Orion Music + More Festival

[eeriepadave]

Metallica to headline this 2 day festival in Atlantic City on Jun. 23 & 24

Other acts include Arctic Monkeys, Cage The Elephant, Modest Mouse, Fucked Up, Titus Andronicus and more

http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/inth ... -June.html

[eeriepadave]

Anyone else going? I'm debating whether or not to book a hotel or just drive down both days. Might be cheaper to drive since i'm going by myself. Plus not sure if hotels are booked or whatnot.

[dustinpardue]

I'm notgoingto the festival but I'm ging to see gaslight anthem at HOB on Friday the 22nd. Every hotel in AC has raised their prices crazy all weekend. I'm paying 145 to staying a the damn rodeway inn on Friday night. It pains me to pay that to stay in such a shithole but I don't h ave much choice.

[pjhawks]

I'm notgoingto the festival but I'm ging to see gaslight anthem at HOB on Friday the 22nd. Every hotel in AC has raised their prices crazy all weekend. I'm paying 145 to staying a the damn rodeway inn on Friday night. It pains me to pay that to stay in such a shithole but I don't h ave much choice.

summer weekend in jersey are always expensive at the hotels especially in AC. and if you are driving in on friday or saturday during the day i'd suggest leaving an extra hour or two at least. driving to jersey shore areas on summer weekends is a pain in the ass from friday afternoons to saturday night.

[jamburger]

Anyone else going? I'm debating whether or not to book a hotel or just drive down both days. Might be cheaper to drive since i'm going by myself. Plus not sure if hotels are booked or whatnot.

Hotels are expensive in AC on a summer weekend, although you can find cheap for the Sunday night. If you do decide to drive-in, drive-out, I know the jitneys have a park and ride set up for the weekend for $20 a day... http://jitneyac.com/events.php

I don't drive, but my hotel for Saturday has non-secured parking for $7 that you're welcome to take. Sunday I'm at a casino and don't know what the parking deal is.

And if you're looking for a ticket, my buddy's got an extra. He's on the forums so I can put you in touch.

[eeriepadave]

Anyone else going? I'm debating whether or not to book a hotel or just drive down both days. Might be cheaper to drive since i'm going by myself. Plus not sure if hotels are booked or whatnot.

Hotels are expensive in AC on a summer weekend, although you can find cheap for the Sunday night. If you do decide to drive-in, drive-out, I know the jitneys have a park and ride set up for the weekend for $20 a day... http://jitneyac.com/events.php

I don't drive, but my hotel for Saturday has non-secured parking for $7 that you're welcome to take. Sunday I'm at a casino and don't know what the parking deal is.

And if you're looking for a ticket, my buddy's got an extra. He's on the forums so I can put you in touch.

I'm still waiting for my tix to come in the mail I thought they would be here by now.

the parking might work for me though. thanks

[Stove]

I'd really like to go, big Tallica fan, so much so I abbreviate their name...I've only seen them live two times. And I love to see all these sweet other bands.

[dustinpardue]

Well I'll be raising hell on Friday night so AC should be prepared

[eeriepadave]

Finally my tix came today

[eeriepadave]

bump for tomorrow.

looking forward to it. Going by myself, probably either parking at the AC convention Center or this parking garage near there called the Wave. Also driving back both nights (it's not too far but figured it's probably cheaper than a hotel which are mostly sold out).

Besides Metallica looking forward to Gaslight Anthem and Cage The Elephant on Sat. I love the Arctic Monkeys but i've seen them enough times (plus they are going on right before Metallica at another stage). Might try and catch Sepultura on Sunday and a few others.

[eeriepadave]

just got back form the show. Pretty kick ass. Only saw a few of the bands. The first band I saw was a band called The Sword. They rocked. Real LOUD! Caught The Gaslight Anthem, I enjoyed them a lot. Don't think they played anything new though. Then saw about a third of Cage The Elephant's set, pretty fun live band. Next saw Modest Mouse. They were ok, about half of the audience didn't care for them which I understand. Metallica went on satge at about 9:15 and played til about 11:30ish or so. Nothing later than the "Black" album Kinda weird when they "Ride The Lightning" album, played Ktulu first then Creeping Death, etc... and ended with Fight Fire

Hit the Lights
Master of Puppets
The Four Horsemen
Sad But True
Hell and Back
Ride The Lightning
The Call of Ktulu (First live performance since December 5, 2011)
Creeping Death
Escape (World Premiere. Preceded by … more)
Trapped Under Ice (First live performance since November 21, 2010)
Fade to Black (First live performance since December 9, 2011)
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Ride the Lightning
Fight Fire With Fire
Nothing Else Matters
Enter Sandman

Encore:
Battery
One
Seek & Destroy

[Heisenberg]

The first band I saw was a band called The Sword. They rocked. Real LOUD!

AMEN!

[PhillyCrownOfThorns]

That was an epic day at Orion.

Metallica was on fire. So much fun to relive that music plus get introduced to new music by gaslight, cage, and artic monkeys. Cage the elephant was a fun act to see. Reminds me of vintage Eddie!

[eeriepadave]

Got to the festival around 3:30ish. Gary Clark Jr. was playing. I never heard of these guys but they were really good (reminded me of The Black Keys). Then saw Best Coast on the main stage. They were fun and entertaining. Next on the main stage was a band called Eric Church. They were southern boys. Mainly talking about drinking and smoking, pretty good though. Metallica came on around 8:30 and played until about 10:45 or so. Set list:

Hit the Lights
Master of Puppets
Fuel
For Whom the Bell Tolls
The Shortest Straw
The Black Album
The Struggle Within
My Friend of Misery
The God That Failed
Of Wolf and Man
Nothing Else Matters
Through the Never
Don't Tread on Me
Wherever I May Roam
The Unforgiven
Holier Than Thou
(Followed by drum solo)
Sad But True
(Followed by bass solo)
Enter Sandman
Encore:
Blackened
One
Seek & Destroy

It was fun to the Black Album and they started with the last track and worked their way backwards again. Only problem I had was they played some of the same songs again. Hit The Lights to start, Seek & Destroy to end. One, Master. Come on guys you could have mixed it up a little better.

I enjoyed the first day more.

[uninnocent-]

Looks like it was a fun couple of shows. It would have been cool of them to cut down on the repeats a bit and maybe bust out some of their newer stuff, too. But I'm sure you had a great experience. I wish I could have been there.