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Metallica leaves Atlanta with thank-you video

Metallica brought its "Worldwired Tour" to sold-out SunTrust Park on Sunday, July 9. Photo: Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Metallica brought its "Worldwired Tour" to sold-out SunTrust Park on Sunday, July 9. Photo: Robb Cohen Photography & Video /RobbsPhotos.com
By Melissa Ruggieri
July 10, 2017

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

By the end of Metallica's blistering performance Sunday night at SunTrust Park, the 39,000-plus fans who filled the venue were awash in rock 'n' roll bliss.

Explore READ THE CONCERT REVIEW AND SEE PHOTOS FROM THE SHOW HERE

Metallica, being such mensches, left the city with another small gift - a three-minute "thank-you" video from their day in town. 

Check it out:

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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