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Louis "Blou" McLean describes his adventures in America
 Times Square - Louis seems to have grown an extra pair of hands and a third leg (That's what she said.) November 14, 2009 - MSG #1 When people talk about the first Madison Square Garden show in years to come, you might here the mention of the awesome combo of "Holier," "Turn the Page," "Helpless" and "Fight Fire." Others might have even been lucky enough to score a Meet & Greet; an unforgettable experience that will be treasured forever. However, the true gem of this show was the appearance of The Immortal, Hulk Hogan. Imagine the mystified Irishman from the beginning of our tale, walking into their first American Metallica show to find Hulk Hogan, front row, headbanging, flexing the 24" pythons (though it must be noted there was nothing measuring anything close to 4", never mind 24", on Hogan at this gig.) and wondering what people were gonna do when Hulkamania ran wild on them?! An unbelievable sight. Perhaps more unbelievable was the band’s reaction... They loved it! As Hetfield threw guitar pics down at Hogan, he said "Hey Hulk… you missed your audition… where were you?"
 "Whatcha you gonna do brother? When these 4" pythons run wild on you!"
Setlist: Overall, another feckin solid, ball bursting show from The Lads. That night will also be remembered (or not remembered) for the great after-show drinking that went on well into the early hours of the morning. The booze flowed until we were kicked out, resulting in multi-lingual drunken blabbering, questionable erotic/irish dancing and the now famous "Double Jejunum" Punch. If you’ve never puked, you’ve obviously never been punched in the Jejunum.
 I think Brad had one too many drinks
 "Double Jejunum"
 Alright fellas, pull it out. Let's see who has the largest pick.
 Louis and his two new friends November 15, 2009 - MSG #2 The queue for the final east coast shows was riddled with hungover clubbers. Only having a nap before getting up and going to the pub again for breakfast, pints and to watch some Irish rugby was not the best idea I’ve ever had. But, the things we do for the things we love. The final show would not only give us one of the best setlists of the tour, but another memory that will go down in the annals (calm down, I said "annals") of Metalli-history as one of the funniest concerts any of us have ever been to. We stood next to a real life...Beach Ball Man. Those beach balls that fall from the sky… you know them, right? You thought you knew them. Beach Ball Man told us of their secret life, long working hours and quest for world domination as he pounded his fists in the air to "My Apocalypse," "Dyers Eve," "Judas Kiss" and "The fecking SHORTEST STRAW." The paparazzi would fight to get a picture of this mythical beast, photos of which you can now find on metal blogs/S&M websites. We also saw the debut of the air Violins, Trombones and flutes, and having these debut side-by-side with Big Jeff was all the more special.
 The mythical beast - "Beach Ball Man"
 The Man...The Myth...The Legend...Beach Ball Man
Setlist:
 Moments after the second MSG show. And look! Beach Ball Man's identity is revealed! I remember at one point, looking up and down the rail and seeing everyone go nuts in their own personal way. This was it; this is living! I couldn’t shake the thought on my uncomfortable flight back to Brussels, arriving at 7am and going straight into work from the airport. It was always worth it, and now I would be counting the minutes until the next gig in Vegas...
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