METALLICA's Istanbul Concert Expected To Draw 40,000

April 15, 2008

Today's Zaman reports that on Monday (April 14) it became official that METALLICA will be heading to Turkey for the third time this summer for a stadium gig on July 27 at Istanbul's Ali Sami Yen Stadium.

The official announcement for the concert, which brought to an end rumors among devoted fans of the band, was also posted on METALLICA's Web site, which, in a show of respect for Turkish fans, was written in Turkish.

The stage to be erected at Ali Sami Yen for the concert will be the largest stage ever built in Turkey for such an event, the concert's organizers said while announcing the details at the Kemanci club a symbolic venue for METALLICA fans in Turkey as this was the club they appeared at following their first-ever concert in Istanbul back in June 1993.

Tickets for the concert, jointly organized by event management companies Purple Concerts and EPD, went on sale yesterday through Biletix. Prices for the tickets range from YTL 50 to YTL 350, the latter being the price of front row tickets that were almost sold out as of Tuesday noon. Organizers urged fans to hurry and buy tickets as attendance at the concert is expected to be around 36,000 to 39,000. The previous two concerts saw attendance figures ranging between 46,000 and 48,000.

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