List of Metallica concert tours

Metallica performing in Sweden for the World Magnetic Tour in 2009

Metallica is an American heavy metal band, founded in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield. Aside from Ulrich, the original lineup for some of the 1982 concerts included James Hetfield (rhythm guitar and lead vocals), Dave Mustaine (lead guitar and backing vocals) and Ron McGovney (bass guitar). Cliff Burton replaced McGovney in 1982 and played with the band until his death in 1986. After his death, bassists Jason Newsted (1986–2001), and Robert Trujillo (since 2003)^[1][2] were recruited in the band. While the lead guitarist role was taken by Kirk Hammett (since 1983) after Dave Mustaine got fired from the band. During the first years Metallica played in small festivals and as supporting acts on tours for bands such as Venom.^[3] Since their very first live gig at Radio City, Anaheim on March 14th, 1982, Metallica has performed on all populated continents numbering live events every year (with the exception of 2001) in a total of over 1,600 shows. The majority of these were played in the United States, but numerous concerts were also played in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Germany, among other countries. The band also went on seven worldwide tours: Damage, Inc. Tour (1986–1987), Damaged Justice (1988–1989), Wherever We May Roam Tour (1991–1992), Nowhere Else to Roam (1993), Madly in Anger with the World Tour (2003–2004), Escape from the Studio '06, and World Magnetic Tour (2008–2010). During these tours, South Africa as well as several countries in Central and South America, Asia, and Oceania were visited.

Metallica has played many shows at major rock festivals such as Woodstock '94, Ozzfest, Monsters of Rock, Lollapalooza, Download Festival, Reading Festival, and Days on the Green. They also held numerous concerts in stadiums, some of which featured crowds of over 100,000 people. One of the highest-attendance music concerts in history was held by Metallica on September 28, 1991 at Tushino Airfield in Moscow, where unofficially 1.6 million people attended. Some of these performances were later released as videos for special box set or DVD releases. Some performances have been held in theaters, including two April 1999 shows alongside the San Francisco Symphony that were released as the album S&M.^[4]

Metallica's first official tour was Kill 'Em All for One, which started in 1983 to promote their debut album. Their longest so far have been the Wherever We May Roam and World Magnetic Tours, which lasted 14 months and 20 months, respectively, with each having over 170 concerts.^[5] The band is among the most lucrative live bands, selling out half of their first 187 concerts held during the 2000s, and gaining an attendance of over 3.5 million people and a gross of over US$227 million.^[6]

1980s tours

Year(s)	Title	Legs (locations) and dates	Number of shows [note 1]	Supporting acts[note 2]
1983	Kill 'Em All for One	USA: March 5, 1983 – January 22, 1984	31	Raven, Anthrax, Exodus[3][7]
This was the first tour played as a band, and it supported their first album, Kill 'Em All.[7]
1984	Seven Dates of Hell	Europe: February 3 – August 29, 1984	16	Venom (headliner), Twisted Sister[3][8]
Metallica played as supporting act for Venom, performing in front of 7,000 people at the Aardschok Festival in Zwolle, Netherlands.[9]
1984	Bang That Head That Doesn't Bang	Europe: November 16 – December 20, 1984	25	Tank[10]
The band had its first major European tour, with an average crowd of 1,300.[10]
1985	Ride the Lightning Tour	North America: January 11 – March 19, 1985 Europe: August 13 – September 14, 1985 USA: September 29, 1985 – December 31, 1985	57	W.A.S.P. (co-headliner), Armored Saint, Tank, ZZ Top, Marillion, Bon Jovi, Ratt, Magnum, Tommy Vance, Exodus[10][11]
The band went on tour to support their second album, Ride the Lightning, gaining an attendance of 60,000 at a show in Oakland, California, at the Day on the Green festival.[10] During the tour, Metallica played for the first time at the Monsters of Rock festival. The concert was at Donington Park, England, in front of 70,000 people.[10]
1986–1987	Damage, Inc. Tour	North America: March 27 – August 3, 1986 Europe: September 10–26, 1986 Japan: November 15–20, 1986 North America: November 26 - December 20, 1986 Europe: January 8 - February 13, 1987	142	Anthrax, Metal Church
The tour supported the band's third album Master of Puppets in which the headliner of the North American spring/summer portion was Ozzy Osbourne.[10] It was plagued with misfortune for the band, as the guitar technician John Marshall had to fill James Hetfield's place at the rhythm guitar twice due to wrist injury.[12][13] Later, during the European portion, a bus accident in Sweden killed bassist Cliff Burton.[12] The World Tour that followed introduced the new bassist, Jason Newsted.[13]
1987	Monsters of Rock '87	Europe: August 20–30, 1987	4	Bon Jovi, Dio, Anthrax, W.A.S.P., Cinderella, The Bailey Brothers[11][14]
The group went on the festival tour for the second time, with concerts in England and West Germany.[15]
1988	Monsters of Rock '88	USA: May 27 – July 30, 1988	32	Van Halen (headliner), Scorpions, Dokken, Kingdom Come[16]
Metallica went on the same festival tour, the second year in a row, and played in front of crowds numbering 40,000 to 53,000 people.[17][18]
1988–1989	Damaged Justice	Europe: September 11 – November 5, 1988 North America: November 15, 1988 – April 21, 1989 Pacific Rim: May 1–27, 1989 North America: May 31 - September 23, 1989 South America: October 4–7, 1989	222	Danzig, Queensrÿche, Faith No More, Mortal Sin, The Cult[19][20][21]
The tour supported the band's fourth album, ...And Justice for All.[22] The August 29 and 30, 1989 shows in Seattle were later released in the box set Live Shit: Binge & Purge.[23]

