Metlists, Inc. - Venues


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Metlists, Inc. - Venues - The Fillmore

The Fillmore

May 18th, 2003

May 19th, 2003

Past Venue Names:	Majestic Hall Ambassador Dance Hall Unnamed Roller Rink The Fillmore Fillmore West/Carousell Ballroom The Elite Club The Fillmore [Building Destroyed] [Building Restored & Reopened]	1912 - 1930 1930's 1940's 1952-1968 1968-1986* 1968-1986* 1986-Present Loma Prieta Earthquake: 1989 1994
Operating Years:	1912 - Present
Location:	1805 Geary Blvd San Francisco, CA 94115 415-346-6000
Venue Type:	Auditorium
Capacity:	1,250
Metallica Shows Played:	Sunday May 18th, 2003 - MetClub Members Only Show Monday May 19th, 2003 - MetClub Members Only Show Wednesday May 21st, 2003 - MetClub Members Only Show - Premiere of St. Anger Thursday May 22nd, 2003 - MetClub Members Only Show
All songs played here:	Am I Evil, Battery, Blackened, Blitzkrieg, Breadfan, Creeping Death, Damage Inc, Die Die My Darling, Fade To Black, Fight Fire With Fire, The Four Horsemen, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Frantic, Fuel, Harvester Of Sorrow, Hit The Lights, Last Caress, Leper Messiah, Master Of Puppets, Motorbreath, No Remorse, One, Phantom Lord, Ride The Lightning, Sad But True, Sanitarium, Seek & Destroy, St. Anger, So What, The Thing That Should Not Be, Whiplash

Notes:

Known for it's chandeliers over the floor and for it's posters given away after most shows. A collection of almost every poster for decades lines the walls in most of the rooms of the building.
The venue was damaged and closed in 1989 after the Loma Preieta earthquake. After founder Bill Graham's death in 1991 in a helicopter crash, his friends carried out his wishes to restore and reopen The Fillmore, which they did in 1994.
"The greatest compliment I was ever given came at The Fillmore. It was Cream and the Butterfield Blues Band. I just happened to go into the rest room during a break. I was standing at the middle urinal when two guys came in after me, one on either side...right out of the blue, one said, 'I forgot. Who's playing here tonight?' Without batting an eyelash, the other guy said, 'I don't know, man. What's the difference? It's The Fillmore." -Bill Graham

Fillmore Entrance - 2003	"Majestic Ballroom" - 1912	Metallica poster given to fans May 22nd, 2003
	"Fillmore West" - 1970

* The reason the venue has two names here is because in 1968 "The Fillmore" was relocated to a new location at Market & Van Ness and dubbed
"Fillmore West". At the same time, the original building was renamed "The Elite Club". In 1986, the original building was reopned as "The Fillmore".