Orion Music + More Festival

eeriepadave · February 2012

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 · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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 · June 2012

dustinpardue wrote:

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 · June 2012

eeriepadave wrote:

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 · June 2012

jamburger wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

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 · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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

eeriepadave · June 2012

Finally my tix came today

eeriepadave · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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 :thumbup: 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 · June 2012

eeriepadave wrote:

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

AMEN! :thumbup:

PhillyCrownOfThorns · June 2012

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 · June 2012

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- · June 2012

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.

pjhawks · June 2012

what was the crowd size like? 'MMR on saturday said they were expecting around 75,000 saturday night but review in paper on sunday said it was maybe 25,000 so not sure what to believe. Really curious because got to think if Metallica can't draw more than 20-25k for a festival with a much better lineup than BudFest how the heck can Jay-Z/Pearl Jam draw anywhere close to that? anyone that was there have any thoughts? and how was getting into AC and the show(s) in general?

eeriepadave · June 2012

pjhawks wrote:

what was the crowd size like? 'MMR on saturday said they were expecting around 75,000 saturday night but review in paper on sunday said it was maybe 25,000 so not sure what to believe. Really curious because got to think if Metallica can't draw more than 20-25k for a festival with a much better lineup than BudFest how the heck can Jay-Z/Pearl Jam draw anywhere close to that? anyone that was there have any thoughts? and how was getting into AC and the show(s) in general?

Holtzmn · June 2012

pjhawks wrote:

what was the crowd size like? 'MMR on saturday said they were expecting around 75,000 saturday night but review in paper on sunday said it was maybe 25,000 so not sure what to believe.

I can't believe they actually thought that lineup was going to get 75,000 to show up. I dig most of the bands that were there but I think a lot of Metallica fans weren't too happy with the lineup, they'd rather have the Big 4 there and have that be the festival.

eeriepadave · December 2012

Detroit next year

jasonbouchard88 · December 2012

eeriepadave wrote:

Detroit next year

Seeing I am from Toronto, Ontario, I am very likely to go. Tickets go on sale this upcoming February, so I have a lot of time to think and to prepare.

eeriepadave · February 2013

Better line-up than last year. Metallica, chilli peppers, destined, silver sun pickups, japandroids, Gogol bordello, joy formidable, the dirtbombs and many more

uninnocent- · February 2013

eeriepadave wrote:

Better line-up than last year. Metallica, chilli peppers, destined, silver sun pickups, japandroids, Gogol bordello, joy formidable, the dirtbombs and many more

Don't forget Deftones.

sherm · February 2013

I might have to fly home for this one. Pretty solid lineup. Belle Isle should be an interesting setup.

jasonbouchard88 · February 2013

It's official. I got a pair of Met Club Ultra Passes today! It was pretty easy. I can't wait!

eeriepadave · February 2013

uninnocent- wrote:

eeriepadave wrote:

Better line-up than last year. Metallica, chilli peppers, destined, silver sun pickups, japandroids, Gogol bordello, joy formidable, the dirtbombs and many more

Don't forget Deftones.

yeah after the chili peppers was suppose to be the Deftones but i was using my iphone when i typed this and it came out as destined :fp:

WIsh they would have stayed in AC but can see why they moved it to Detroit :x

eeriepadave · February 2013

Also wondering if Metallica will be performing 2 albums in their entirity like they did last year with Ride The Lightning and The Black album?

Now if they do Master Of Puppets and And Justice Fo All in I would seriously consider going to this.

jonsey30 · March 2013

Just heard about this festival on the radio this morning, 93.9 the River in Detroit/Windsor is giving away tickets daily to the 10th caller at like 7:45AM and again at like 12:30PM.

I am very intrigued and considering going to this, seeing as how Belle Isle is about a 30 minute drive. Chili Peppers would be my reason for going, although I'd like to see Metallica. I remember watching Woodstock '94 on Pay-Per-View and thinking that Metallica was awesome live, but have never got around to seeing them since then.

Also Silversup Pickups would be sweet, Deftones, and Bassnectar. I've heard Gogol Bordello is a great show too, but I haven't seen them live.

jasonbouchard88 · March 2013

jonsey30 wrote:

Just heard about this festival on the radio this morning, 93.9 the River in Detroit/Windsor is giving away tickets daily to the 10th caller at like 7:45AM and again at like 12:30PM.

I am very intrigued and considering going to this, seeing as how Belle Isle is about a 30 minute drive. Chili Peppers would be my reason for going, although I'd like to see Metallica. I remember watching Woodstock '94 on Pay-Per-View and thinking that Metallica was awesome live, but have never got around to seeing them since then.

Also Silversup Pickups would be sweet, Deftones, and Bassnectar. I've heard Gogol Bordello is a great show too, but I haven't seen them live.

It's up to you. I bought a pair of Metclub Ultra Passes: The Met Club Ultra Passes is only available to Met Club members. This special ticket includes access to the front "pit" area closest to the stage during Metallica’s set, your own lounge area with food and beverage for purchase, better air conditioned restrooms, and a separate entrance to the grounds. Ultra passes are $225 each, good for BOTH days with no service charges. So in other words, if you have regular GA tickets, you will be able to be as close to RHCP as possible, but for Metallica, the closest you will be is approximately 100-150 feet.

This festival is not just about going to see plenty of bands. There are a number of activities to do while the fans are down there. This will be the first time I go to this festival. Here's the website for Orion Music and More if you are still thinking of going.

http://www.orionmusicandmore.com

eeriepadave · June 2013

heard yesterday was kinda cool except for getting out of the festival was a pain.

lukin2006 · June 2013

Belle Isle rocks, Metallica surprises, lines linger at Orion festival

http://www.freep.com/article/20130608/E ... le-detroit

eeriepadave · June 2013

lukin2006 wrote:

Belle Isle rocks, Metallica surprises, lines linger at Orion festival

http://www.freep.com/article/20130608/E ... le-detroit

also heard the played the entire album Kill 'Em All under the name Deehan

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... t-20130609

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