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  27 May 2003   Oslo, Norway   Hi-Fi Klubben
Lars and Rob visited Norway to play the yet un-released St.Anger for fans and press on the 27th of May 2003. HI-FI klubben, a Scandinavian Audio/video equipment chain were there to give the album the best CD player and speakers the band could ask for. They also took these photos to document the event. all photos are used with permission. More info here

Lars and Rob arriving
Showing the quality speakers
Answering questions
Showing the new album.
Viewing the DVD

 

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  7 June 2003   Wuhlheide, Germany   Mathias Nielsen
I'm from Denmark. I just wanted to allow you to use the pictures I took of the band performing at Wuhlheide in Berlin 7. June 2003. Here they are:

From the seats
Stage from standing points
James backstage
Kirk with fan backstage
Rob having a good time backstage

 

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  13 June 2003   Italy   [email protected]
Metallica - heineken jammin' festival Italy 13th of june 2003

James in the front with Lars + Rob in the back
Rob with bass below knee
Kirk using his pedals

 

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  15 June 2003   Nijmegen, Holland   Various
15 June03 Fields of Rock Festival, Nijmegen, Holland. Photos by explorer76 and icepete. Concert was very great. Thanks for publishing them and for your amazing page.

James enjoying his playing
Rob-style!
Kirk soloing
Kirk soling, Rob backing up
Kirk on stage
Kirk and James jamming
Hetfield playing and singling
Rob in front of the crowd
Lars and Rob


And a good shot of James by Jan V and John H from the Netherlands.


James in front of microphone.


And then some from Ruben Burbach

Kirk pedalling and playing
James riffing with Lars in the back
Kirk and James synchronized
James in the spotligt
Rob at the wall

 

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  20 August 2003   RDS, Dublin, Ireland   Matt Munx
More photos, these are by Matt Munx

Kirk Hammett in the blue
Lars backstage
Kirk and James in the dark
Kirk and James under the lights

 

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  22 June 2003   Madrid, Spain   Hugo Carvalho
Backstage pictures of Metallica meeting members of the fanclub. The club gives away free passes to lucky members, this night Hugo Carvalho was one of them and these are his photos. He is also webmaster of metpage.org. If you are not a member of the club, join here now!

Rob fisting
Rob signing
Rob posing
Lars with his angry look
Kirk joking with fans
James and a happy fan
James signing
Autographs + backstage pass

 

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  26 June 2003   Roskilde, Denmark   Varous
From the Roskilde festival, close to Lars original home in Denmark. He had many family members meeting him this evening backstage. This is Metallicas 3rd show at the festival, first time was in 1986. These shots are by Johan Ylitalo

Typical James shot
Kirk and Lars on stage
James howling
James. Similar to the above
Rob, the monkey metallist
Rob helping James out


Professional photographer Henrik Hildebrandt is 40 years old and have been taking photos since 1979. Mainly at concerts covering all genres but also sports events, opening nights, weddings, etc. Here are his Metallica shots from Roskilde festival. You can see more photos at his website
Rob close up live
James in front of mic
Lars saying hello to Denmark
James waiving to the fans
James singing and playing
James screaming
James singing and playing
Lars hard at work behind drums
Lars saying cheers

 

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  6 Jul 2003   Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA   Justin Hunt
I have pictures from the Summer Sanitarium show in Foxboro. If you would like to put them on your site, more on my site.

Kirk Get fans responce
Typical Rob style
Kirk valking and playig
Whole stage on fire

 

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  2&3 Dec 2003   Oslo, norway   Paal Hammersland
Metallica started the European tour with two excellent shows in Norway. Here are a few photos from the stage and backstage.

Kirk, James and Lars performing
Rob on the side doing his work
James singing and playing
Center of the stage
Full stage with lights
The Black stripes PT1
The black stripes PT2
Kirk backstage
James backstage

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