10 Ridiculous Locations In Which Musicians Have Performed

10. Metallica In Antarctica

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy6aqrdcyLE Trust Coca Cola to think of a competition so bizarre it involved taking one of the world's most famous metal bands and bringing them to not just a venue €“ not just a country €“ but a continent they'd never played on before! Coke Zero came up with the concept of choosing some of the hottest countries in Latin America and selecting lucky fans from these regions to travel €“ all expenses paid €“ to see Metallica perform a set at Carlini Argentine Base in South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The performance came at the end of a 10-day cruise in which competition winners got the chance to see everything from mind-blowing landscape to first-hand geographical studies. To be honest, it makes me wish that the company would do a similar promotion in the UK. In another strange twist on their performance the band performed the entire set in a venue near to the base but without amplification €“ the music broadcast to the audience via headphones and the video streamed live to fans online €“ since obviously such loud music performed in a region of largely ice would no doubt cause untold ecological disaster. Those poor penguins. Metallica couldn't resist the urge to let such a situation occur without performing 'Trapped Under Ice' from their album Ride the Lightning although we doubt the irony was just too much during that particular number. Having played to some of the harshest metal audiences in history €“ including their infamous Moscow performance with AC/DC and Pantera €“ it was most likely the extreme environment that gave the harshest and most volatile abuse in this circumstance. For some history the islands were first claimed by Britain in 1902, later Chile in 1940 and then again by Argentina in 1953, although under the terms of the Antarctica treaty 1959 none of the signatories of that agreement recognise any sovereignty made to any lands in that region. That didn't stop Britain from declaring them part of it's region again in 1962. You should look it up on Google Maps because it's quite a sight to behold. Those poor penguins.