That was a fun Sunday.
The Panthers pull out one of the more maddening NFL wins you’ll ever see, immediately followed by Metallica vaporizing the Uptown arena. The timing of the two events reminded me just how small Uptown really is — it would’ve been frightfully snug had the Panthers played at home yesterday. Football fans would be leaving Uptown just as Metallica fans arrived for the 7pm show.
Curiously the arena didn’t get its doors open until 6:10pm, causing a bit of unnecessary angst on the sidewalk outside, not to a mention a near miss with the choo-choo, which CMPD had to keep shooing folks away from, that and a lawsuit waiting to happen crossing gate. No matter. Fans adjusted and delivered one of the louder audiences I’ve heard at a rock show in Charlotte. In fact, drummer Lars Ulrich declared Charlotte his new “best” audience afterward in the band’s tour diary.
Here’s one fave that didn’t make last night’s set list. Can’t crush them all.
