Ghost's Tobias Forge Throw The First Pitch At A Baseball Game

Ghost's Tobias Forge Throw The First Pitch At A Baseball Game (wearethepit.com)

Some Music Info

1. Rocker Reaction: "Just a Bullet Away" (Metallica)
2. Metallica's James Hetfield 'Skeptical' of Getting COVID Vaccine
3. Ghost's 'Cirice' in the Style of Metallica

CoA 2019

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Sure... Play in the Area the SAME week as Disturbed & PC!

Ghost Tour Dates

What a Lineup!

If I had not already purchased tickets for the Phil Collins concert on Friday, October 11, 2019, in Omaha, NE, I would be VERY VERY interested in going to Manchester, TN, for the Exit 111 concert because this lineup is absolutely KILLER!

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Per a quick Google search, the drive to Manchester, TN, from my house would be 10 hours, 8 minutes:

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Of course, if I were going that far, I would get a VIP ticket.

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Ghost Picks Met Setlist

I can go with the majority of what Ghost's Tobias Forge picked for his dream Metallica setlist. There are two lists within this post: Forge's list and my list. Read both.

I would swap out "Fight Fire with Fire" for either "Spit Out the Bone" or "The Judas Kiss" or "All Nightmare Long." I would
https://www.loudersound.com/features/we-got-ghosts-tobias-forge-to-pick-his-dream-metallica-setlist

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Intro: The Ecstasy Of Gold

1. Battery - “It is such a great opener. They’d play it as they did on the Master Of Puppets tour; the intro is recorded and they arrive and launch into that riff.”
2. Creeping Death - “They used to open with this a lot, and I’m sticking it in the set early. They’ve not played it as much recently, so I’m bringing it back.”
3. Of Wolf And Man - “I’m not sure they play this very often. But I love it, especially that howling midsection. That’s a great crowd-participation part.”
4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) “They’ve put this early in the set for years. It works brilliantly after Of Wolf And Man as a cleanser, as we’re about to go into a Ride The Lightning extravaganza…”

The RTL extravaganza

“This is a very special part of the set. Playing side-A of Ride The Lightning in full. Culminating in Fade To Black, which brings the pace down a little, but it’s a really important song in Metallica’s career. It showed even that early, they were willing to go to places that their peers were not.”
5. Fight Fire With Fire
6. Ride The Lightning
7. For Whom The Bell Tolls
8. Fade To Black

9. Blackened “I’m not the biggest fan of …And Justice For All, but I wanted to have this in there. And this would just lift the place up again.”
10. Until It Sleeps “I really didn’t like the more rock’n’roll and blues-based material that Metallica went on to do, so I’ve kept quite far away from that period. But even I have to admit that this is a brilliant song, even though it’s from an album that I am really not a fan of.”
11. One “I’ve created a very specific setlist that leans heavily on the period of Metallica I have most fondness for, namely the first five albums.”
12. Master Of Puppets “This would end the first part of the set on a high. We’re going out with two true heavy metal classics here.”

Encore

13. Am I Evil? “At this point, Am I Evil? is basically a Metallica song. It’s also very important to show Diamond Head’s influence on Metallica.”
    
14. Last Caress “This has been a very dark and doomy Metallica set, so I wanted to have a brighter and more fun song, which this is… obviously despite the lyrical content!”
15. Enter Sandman “The all-time greatest banger you can have. You can say whatever you like, but you can’t argue with this song.”

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My List

1. Battery - I'd be okay with this as a set opener. I love the acoustic guitar intro.
2. Creeping Death - I'd be okay with this as it is a great crowd participation tune.
3. Of Wolf And Man - "Atlas Rise!" instead.
4. Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - "Halo on Fire" instead.
The RTL extravaganza - Terrible idea. I can see where this would be cool if they were going to play "all" of an album, but the first two tunes take the place of other tunes I'd rather hear.
5. Fight Fire With Fire - "Motorbreath" instead.
6. Ride The Lightning - "The Frayed Ends of Sanity" instead.
7. For Whom The Bell Tolls - Good choice.
8. Fade To Black - "Sad But True" instead.
9. Blackened - Good choice.
10. Until It Sleeps -  "Dirty Window" instead.
11. All Nightmare Long" has to be in my dream setlist.
12. One - "Seek & Destroy" instead.

Encore

13. Am I Evil? Master Of Puppets instead moves to the first encore.
14. Last Caress - Good choice, but I'd probably squeeze in "One" as well. Maybe jump from the end of "Last Caress" directly into the fast part of "One"
15. Enter Sandman - Good choice.

Lars Recommended

Lars Ulrich recommended this video, per Why Metallica Chose Ghost And Bokassa As Support Acts For European Tour - Blabbermouth.net:

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10 Best Metal Albums

Where do I turn in my “Metal Card” – I only have heard #3 on this list!

