The Buffalo News: Metallica fires up Highmark Stadium crowd with hits, trademark intensity
If Buffalo Bills management was looking for a way to streamline demolition of Highmark Stadium, it seems they were on the right track this week when Mötley Crüe and Def Leppard rolled into town and set the charge on Wednesday so that Metallica could come in and knock the house down Thursday night.
Fans filled the parking lots early and took their time moving toward the gates, keeping the tailgate going just a little longer while they listened to Metallica songs they hoped they would hear, at volumes that a mere car stereo could never reach. Once in the gate they jammed the concourse looking to get their latest tour T-shirt – including special Buffalo T-shirts made because this was only one of two U.S. stadium concerts this summer for Metallica – and a refreshment or two. Long lines deterred some from both.
