Metallica covers Dire Straits, Nazareth at benefit

Metallica stunned the audience at the first night of Neil Young's annual Bridge School Benefit in Mountain View, California on Saturday night (October 27th) by covering Rare Earth, Dire Straits, Nazareth and Garbage during its eight-song acoustic set. According to the Mercury News, "The metal superstars, performing their only U.S. show of the year in front of an audience plentifully stocked with diehard fans of the band, sat down on their stools and prompted jaws to drop throughout the amphitheater by opening with the 1971 Motown hit 'I Just Want to Celebrate.'"

The band continued its set with Nazareth's "Please Don't Judas Me," Garbage's "Only Happy When It Rains" and Dire Straits' "Brothers in Arms" before playing a couple of its own songs. The reviewer for the Mercury News wrote, "The combination baffled Bridge School regulars while it frustrated the Metallica faithful. The band would have been better served by picking just one of the covers... and using the remaining time to explore more Metallica material in the stripped-down acoustic setting. Hetfield's interpretive singing is not the band's strong suit."

Metallica was scheduled to perform again on Sunday night (October 28th) at the second night of the event.

Metallica's set list at the Bridge School Benefit:
"I Just Want To Celebrate" (Rare Earth)
"Please Don't Judas Me" (Nazareth)
"Only Happy When It Rains" (Garbage)
"Brothers In Arms" (Dire Straits)
"Disposable Heroes"
"All Within My Hands"
"Turn The Page" (Bob Seger)
"Nothing Else Matters"
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