1990s tours

Year(s)	Title	Legs (locations) and dates	Number of shows [note 3]	Supporting acts[note 2]
1990	Tour 1990	Europe/North America: May 11 – September 11, 1990	12	Warrior Soul, Dio, Bonham, Aerosmith (headliner)[24][25]
The tour consisted of several European festivals and stadium shows, as well as a private gig at The Marquee under the name The Frayed Ends.[26] It included two shows in Aerosmith's Pump Tour, along with The Black Crowes and Warrant, with crowds of 60,000 and 30,000 spectators respectively.[25][27]
1991	Monsters of Rock '91	Europe: August 10 – September 28, 1991	19	AC/DC (headliner), Pantera, Mötley Crüe, Queensrÿche, The Black Crowes[11]
Metallica went on the festival tour a fourth time. The last concert of the tour, held on September 28 at Tushino Airfield in Moscow, was described as "the first free outdoor Western rock concert in Soviet history" and had a crowd estimated between 500,000 and 3,500,000 people,[28][29] with some unofficial estimates as high over 2,000,000.[30]
1991–1992	Wherever We May Roam Tour	North America: October 12, 1991 – July 5, 1992 Europe: October 22 – December 18, 1992	174	Metal Church - Opened: June 19 - July 5, 1992
The tour supported the fifth album, Metallica (also known as "The Black Album") which included a performance at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, with the band performing a short set list and Hetfield performing with Queen and Tony Iommi. The January 13 and 14, 1992 shows in San Diego were later released in the box set Live Shit: Binge & Purge,[23] while the tour and the album were later documented in A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica.[31]
1992	Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour	North America: July 17 – October 6, 1992	25	Guns N' Roses (co-headliner), Faith No More, Motörhead[32][33][34]
It was an overlap of Metallica's Wherever We May Roam Tour and Guns N' Roses' Use Your Illusion Tour. James Hetfield suffered serious burns during a show in Montreal; John Marshall filled the guitar for the rest of the tour.[32]
1993	Nowhere Else to Roam	North America: January 22 – March 13, 1993 World Tour: March 16 – May 8, 1993 Europe: May 19 – July 4, 1993	77	Suicidal Tendencies, The Cult, Alice in Chains, Kyuss[35][36]
The shows in Mexico City across February and March 1993 were later released as part of the box set Live Shit: Binge & Purge.[37] It is also the first time the band met Robert Trujillo who would join the band almost a decade later.[35]
1994	Shit Hits the Sheds Tour	USA: May 28 – August 21, 1994	51	Danzig, Suicidal Tendencies, Candlebox, Fight[35]
The tour included a performance at Woodstock '94 on August 13 in front of a crowd of 350,000.[38][39]
1995	Escape from the Studio '95	UK/Canada/USA: August 23 – December 14, 1995	5	Slayer, Skid Row, Slash's Snakepit, Therapy?, Warrior Soul, Machine Head, White Zombie, Corrosion of Conformity[11]
During the tour, a song from each of the next two albums were played ("2 × 4" and "Devil's Dance").[40] At the Donington Park concert, Metallica joined the Monsters of Rock for a fifth time.[11] It was the first tour with most of songs in Eb Tuning still used today
1996	Lollapalooza No. 6	North America: June 4 – August 4, 1996	28	Soundgarden, Cocteau Twins, Devo, Ramones, Rancid, Shaolin Monks, Screaming Trees, Psychotica[41][42]
Metallica headlined the festival tour, in front of crowds of about 20,000,[43][44] with many shows being sold out.[45]
1996–1997	Poor Touring Me	Europe: September 6 – November 27, 1996 North America: December 19, 1996 – May 28, 1997	139	Corrosion of Conformity, Soundgarden, Korn[46][47][48]
The tour supported the recently released album Load.[49] The May 9 and 10, 1997 shows in Fort Worth, Texas were later released in the video Cunning Stunts.[50]
1997	Blitzkrieg '97	Europe: August 22–24, 1997	3
Metallica plays at European festivals to fulfill earlier contractual obligations. They play three back-to-back shows at the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium,[51] Blind Man's Ball in Germany,[52] and Reading Festival in England.[53]
1997	Re-Load Promo Tour	USA/Europe: November 11–18, 1997	6
The tour promoted the just-released album ReLoad.[49] Over 120,000 fans called to request a location for the free concert held in November, later named Million Decibel March.[54]
1998–1999	Poor Re-Touring Me Tour	Pacific Rim: March 21 – May 8, 1998 North America: June 24, 1998 – April 30, 1999	65	Jerry Cantrell, Days of the New[55]
The shows on April 21 and 22, 1999 at Berkeley Community Theatre, alongside the San Francisco Symphony, were released as the album S&M.[4]
1998	Garage Inc Promo Tour	North America: November 17–24, 1998	5	Battery[49]
The tour supported the album Garage Inc.[56][57]
1999	Garage Remains the Same Tour	Mexico/South America: April 30 – May 14, 1999 Europe/USA: May 21 – December 8, 1999	53	Monster Magnet[58]
The tour supported the album Garage Inc.[59] During the tour, Metallica played two live concerts similar to the one released in S&M, one in Germany with Babelsberger Filmorchester on November 19; and one at the Madison Square Garden, New York City, with the Orchestra of St. Luke's on November 23.[4]
1999–2000	M2K Mini Tour	USA: December 28, 1999 – January 10, 2000	10	Ted Nugent, Sevendust, Kid Rock, Black Sabbath, Creed[4][60]
The New Year's Eve show in Pontiac, Michigan was in front of 50,000 people.[61]

