com to see the article.
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We've got all the links. Not a real super secret hint,
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but you know, the Metallica had turned their old school fan club
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into this new thing. You know, the 5th member club,
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which has been a long time thing.
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And I think Def Leppard could also do this fear and they would
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draw because they seem to continue to do that.
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Metallica is offering enhanced experiences.
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VIP don't know if they're going to be allowed to snake pit.
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I don't know that you would be able to enjoy this like the
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visuals. You would love to be right next
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to Metallica, but I don't know if you could enjoy the the
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visuals. So they're doing 8 shows October
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1st and 3rd, October 15th and 17th, October 22nd and 24th,
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then October 29th and 31st Halloween night and which you
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know would be crazy Halloween in Vegas.
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Lord, they're also offering a fan club presale, so sign up at
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metallica.com for the 5th member thing.
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It's a free fan club. They offer tickets early.
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You get a presale code sent to you.
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It's sometimes they have raffles, sometimes they do
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random things. They have enhanced experiences,
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VIP travel packages, full house tickets and the Ticketmaster
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artist presale. Obviously, it goes without
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saying these tickets are expensive on a base level and if
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you don't get them immediately and Ticketmaster sees that the
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the you know these are going to all sell out.
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The only good news is they're probably going to be able to get
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tickets closer to the show because people are going to
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cancel If you buy them and you can't afford to go.
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Maybe people will sell their tickets and you could get one or
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and or sell yours if you somehow can't go.
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But like legacy members get a special pre sale but regular
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fifth members have a specific on sales for each date and there's
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other pre sale info and things. Obviously getting a pre sale
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code does not mean you will be able to absolutely get tickets,
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but it means you will get a code to be able to get tickets.
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Vibie VIBE e.com has all the travel packages in partnership
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with Live Nation via and super and in kind, and I'm sure there
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will be some all within my hands.
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Win 2 tickets to see Metallica at the sphere A boards is here.
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What up what up metal is the path 665 good to see you It's
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been a minute welcome back we I think we followed you recently
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and Brandon is here. Hello, hello, hello.
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So I'm just reading this off. Dan is here.
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What's up Dan? I just like, I just like sharing
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all the things and shouting out people.
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But so you know, there's tickets.
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Let's see. There's a pre sales get
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notified. And again, this is a Metallica
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no repeat weekend. There's a signature concert and
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hotel experience that starts at $1000 per person.
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So. And that's not counting taxes,
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fees, resort fees on the rooms, all this shit that Vegas is
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known for. I'm not a travel Blogger.
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I have been to Vegas a bunch. I have been to Vegas for music
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events, especially metal events. I've also been to Reno quite a
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few times, closer to me here in San Francisco, but still 8 hours
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away. It's, you know, a night with
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Metallica, the no repeats weekend.
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That's one of my homies criticized on my personal page.
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Like, I don't believe there's no repeats thing.
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No, actually, if you're going to see them two shows in a row and
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they're the no repeat shows, they will not play the same set
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twice. I believe one of these sets will
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be Master of Puppets and one of these sets will be a little bit
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from every other record but Master of Puppets.
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You know, if that excites you, then you're good.
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You know what I'm saying? If that excites you, that's
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good. You're talking about Metallica,
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Brandon, any who the signature concert and hotel experience is
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a choice of reserved seat of both Thursday and Saturday three
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night stay at the Venetian or Virgin hotels.
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Also one Metallica travel merchandise item.
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That's cool. And also, you know,
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commemorative land minute and lanyard and viby concierge,
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which is probably like merch and maybe, you know, help you around
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town and Vegas. Other things.
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There's the Diamond concert hotel experience that starts at
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17142 per person. Again, this is show and hotel
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choice of premium reserve seat at Thursday and Saturday.
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Three night stay at the Venetian or Virgin.
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I love the virgin. Venetian is literally attached
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to the sphere. So that's like in, in terms of
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the ease of things and you I Venetian's gorgeous.
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Hey, Rob Zip is here. Rob is a travel vlogger.
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And I won't be able to afford to see them say, yeah, bro.
