The countdown has already begun for Metallica make your triumphant arrival in Madrid. The Angelenos will perform next July 12 and 14 in it Metropolitanin two concerts part of his tour ‘M72’. We are counting the hours until we can enjoy live James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo. And, precisely, the latter has become news in recent days for some statements in which he recalled his beginnings with the band.
FIRST CONTACTS
In an interesting talk at The Bone from radio station 107.7, Trujillo traveled to those concerts to present the album ‘St. Anger’ in 2003. An important date for him, since they were his first steps with Metallica. Robert Trujillo commented on how he experienced those initial nerves: “What I remember most about 2003 is that I didn’t know what the setlist was going to be each night. It was like very free. And I don’t know if it was on purpose or we were so overwhelmed or Lars was so overwhelmed that he couldn’t tell me exactly what we were going to play.
Logically, the pressure could not be greater and he tried to cope with it as best he could: “So I was learning songs like ‘Phantom Lord’ on the fly. And it had been a long time since they played ‘Phantom Lord’. There was all this energy around me and my head was like swimming with the pressure of the show, the pressure of being the new bassist, but also the pressure of having to learn a song first thing in the afternoon on the day we were going to play it”.
“Metallica songs are a challenge, but also, I think that around that same time, we were playing in the legendary San Quentin prison. Many things were happening at the same time. It was like, ‘Welcome to your new life,’” Trujillo added.
This is where the adaptation of the artist in question comes into play: “You have to learn, adapt and do the best you can, and that’s how it was at that concert at the Fillmore. I got to work, and when I caught up a couple years later, I said, ‘I’m going to do everything I can to learn songs that we’re not even playing and that aren’t even on the radar.’ ‘I’m going to learn ‘Orion’. I’m going to learn ‘Dyers Eve’. I don’t like being on the edge, having to learn songs in a day or something like that. So I found a way to update myself”.
METALLICA CONCERT IN MADRID
On July 12 and 14, Madrid has a historic double date with one of the greatest rock bands at the Cívitas Metropolitano stadium. Metallica’s drawing power continues to increase. Proof of this is the 100,000 tickets sold in more than four months for the celebration of the two concerts, already surpassing their current record in Spain where in 2019 they brought together more than 70,000 people at the Valdebebas – Ifema venue in Madrid.
With the 2-day tickets sold out and with the availability of tickets for Friday becoming more limited, Metallica’s next visit to Madrid, which will feature guest artists of the caliber of Architects and Mammoth WVH for Friday and Five Finger Death Punch and Ice Nine Kills for Sundayis on its way to becoming one of the great musical milestones in the city’s history.
On this tour produced by Live Nation, Metallica, who this year won the Grammy for “Best Metal Performance,” will offer two different setlists for each night. Furthermore, the M72 World Tour will feature a bold new circular stage design located in the center of the Civitas Metropolitano field that once again includes the famous Metallica Snake Pit in its central area.
Cities such as Paris, Hamburg, Amsterdam, Los Angeles and Montreal already enjoyed this spectacular staging in 2023 during what was the first part of the tour that ended on November 10 in Detroit and whose second and last act will begin on May 24 in Munich to say goodbye on September 27 in Mexico.
In addition to reviewing the greatest hits of their extensive career, Metallica are presenting ’72 Seasons’, his latest work published on April 14, 2023 and which has been received with very positive reviews from prestigious media such as NME, The Independent or Rolling Stone. The date is approaching, the time is approaching to discharge adrenaline again to the rhythm of Metallica in what will be one of the most spectacular shows of his career.
