The Big Four Tour Discussion
 

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The Big Four 2010 Tour Dates:
06/16 – Warsaw, PL @ Sonisphere Poland
06/18 – Zurich, CH @ Sonisphere Switzerland
06/19 – Prague, CZ @ Sonisphere Czech Republic
06/22 – Sofia, BG @ Sonisphere Bulgaria
06/24 – Athens, GR @ Sonisphere Greece
06/26 – Bucharest, RO @ Sonisphere Romania
06/27 – Istanbul, TR @ Sonisphere Turkey

Warsaw Setlist:
METALLICA
Creeping Death
For Whom The Bell Tolls
Fuel
The Four Horsemen
Fade To Black
That Was Just Your Life
Cyanide
Sad But True
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
All Nightmare Long
One
Master Of Puppets
Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
ENCORES:
Stone Cold Crazy
Hit The Lights
Seek & Destroy

SLAYER
World Painted Blood
Jihad
War Ensemble
Hate Worldwide
Angel Of Death
Dead Skin Mask
Disciple
South Of Heaven
Mandatory Suicide
Chemical Warfare
Raining Blood

MEGADETH
Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
Hangar 18
Take No Prisoners
Five Magics
Poison Was The Cure
Lucretia
Tornado Of Souls
Dawn Patrol
Rust In Peace...Polaris
Headcrusher
Sweating Bullets
Symphony Of Destruction
Peace Sells

ANTHRAX
Caught In A Mosh
Got The Time
Indians
Antisocial
Madhouse
Only
N.F.L.
I Am The Law

DVD/Blu-Ray
Release Date: Late 2010

Setlist:
Anthrax
Caught in a Mosh
Got the Time
Madhouse
Be All, End All
Antisocial
Indians/Heaven & Hell
Medusa
Only
Metal Thrashing Mad
I Am the Law

Slayer
World Painted Blood
Jihad
War Ensemble
Hate Worldwide
Seasons in the Abyss
Angel of Death
Beauty Through Order
Disciple
Mandatory Suicide
Chemical Warfare
South of Heaven
Raining Blood

Megadeth
Holy Wars... the Punishment Due
Hangar 18
Head Crusher
In My Darkest Hour
Skin o' My Teeth
À Tout le Monde
Hook in Mouth
Trust
Sweating Bullets
Symphony of Destruction
Peace Sells/Holy Wars reprise

Metallica
Creeping Death
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Fuel
Harvester of Sorrow
Fade to Black
That Was Just Your Life
Cyanide
Sad but True
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
All Nightmare Long
One
Master of Puppets
Blackened
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman
Am I Evil (w/ Anthrax, Megadeth and Slayer)
Hit the Lights
Seek & Destroy

I will add more to my 1rst post later.

Been there done that. Switzerland on Friday night. DON'T believe the hype. Many people were disappointed.

I think this would be an amazing tour... in 1987. Now, not so much.

Anthrax played at 1 in the afternoon :( and Rise Against WTF were second highest on the bill. It was supposed to be the big 4 tour but it was seriously demeaned by the running order.

Plus points: joey was back on vocals for Anthrax. Dave Ellefson back on bass for Megadeth and Anthrax paid a musical tribute to Ronnie James Dio.

The concert at Bulgaria was streamed live to a movie theater yesterday. I was late getting there, so I only caught Metallica's set. People were dancing on the stairs and there was a mini mosh pit down by the screen. :laughing:
Near the end, all four bands came out and covered "Am I Evil" by Diamond Head, which was pretty cool.

Does anybody know if a Blu ray version of this tour is coming out?

I already know a dvd is coming.

One of the Sonisphere dates was also being screened live across select Odeon cinemas. I wish id been able to go, it would have been interesting.

Okay, so this whole tour is pretty cool, but there's one thing I don't get: why wouldn't they do it in USA? Seeing a they're all American bands.

This was a way to "try" it out without any complications (Dave vs. James). All bands said they are willing to do a USA summer tour in 2012 when all other commitments are completed. Metallica has 2 months off and they are doing the Pacific leg of World Magnetic. Megadeth is touring this summer in USA w/ Testament & Slayer. Anthrax is still putting on the finishing vocals to their new disc. So, they said everyone involved enjoyed this and want to do a big tour.

The theater show was amazing. Lars did say there would be a DVD at the end of the show.

BTW, Megadeth is also releasing the 20th anniversary Rust In Peace Live in September, filmed in California earlier this spring.
The theater feed is out there for anyone who missed it... if you know where to look :D

Added info on the DVD and Blu-Ray

Seems a bit hard for them to have Heaven and Hell with Ronnie James Dio as special guests.... RIP
makes me sad when I see the poster

What happened is that they showed a video tribute to Dio.