Feb 022013
Celebrating the first Metallica gig in Finland back in 1984: Metallisika tribute.
Back in the eighties the up-and-coming bands had to settle for lesser arenas, hence the future multiplatinum artists played in Tarvasjoki, a definite middle of nowhere up in ostrobothnia.
Tuiskula wasn’t the first gig?
Nope, Tarvashovi was a day earlier (see http://www.metallica.com/tour_date_list.asp?year=1984 for details).
I’ve now been proven thoroughly wrong on Metallica having been in Nivala, and have even met a guy who semi-credibly claims to have been there.