![General view of the Experience Music Project (EMP) as looking from the Space Needle on opening day in Seattle, June 23. [Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen, who is the primary financial General view of the Experience Music Project (EMP) as looking from the Space Needle on opening day in Seattle, June 23. [Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen, who is the primary financial](https://c8.alamy.com/zooms/6/c444e090171749598b379de2d9abd0df/2d5gd3b.jpg)
General view of the Experience Music Project (EMP) as looking from the Space Needle on opening day in Seattle, June 23. [Microsoft co-founder and billionaire Paul Allen, who is the primary financial
![Metallica lead singer and guitarist James Hetfield performs before a soldout Memorial Stadium crowd as the headline act on the opening night of the Experience Music Project (EMP) in Seattle, June 23. Metallica lead singer and guitarist James Hetfield performs before a soldout Memorial Stadium crowd as the headline act on the opening night of the Experience Music Project (EMP) in Seattle, June 23.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D57W5E/metallica-lead-singer-and-guitarist-james-hetfield-performs-before-a-soldout-memorial-stadium-crowd-as-the-headline-act-on-the-opening-night-of-the-experience-music-project-emp-in-seattle-june-23-microsoft-co-founder-and-billionaire-paul-allen-who-is-the-primary-financial-backer-of-the-240-million-high-tech-museum-in-downtown-seattle-reknown-toronto-architect-frank-gehry-for-three-years-before-opening-the-museum-today-more-than-sixty-bands-such-as-metallica-red-hot-chili-peppers-james-brown-snoop-dogg-and-patti-smith-are-some-of-the-bands-performing-during-the-three-day-grand-open-2D57W5E.jpg)
Metallica lead singer and guitarist James Hetfield performs before a soldout Memorial Stadium crowd as the headline act on the opening night of the Experience Music Project (EMP) in Seattle, June 23.
![Memorial Stadium in Seattle, Wash to celebrate the opening of Experience Music Project, an interactive music museum opening June 23, 2000. : r/ RedHotChiliPeppers Memorial Stadium in Seattle, Wash to celebrate the opening of Experience Music Project, an interactive music museum opening June 23, 2000. : r/ RedHotChiliPeppers](https://preview.redd.it/memorial-stadium-in-seattle-wash-to-celebrate-the-opening-v0-bzckulcvrjba1.jpg?auto=webp&s=836438f9445ffb5c8b27f741556f9821195765b2)