Metallica

Photo courtesy of Aaron Thackeray who I met at Red Rocks

Metallica Set List
Pepsi Center, 11.04.08

01. This Was Just Your Life
02. The End of the Line
03. Ride the Lightning
04. The Memory Remains
05. One
06. Broken, Beat & Scarred
07. Cyanide
08. Sad But True
09. The Day That Never Comes
10. For Whom the Bell Tolls
11. Wherever I May Roam
12. Master of Puppets
13. Damage, Inc.
14. Nothing Else Matters
15. Enter Sandman

Encore

16. Last Caress
17. Hit the Lights
18. Seek and Destroy

My ears are still ringing. Good times......
Opening acts -
Down
Down is an all-star heavy metal side project whose original lineup consisted of members from Pantera (singer Phil Anselmo), Corrosion of Conformity (guitarist Pepper Keenan), and Crowbar (guitarist Kirk Windstein, bassist Todd Strange, and drummer Jimmy Bower). Formed in the mid-'90s when Pantera was on a brief break (between their Far Beyond Driven and The Great Southern Trendkill releases), the quartet's members had been longtime friends and decided to break up their downtime (hence their name).
The Sword
Not to be confused with the Canadian heavy metal band from the late '80s, named simply Sword, the Sword is a retro-metal four-piece hailing from -- of all places -- the singer/songwriter oasis of Austin, TX.