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I wouldn't want to hear them play anything other than their
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first four albums anyway. They did that one show when
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Johnny Azula died in tribute to John and Marshall Azula, where
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they played in the Hollywood Casino in Florida, where they
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didn't play anything past 1984. Teenage Kifi would have
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screamed. I've seen Metallica do a lot of
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shows. I, I, I'm, I'm quite fond of
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their last few albums. I don't love saying anger.
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The older I get Loaded and Reload is worse, but I love some
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of those songs. S&M has a couple of the
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originals that are not bad. S and M2 and S and MI Hear you,
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though. They have been doing a
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comprehensive set. I think this is, we've said
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right before you join, Rob, this is the farewell tour.
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This is the farewell Metallica tour.
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This, this M 72. Maybe they'll do another album,
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but I don't see them doing 5 or 10 more years.
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It just doesn't seem possible for Lars to play this much.
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But the sphere can be a thing. Maybe Metallica, you know, Iron
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Maiden is doing has launched like a convention that they're
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going to play 11 show a year at this weekend.
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And maybe that's what this becomes for Metallica.
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Luxury motor coach to and from Harry Reid International
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Airport. That's cool.
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Diamond package gift event, commemorative land year by B
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concierge. Let's see, what else?
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The snake pit. There is a snake pit.
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The snake Pit. Diamond Hotel experience package
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Snake pit for Thursday and Saturday.
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I wouldn't want to be in the snake pit for this one.
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Ticket to the Snake Pit exclusive standing section.
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Spheres roaming and waitstaff can take your drink order before
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the show starts. No need to leave your spot.
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Access to the black box experience.
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That's cool. The black box one MP3 download
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of both shows that's cool but you can buy that from metaka.com
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anytime on site. Perks enhanced experiences in
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check in three night stay 1 limited edition Metallica and
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Yeti drink Ware item. I think these things are like 50
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to $75.00 for the for the the water bottle.
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I don't have one but I have a similar thing and I think the
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Yeti coolers are like $300. I doubt they're going to give
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you ACDC was dragging their asses out.
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I'm sure Metallica will as well. I don't know, man, it's a lot.
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I'm going to say. Like, I think it's a lot easier
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as a musician. I play bass and I sing.
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I think it's a lot easier even at that age to do ACDC than
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Metallica. The toll.
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Lawrence had to transform his entire lifestyle to be able to
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do these last few years of shows.
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And Metallica went from 300 shows a year to 250 shows a year
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to 180 shows a year to 100 shows a year.
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They're playing like maybe even with these eight shows, it's
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still not 80 like 50 shows this year.
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It's probably like 40 shows or less.
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They just don't have it in them. I like that they're doing this
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thing. They're still providing an
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incredible show. They're making money hand over
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fist. I think I did another live
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stream where I predicted that Metallica is probably getting
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like multiple millions of dollars cleared in profit per
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show. Clay Man 666 is here.
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What up? What up?
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What up? So, yeah, so this is a whole
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thing, right? The diamond experience, the
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snake pit, right, is 47, almost 5000 per person.
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And I'm sure with taxes and fees, it's going to get pushed
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over. Oops, I lost the light.
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It's going to get pushed over to more than that.
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Let's see what I can find. Get my light back.
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Hold on. OK, The police are arriving.
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Here we go. Another night in San Francisco,
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everybody. I'm going to hold out for two on
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2027. Absolutely.
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Hey Rob, it's very late where you are if you're home or
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somewhere else. Thanks so much for chiming in
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brother. I really appreciate you and
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again, it's all love I miss. I missed the chance to hang out
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with you in person and I continue to regret it.
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But two shows, one package vibey and the Super fans official.
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No repeat weekend packages will get you to like you get the
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package for the weekend. You don't miss out.
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You get a ticket for each thing a weekend in Vegas Venetian then
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there's like some hotel information and nothing like
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this fear and transportation and all this but let's talk about OK
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like my by the way, I don't know if you noticed if you heard I'm
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getting married. So my fiance is a Vegas expert.
