Metallica performed an intimate, high-energy 500-person show at the Stephen Talkhouse in Amagansett to celebrate SiriusXM's new Maximum Metallica channel. The audience mixed well-heeled Hamptonites in pastels and white with diehard fans in black and denim who won ticket lotteries. Frontman James Hetfield referenced the band's early club days and noted the tent venue alongside eclectic past gigs, including 2013's Freeze Em All in Antarctica. The setlist featured classic Metallica songs and covers, including Fuel, Whiskey in the Jar, Creeping Death, For Whom the Bell Tolls, and Fade to Black. The show contrasted sharply with typical Metallica stadium crowds of 50,000–80,000.
The special performance, presented by SiriusXM Radio to celebrate the launch of their new Maximum Metallica channel, was an absolute blast and at the smallest venue any fan of the band is likely to see them play, unless you were there for their days playing L.A. and Bay Area clubs in the early 1980s, before 1986's Master of Puppets made them thrash metal gods, and the Black Album cemented them as one of the biggest bands in the world in 1991.
the latter being Sirius XM Radio listeners lucky enough to win the lottery for tickets frontman James Hetfield acknowledged the uniqueness of the venue. This reminds us of the club days when we'd get all hot and sweaty, he said, noting that the 500-person tent set up behind Talkhouse was among some pretty eclectic gigs Metallica has played another being 2013's Freeze Em All in Antarctica with just 120 fans in attendance.
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