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Finally it was Friday the 30th. The day which I would see Metallica live on stage on PinkPop.
Let’s be honest, I really didn’t care about the other bands which were going to play on PinkPop. The ONE and ONLY reason why I wanted to go to Pinkpop was the fact that Metallica was going to play there.

So Friday Jannie and me left our house about 15 o’clock from Eindhoven to Landgraaf which luckily isn’t that far. It only takes 1.30 hours to get there with the train.
After being searched by a security guard & showing the tickets we could finally enter!

The first thing we actually did was getting food & drink tickets and after that we started to explore the festival terrain and got us something to drink.

As we walked further we saw this young boy wasted as hell and sleeping on the ground. In the beginning everybody passed by him but after some minutes everybody began to give him some money and take pictures of him, biggest attraction of Pinpop beside Metallica!

Anyway, we saw Incubus playing live but we didn’t care. We where only there for Metallica and I think 90% of all people who where there yesterday too.. So after waiting several hours Metallica showed up on the stage!

I liked this very much off course, they started with “Creeping death” and from there on nothing could go wrong for me! So the first couple of songs were from there first albums such as “Ride The Lighting” and “Master of Puppets”. Later on it went to some “newer” stuff, off course songs from “The Black Album” and I was really glad to hear “Bleeding Me” from the album “Load” and “Devil’s Dance” & “The Memory Still Remains” from the album “Reload”. I know most people won’t say the same thing but I really love those two albums.

Anyway, the atmosphere were just GREAT! Everybody was just happy and enjoying the music. It was very funny when I looked at this girl with her boy friend who were standing just next to us, they acted as if they got an orgasm on some songs. So that was weird. Beside that we saw a dude passing out (probably too much weed/hash or too much alcohol) but other than that nothing bad happened!
About the sound and the lightings: Nothing wrong with that! We could clearly hear and see Metallica so it was awesome!
When they started to play “One” they even started with some cool fireworks so it was really amazing!!

It was about 22:00 when Jannie and me decided to leave Pinkpop and head back home. Cause we weren’t that sure if we could get home with the train and beside that.. it’s better to leave early than leave with all of those people who want to get home at the same time!

Conclusion:
I’ve had a WONDERFUL day! Seeing Metallica was actually one of the things on my wish list. I enjoyed the music and I actually want to see them perform again when they come back to The Netherlands. Btw: You can view more pictures of Pinkpop 2008 here…

I have to say: thnx Jannie. Cause actually she hates Metallica and Pinkpop even more, but then again she loves me so much that she even went there with me!