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Let's say she goes to Vegas annually for besties, birthday
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weekend or weeks. She is very clued in on getting
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parks and doing stuff. If she wanted to do a travel
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YouTube channel, she'd probably be great at it, Dillinger says.
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I mean, if Metallica is doing residency, then Maiden has to do
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one too. I don't know because I don't
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know. You know, Maiden has toured so
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much more than Metallica even the last couple of years that I
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don't know it. I mean, like I think Maiden
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could pull off like a week there, but I don't know that
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Metallica can command this kind of thing.
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I'm I'm not saying they're better or worse.
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I'm just saying Metallica is an exponentially more popular
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bigger band right then Metallica.
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You know, Metallica then Iron Maiden.
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So like, I just don't know. I love Maiden.
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I already voted for Maiden for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame,
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even though it doesn't really count.
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Maiden will probably not get in against Mariah Carey and all
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these other people. We'll save that for another live
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stream for my show tomorrow, Dillinger.
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I have two live streams tomorrow, Rob Zombie album
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review, which is surprisingly great, really excellent and
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shocked me and how much I liked it and how much I think I'll be
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returning to this new record as well as our regular show.
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So let's say you're a Vegas expert.
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Let's say you've got points with MGM or whoever.
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Let's say you are awesome at getting flights cheap and hotels
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comped and no resort fees and all those things.
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You see the the Vegas Youtubers and and podcasters and bloggers.
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So just talking about the tickets alone for each show, the
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early leak slash information I've been able to get from a
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variety of sources says 740 to 820 per ticket.
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Most single night tickets are listed between 1000 and 1500 for
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the lower bowl and floor. 2 day passes exceeding 3000 dollars,
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3200 in some cases. Lowest prices again 744 to 820
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from the upper top of the read the the experience.
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The Let's see premium 2 day passes again 1500 to 3200
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general range 200 to 400 extra per mid level or lower bowl
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prices will fluctuate on demand most up to date.
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You know, try to get in on the Metallica sale or the
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Ticketmaster sale because StubHub, SeatGeek, Vivid Seats,
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game time, tick pick are all going to escalator clause and
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Ticketmaster because they are evil.
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I don't know if anybody saw that we were.
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The one good thing I ever had to say about Kid Rock since the 90s
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was that he did. Hey, Emily, Emily's here, he did
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that. Jason Ferrell is here.
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So the one good thing Kid Rock ever did was convinced Trump to
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have the DOJ investigate, investigate a the Ticketmaster
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and Live Nation for defrauding the public, which we 100% know
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now they do. And Trump just fired that one
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lawyer, the DOJ that was responsible for that lawsuit.
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Lots of fucking luck. So yes, I did get the Black
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Queen. We'll talk about it tomorrow.
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I, I have mixed feelings. On one hand I want to go, on one
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hand, don't know if I want to support the guy, but like I
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love, I love the music and I love those albums.
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But I have a lot of shows to go to.
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This year's Puscifer, Afghan Whigs with my love, Puscifer
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with my love, couple of festivals, a lot of things.
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So anyway, can you afford to go? Well die hard Metallica fans
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will say I can't afford not to go.
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Also, I think Metallica has that golden ticket thing.
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The I disappeared ticket I believe is counts for this fear.
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So if you have one of those and you paid like 2 grand, you could
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go to any Metallica show in the world.
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You request your tickets early, ahead of time on the tour.
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You check in extra early that day.
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You can be in the snake pit, You can be in the top deck, wherever
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there's a seat for you. And yeah, that's a whole last
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thing, but I think an interesting thing nonetheless.
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So can you afford to go? This is not I saw this.
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Great, great thing online, a really great take, which is
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like, this is not a typical Metallica show or experience.
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You probably can't afford to go. So keep these things in mind and
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like I could show you the I've never been to this sphere.
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I've had friends that went to this sphere.
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Don de Lamont of Ghost Call and Talking to Talk with Don in
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Southeast of Heaven has gone to this sphere multiple times.
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I can't imagine more than one Grateful Dead show ever being
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enough ever for anyone. So yeah, hold on one second.
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I had this really great thing. Maybe it's in my Facebook
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Messenger. Oh, here it is.
