Members of Metallica Spotted Around Central New York Prior to Syracuse Concert
On Saturday April 19th, 46,000 fans gathered at the JMA Wireless Dome to see Metallica play Syracuse for the first time in 30 years. Before the show Metallica front man James Hetfield was spotted around the Salt City.
Check out the pictures and video below, taken by Q1057 and 1035, the Capital Region's Classic Rock Station photographer Claude Sawyer, during the Metallica show at JMA Wireless Dome and see where Papa Het was spotted earlier in the day.
Following opening sets by Suicidal Tendencies and Pantera, Metallica ripped through a 16-song set featuring huge hits such as Enter Sandman, Sad But True and Nothing Else Matters as well as classic s such as Hit the Lights and Creeping Death.
Prior to the Syracuse show, lead singer and guitarist James Hetfield was spotted around town. It was nice to see James shopping local at Syracuse Cooperative Market on Salina Street.
Metallica will be back in action April 24th and April 26th in Toronto, Canada. The Syracuse show was one of the few one-night-stands on the current M72 Tour.
If we are not mistaken, the last time Metallica played Syracuse was July of 1996 on the Lollapalooza Tour at the New York State Fairgrounds.
Perhaps members of Metallica will be spotted celebrating Easter around Central New York. You never know where you might run into one of the greatest rock bands of all time. Here's what it looked like inside the Snake Pit for the Pantera set.
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