1. Our Raw Heart - Yob
2. Down Below - Tribulation
3. Automata I & Automata II - Between the Buried and Me
4. Grimmest Hits - Black Label Society
5. Errorzone - Vein
6. Wasteland - Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats
7. Stranger Fruit - Zeal & Ardor
8. Firepower - Judas Priest
9. Prequelle - Ghost
10. The Sciences - Sleep

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Graduation Blocks My Attendance

My nephew's high school graduation occurs during the final day of this festival in May 2019. Otherwise, I'm pretty sure Alex would be wanting us to take a trip to Columbus, OH. Here's info about the festival: http://loudwire.com/sonic-temple-lineup-2019-announcement-bands/ and here's a preliminary list of the bands that are playing:

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1. Foo Fighters
2. System Of A Down
3. Disturbed
4. Bring Me the Horizon
5. The Prodigy
6. Ghost
7. Halestorm
8. Lamb of God
9. Chevelle
10. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
11. The Cult
12. In This Moment
13. The Hives
14. Gojira
15. The Distillers
16. Meshuggah
17. Action Bronson
18. The Struts
19. Refused
20. Killswitch Engage
21. Parkway Drive
22. Black Label Society
23. Beartooth
24. Scars On Broadway
25. Architects
26. Tom Morello
27. Avatar
28. Pussy Riot
29. Bad Wolves
30. Fever 333
31. Mark Lanegan Band
32. Badflower
33. The Glorious Sons
34. Issues
35. Yungblud
36. H09909
37. Black Pistol Fire
38. Scarlxrd
39. Zeal & Ardor
40. Basement
41. The Black Dahlia Murder
42. Don Broco
43. Wage War
44. Hands Like Houses
45. While She Sleeps
46. Palaye Royale
47. Movements
48. Amigo the Devil
49. The Plot In You
50. Boston Manor
51. COUNTERFEIT.
52. Demob Happy
53. Teenage Wrist
54. The Pretty Vicious
55. Black Coffee
56. Shvpes
57. Dirty Honey
58. No1Cares
59. The Jacks

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And in alphabetical order by band name:

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1. Action Bronson
2. Amigo the Devil
3. Architects
4. Avatar
5. Bad Wolves
6. Badflower
7. Basement
8. Beartooth
9. Black Coffee
10. Black Label Society
11. Black Pistol Fire
12. Boston Manor
13. Bring Me the Horizon
14. Chevelle
15. COUNTERFEIT.
16. Demob Happy
17. Dirty Honey
18. Disturbed
19. Don Broco
20. Fever 333
21. Foo Fighters
22. Ghost
23. Gojira
24. H09909
25. Halestorm
26. Hands Like Houses
27. In This Moment
28. Issues
29. Joan Jett and the Blackhearts
30. Killswitch Engage
31. Lamb of God
32. Mark Lanegan Band
33. Meshuggah
34. Movements
35. No1Cares
36. Palaye Royale
37. Parkway Drive
38. Pussy Riot
39. Refused
40. Scarlxrd
41. Scars On Broadway
42. Shvpes
43. System Of A Down
44. Teenage Wrist
45. The Black Dahlia Murder
46. The Cult
47. The Distillers
48. The Glorious Sons
49. The Hives
50. The Jacks
51. The Pretty Vicious
52. The Prodigy
53. The Struts
54. The Plot In You
55. Tom Morello
56. Wage War
57. While She Sleeps
58. Yungblud
59. Zeal & Ardor

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Looks like a great festival...

My Perspective

From http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/ozzy-osbourne-slayer-judas-priest-alice-in-chains-ghost-set-for-australias-download-festival/:

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As he approaches 70 later this year, Osbourne said he wanted to spend more time with his grandchildren after five decades on the road. "I love my work, it's amazing ... Jack's three little girls," he said. "They are wonderful, except when they come over to the house, wreck it and leave."

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Meanwhile, this is the lineup for Download in Austrailia and, well, 1 - 6, 8, 9, 12 are good... so that's 9 out of 23 - 39% won't get me to buy a plane ticket to go see it.

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1. OZZY OSBOURNE
2. SLAYER
3. JUDAS PRIEST
4. ALICE IN CHAINS
5. GHOST
6. RISE AGAINST
7. THE AMITY AFFLICTION
8. ANTHRAX
9. HALESTORM
10. BEHEMOTH
11. ME FIRST AND THE GIMME GIMMES
12. I PREVAIL
13. CONVERGE
14. FRENZAL RHOMB
15. LUCA BRASI
16. CODE ORANGE
17. ANDY BLACK
18. THE FEVER 333
19. WAR ON WOMEN
20. HIGH TENSION
21. OUTRIGHT
22. RUINS
23. ALIEN WEAPONRY

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Upcoming Concerts in the Area

Honestly, I would love to go see all five of these concerts. I like all 5 of these bands and I've seen 2 of the bands - 5FDP & Seether - within the last 5 years. I think my first 5FDP show was in January 2012 in Cedar Falls and the most recent was in October 2016. Seether, of course, was at Chicago Open Air 2017. That leaves Ghost, Primus, and A Perfect Circle. I'm far from an expert on their material, but I would still like to see each of them.

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Ghostly Sandman

From Watch Ghost Honor Metallica With Blistering 'Enter Sandman' Lars Ulrich talks band's unlikely rise after receiving music's "Nobel Prize":

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Ulrich seemed humbled as he described Metallica's mainstream breakthrough in the late-Eighties and early-Nineties, and he closed his remarks saying, "Receiving this prize solidifies the idea that no matter how alienated you feel, connecting to other people through music is not only possible but can be outright inspirational and life changing."

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Just BACK OFF Ulrich Haters!

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Cirice

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Source: Video: James Hetfield Plays Ghost’s “Cirice” May 23rd, 2018 at 9:10am by Axl Rosenberg

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Ghostly Awesome