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Yeah. So.
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Yeah. So this was from a poster in one
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of the Metallica M72 tour groups.
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For anyone who has I don't Adam from the M72 World Tour Facebook
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group. And for anyone who hasn't been
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to this view, here are some facts for someone who has.
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I went in 24 and 25 for Dead N Co.
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I'll again tickets will be expensive.
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This is not a stadium show. This is less seating.
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The venue costs a lot, no way around it.
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The upper tiers are steep. If you don't like steep, don't
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sit up high. I am still a chubby large human
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being. I'm trying, but I had some
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trouble when I saw Metallica in Saint Louis for the two nights
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of the M72 tour in 2023 with Nick Cameron and his wife, and I
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had a hard time getting up and down these like 400 steep stairs
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where the Rams used to play football.
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If you sit in the hundreds under the overhang, you cannot see the
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whole screen. You will only get as far as the
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overhang allows, which isn't much.
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El Chengo chief is here. What's up?
27:16
What's up? Thanks for being here.
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The booze is expensive. Beer is almost $20 and over and
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liquor is even more. That's Vegas.
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Everything is astronomical. Vegas used to be the cheap
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vacationer's paradise and a great place to go see a show or
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anything, and now it's really expensive.
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Ever since the pandemic, they lost so much money being shut
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down. They are really trying to
27:38
overcome those losses. It's unfair to pass it on to
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people, and people have stopped going.
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So Vegas, actually, if you have some money and you want to go to
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Vegas, now's the best time because it's kind of empty to
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get there. Walk through the Venetian Bridge
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if you're staying on the Strip. If you're staying off the Strip,
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it's an easy walk north of Koval, a few blocks off Las
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Vegas Blvd. So again, Metallica fans will
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say, how can I not go? This is a once in a lifetime
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thing. Metallica is going to leave us
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soon. They're going to retire soon.
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On the other hand, they've done, you know, like if you, you, you
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know, most average fans cannot afford to go, you've got a
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better chance of going flying to Europe and going to see them in
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Europe with a European vacation for less money than going to the
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sphere in some cases. I will say that I would like to
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go. I might go, but it's extremely
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expensive. And now that I'm getting married
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and going to a couple of other metal festivals this year, it
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might be it might be too much. We're going to try.
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We're going to try. Yeah.
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Canada are absolutely boycotting Vegas.
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They it's not to mention how inhospitable America is to
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outsiders right now, which I feel terrible about.
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What a fucking, you know, what a time to be alive.
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But Yemen. So the the sphere's going to be
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costing a lot. It's going to be very expensive
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to go, but it could be a once in a lifetime opportunity.
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Is Metallica probably going to record this with their pro crew
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and put out some kind of, you know, their YouTube content or
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eventually put this out as you know, you'll be able to get the
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album. You can get every Metallica show
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recorded from and mixed from the sound word by Greg Fiddleman,
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who is you know, also responsible for Death Magnetic
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originally, but also has been their guy now for 16/17/18
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years. And I think he was engineer for
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Rick Rubin before that. So he might have worked on Bob
29:31
Rock is saying anger. So Rick Rubin, I think he might
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have been an an acolyte of Rick Rubin's.
29:38
Hey Chris, what's up? Good to see you here, Late
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night, Tiffy. So that's kind of my whole deal.
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If you got any other questions or want to, you know, have an
29:48
opinion about this Metallica thing.
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Metallica, I don't care about them anymore.
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Again, like I said, when Metallica does well, it helps
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all of metal. Rizzo, Theo is here.
30:01
What's up, What's up? So I think when Metallica does
30:04
well, metal does well. We are going to lose our heroes.
30:09
I think we're getting a few more years out of Slayer with these
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occasional shows. Megadeth is already on their
30:14
farewell tour. I think five years is extremely
30:17
generous if Dave has a degenerative illness.
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Anthrax is coming back with a new album this year.
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But they even said like, we just basically play the hits in a few
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new songs. Every couple of times we have an
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album. First new album from Metallica
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in nine, from Anthrax in 9 or 10 years.
