Metallica's eight-night Las Vegas Sphere residency: concerts reinvented?
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Hello and welcome. Metallica plays Las Vegas now. Tickets sell out fast. Here's the big question: would you go? Would you pay? Marcus books big shows. Sophia plays in bands. James loves Metallica.
Marcus, you book tours. Is Las Vegas better than coming to people's cities?
No. The tour is better. In your city, you pay one ticket. In Las Vegas, you pay for the plane too.
No, no, wait. I travel for shows since the nineties. I drive twelve hours for one band. But a ticket is near eight hundred.
Sophia, you play in bands. Is eight hundred dollars too much money?
It is a lot of money, yes. But the setlist is new. Every weekend is different. For a player, that is real work.
Their work is not my problem. I pay.
Sorry, but a new setlist is not new music. They change two songs. The band plays the same big songs every weekend.
That's not true. Two changes change the whole night. They play Orion, they play Fade to Black. The band feels it. Everything after sounds different.
James, go ahead.
Two songs don't change the night; the price does.
Marcus, you say two songs is not enough. Sophia says two songs changes everything.
The band feels it. Fine. But I am in the room. I hear the same big metal every weekend. Two changes are not enough.
You hear the same metal. I hear a live band. They played Justice for All again. Twelve years! That is not the same night.
Key vocabulary
- band — group of musicians playing together
- residency — series of performances in one venue
- ticket — pass to enter a show or event
- setlist — list of songs a band will play
- tour — series of performances in many cities
- weekend — Saturday and Sunday together
- metal — heavy rock music genre
- deep cuts — lesser-known songs, not the hits
Comprehension questions
- Why does Marcus think Las Vegas is not better than tours in other cities?
- What does Sophia think about the new setlist at the concerts?
- Why does James think the ticket price is the real problem?
- What does Sophia say the band plays that Metallica did not play for a long time?
- How many songs does Marcus say the band changes every weekend?
True or false?
- James has traveled to concerts for more than twenty years. T / F
- Sophia thinks that two song changes make the whole night different. T / F
- Marcus says the band plays new music every weekend. T / F
- James drives twelve hours to see Metallica in Las Vegas. T / F
Fill the gaps
- The is better.
- In your city, you pay one .
- I drive twelve hours for one .
- But the is new.
- Every is different.
- I hear the same big every weekend.
Discuss in pairs
- Do you think it is worth the money to travel far for a concert? Why or why not?
- Is it more interesting when a band plays different songs every night, or do you like to hear the same songs?
- Would you prefer to see a band in your own city or travel to a special place like Las Vegas?
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Comprehension- Because you pay for a plane ticket too, not just the concert ticket.
- She thinks it is real work for players because every weekend is different.
- Because two songs do not change the night, but the high price does.
- They play Justice for All again, which they did not play for twelve years.
- The band changes two songs every weekend.
- True
- True
- False
- False
- tour
- ticket
- band
- setlist
- weekend
- metal
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