What to Do in St Louis?

As I click Publish, there are 77 days until my trip to St. Louis with Matthew to see Metallica. We are leaving on Thursday, 11-02, and will return home on Monday, 11-6. I recently found out that there's a great local band playing at Pop's in Sauget, IL, on Saturday, 11-4. I've never been to Pop's in Sauget, IL, but I know there are a lot of bands that I would like to see in concert that play there. For example, if I lived in the Saint Louis area, I would likely attend all three of these concerts:

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However, I won't be going to any of them because I can't justify the 10+ hours in the car (roundtrip) to see any of those bands. Of the 5 bands listed, I've seen "The Devil Wears Prada" in concert. I also can say that Devildriver played at Chicago Open Air 2017. I could have seen them playing from a distance, but I have no specific memory of that. I remember Alex and I went to Mass on Sunday morning, but I don't recall what time we arrived at the concert. Here is the lineup from that day:

Sunday (July 16) LIneup:

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Monster Energy Main Stage

• 8:25PM Ozzy Osbourne
• 6:25PM Stone Sour
• 5:05PM Lamb of God
• 3:40PM Amon Amarth
• 2:30PM Hellyeah
• 1:30PM Demon Hunter
• 12:30PM DED

Blackcraft Stage

• 7:20PM Slayer
• 4:35PM Behemoth
• 3:10PM Kyng
• 2:00PM DevilDriver
• 1:00PM Norma Jean
• 12:05PM Whores
• 11:15AM Aversed

Source: 2017 Chicago Open Air Set Times Revealed

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All of that is nice to reflect upon as I think about going to see New Lingo at Pop's in Sauget, IL. This is a map from our hotel to the venus - a short 8 minute drive:

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And this is what the band sounds like.

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And here's some more tunes by the band.

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What Would It Take to Get the Other 2 of the Big Four on a Boat?

There's going to be some heavy metal on a boat in October 2019, per this link - Megadeth Expand Lineup For Their Megacruise - and this picture:

I see 2 of the Big Four on this cruise: Megadeth & Anthrax.

I am just asking a question. How much $ would it take to get Slayer & Metallica on that cruise? I don't mean to ignite a 'who's a better?' band - because, clearly, I would vote Metallica. The reason this is being tossed around in my brain is because Dave Mustaine has publicly said he would like to do additional Big Four shows. Here's the perfect opportunity to do that. It's his cruise - he can have anyone he wants play . . . which leads to the question I asked above: how much $ would it take to get Slayer and Metallica to join the Megacruise?

So I'm wrong...

Slipknot w/ All that Remains and DevilDriver
US Cellular Center
Cedar Rapids, IA
Thu, May 14, 2009 07:00 PM
I've been told by several people that Slipknot is an amazing show. Maybe I'll have to take it in.