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I remember when Pearl Jam would record their shows and sell them
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online, yo. I mean you know the dead work
30:40
for the dead. If you love Metallica and you go
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see them, you can get a a high quality recording with specific
30:47
artwork and set lists and packaging and everything set.
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You can buy digital downloads, have them print pressed on the
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CDs and sent to you. They're probably someday going
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to do vinyl. I bet when vinyl becomes they
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own their own vinyl plan. I'm sure that's in the works.
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You know, if you get 80,000 people in a baseball stadium or
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a football stadium to pay to see Metallica and you think you can
31:09
sell 10,000 vinyls and press them yourself and ship them
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cheap. You do it high quality but cheap
31:14
but still. So that's my thoughts man yes
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tool would be also very expensive, but probably like
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mind blowing. I'm I'm I'm hype about it.
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I listened to Metallica all day today earlier today I was like
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we're going 100% and now I'm not.
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I'm not so sure even if we could get tickets and might be a
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stretch. So we'll see what happens.
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I would like to go. I've been talking about this for
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a long time. As soon as they intimated it
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that it was going to happen, I said I would love to go.
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We'll see. It's got to be a discussion with
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the fiance getting married in July.
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It's already proven to be more expensive than I anticipated,
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but I'm super excited we got engaged Yes I have a guy
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engagement ring and they have a wedding man coming from my
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wedding day but I'm super stoked.
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I'm really happy. Life has been sometimes a
32:08
struggle, but this has been this has been pretty sweet.
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All right, that's about the size of it for me.
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I'm going to go in a very manageable 32 minutes.
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Just talked about Metallica for 30 minutes to win this fear
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going to be psycho. It's going to be so much money
32:43
can you afford it? Probably not That's the answer
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to the question in the title. Can you not afford to go?
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If you're an obsessive Metallica fan with the unlimited money,
32:51
then of course you can go. But that's the world right now
32:54
rich and poor no in between No, no more working class.
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My parents were patently working class their entire life and you
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know, you need a certain level of high income just to live.
33:06
Masters is the only album I haven't seen them play and I
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predicted they will play all of Master of Puppets at these
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shows. There's two.
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It's the two Metallica. You know, the weekend, 2
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Metallica shows, Thursday and Saturday.
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I think Vegas is. They can stay in Vegas, but
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realistically Metallica has private planes.
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Vegas is close enough for all the members of Metallica to kind
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of fly home in between each show or stick around.
33:32
I'm sure there will be the Metallica takeover stuff they'll
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be doing, the festival, the museum, the, you know, whatever.
33:40
I don't know if Ross Halften is disgraced or not and can't do
33:43
those engagements with Metallica anymore, but I wouldn't be
33:46
surprised if Kurt builds in a horror thing.
33:48
I wouldn't be surprised if Trujillo or Kirk goes to the
33:51
Punk Rock Museum and does a thing there for an extremely
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high amount of money. I have rather enjoyed this last
33:59
era of Metallica, if this is indeed the last era.
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I don't know if we're going to get a new album because they
34:04
don't seem to be taking too many breaks, but they did write all
34:07
of 72 seasons in secret. I really love that record.
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A lot of people don't, but I love it.
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I think it, you know, it holds up in terms of the late error
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ban. You know, you see the records,
34:17
Rolling Stones doing a record the last couple of years.
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I thought it was solid, not spectacular, but 82 year old
34:24
Rolling Stones. What kind of record were you
34:26
expecting? I knew what mega def record I
34:28
was going to get at 64 years old.
34:30
Dave Mustaine. But anyway, we'll be back
34:33
tomorrow. But still today it'll we'll be
34:35
back tomorrow with two live streams of Rob Zombie album
34:38
review of The Great Satan out this week on Nuclear Blast
34:42
Records, as well as my weekly show at 5:00 PM Pacific, 8
34:46
Eastern. Thanks so much for being here.
34:49
I appreciate and love all of y'all.
34:50
I'm very lucky to do what I do. Thanks for watching if you
34:53
enjoyed any part of this and I will see you on the next one.
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Peace.