Good show, not so good parking.
by Clockwatcher on 2015-10-21Métropolis - MontrealThe Metropolis website said doors open at 5:45 pm. Got there at 5:30, the doors opened 45 minutes late, at 6:30 in near 0 celsius temperature. Not pleasant at all. I personally did not care for the first three bands, but that is my personal taste. Superjoint Ritual was good, good sound, good performance, first time I saw Anselmo, he was quite a presence. Danzig was good, would have been great if Glen's microphone would not have been cutting out, for the first couple of songs, the band was loud and clear and great and you could only hear the singer when he screamed. The sound crew, which were a bit in front of me, were checking cables. I could not, alas, stay for the whole performance, as the parking ticket that I bought from Ticketmaster on their website was valid only until 23:45. I asked the people at The Metropolis, what happens if I arrive at the parking after 23:45, would the place be closed or would I merely have to pay extra, they replied that they did not have any details about the parking that I was referring to, that they have nothing to do with the parking that is sold by Ticketmaster and that people have complained to them about this before and that they suggest to these people not to buy these parking tickets anymore. So, wanting to have access to my car and not being able to come back the next morning to pick it up, I left, 9 great songs into Danzig's show. I was so looking forward to "Dirty Black Summer". So, although I have and I WOULD in the future buy tickets from Ticketmaster, I would NOT buy the parking ticket offered on their website. (The parking was at Complexe Desjardins and was indoors and quite nice.) Next time, I will take the metro or a cab. "I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it."- Groucho Marx