Sunday, July 17, 2011

VIDEO: Metallica rock Quebec City

Metallica conquered the Plains Of Abraham Saturday as they rocked Quebec’s Summer Festival on the second of two Canadian dates this week.

Following Thursday’s performance at Halifax’ Rock The Hill fest, Metallica hit Quebec City for the 44th annual Festival d'été de Québec, which runs July 7-17 and features 300 shows spanning 11 days, making it Canada's biggest outdoor artistic event.

More than 100,000 fans packed the Plains for the show, which was opened by guitar wizard Joe Satriani.

Spinner reports several hundred fans first gathered at the Plains in the early hours of the morning; that number swelled to several thousand by mid-afternoon, eventually forcing the festival to close down the main gate, redirecting fans to an area behind the stage where big screens had been set up to broadcast the show.

The show was easily the biggest of the two-week, citywide festival, garnering both tense media attention and security, but it managed to go off without a hitch. Arriving onstage shortly after their scheduled 9:45PM set time, Metallica dipped heavily into their back catalogue during their two-hour plus performance, favouring early fan-favourites such as the stomping “For Whom the Bell Tolls” and the progressive 8-minute masterpiece, “Master of Puppets” over much of their more recent output.

Videos by Grizzen666.

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Metallica – Intro / Creeping Death
Festival d'été de Québec – Quebec City, PQ – July 16, 2011


Metallica – Ride The Lightning
Festival d'été de Québec – Quebec City, PQ – July 16, 2011


Metallica – Cyanide
Festival d'été de Québec – Quebec City, PQ – July 16, 2011


Metallica – Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
Festival d'été de Québec – Quebec City, PQ – July 16, 2011


Metallica – Master Of Puppets
Festival d'été de Québec – Quebec City, PQ – July 16, 2011


Metallica – Enter Sandman
Festival d'été de Québec – Quebec City, PQ – July 16, 2011


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