2000s tours

Year(s)	Title	Legs (locations) and dates	Number of shows [note 4]	Supporting acts[note 2]
2000	Summer Sanitarium Tour	USA: June 23 – August 9, 2000	21	Korn, Kid Rock, Powerman 5000, System of a Down[62][63]
Hetfield missed three shows due to back injury.[64] Newsted sang most of the songs during these concerts, and the vocals and rhythm guitar were also taken by musicians from the other bands.[65][66]
2003	Summer Sanitarium 2003 Tour	Europe: June 4–28, 2003 Europe/North America: July 4 – August 29, 2003	36	Limp Bizkit, Deftones, Mudvayne, Linkin Park, Lostprophets, The Darkness[67]
As a tour supporting album St. Anger, it marked the first time the new bassist, Robert Trujillo, played live with the band.[68]
2003–2004	Madly in Anger with the World Tour	World Tour: November 6, 2003 – November 28, 2004	137	Godsmack, Lostprophets, Slipknot, In Flames[69]
Another tour supporting album St. Anger, in which most shows were made available later for purchase as a digital download.[70] Before the show in Download Festival, Lars Ulrich was hospitalized, and Metallica played in that gig with guest drummers Dave Lombardo and Joey Jordison, and Ulrich's drum technician Flemming Larsen.[71]
2006	Escape from the Studio '06	World Tour: March 13 – August 15, 2006	16	Avenged Sevenfold, Bullet for My Valentine, Trivium, Tool[72]
Two untitled new songs were played, and some portions ended up being featured on the next released album.[73] Tour also featured the album Master of Puppets played in its entirety in its proper sequence for the first time.[74]
2007	Sick of the Studio '07	Europe: June 28 – July 18, 2007	12	Mastodon, Him, Joe Satriani, Stone Sour, Incubus, Biok, Faithless, Interpol, The Kooks, My Dying Bride, Dirt Spawn Disease, Heaven and Hell, Oomph!, Machine Head, Turbonegro, Volbeat, Mnemic, Diablo[75]
The tour featured shows at festivals and in stadiums, with crowds numbering 60,000 people.[76][77]
2008	2008 European Vacation Tour	North America/Europe: May 14 – August 24, 2008	26	The Sword, Ozzy Osbourne, Serj Tankian, Hellyeah, Jonathan Davis, Cavalera Conspiracy, Shadows Fall, Apocalyptica, In This Moment[78]
Two songs from the upcoming album were debuted.[79] The band played at Ozzfest for the first time in their history, being featured as headliners and playing right after Ozzy Osbourne.[78][80]
2008–2010[5]	World Magnetic Tour	Europe/Israel: September 12, 2008 – June 27, 2010 USA/Canada: October 17, 2008 – December 12, 2009 Latin America: June 4, 2009 – March 14, 2010 Australia/Japan/New Zealand: September 15, 2010 – November 21, 2010	187	Lamb of God, The Sword, Volbeat, Machine Head, Down, Mastodon, Baroness, Avenged Sevenfold, Resorte, Fear Factory, Gojira, Horcas, Mad, Hibria, Sepultura, High on Fire, Orphaned Land, Criminal
Tour supporting the album Death Magnetic. The tour was the 16th highest-grossing concert tour ever. The shows on June 4, 6 and 7 at Mexico City, on July 7 of 2009 at Nîmes, France and on October 31 and November 1 at Quebec City were released on the DVDs Orgullo, Pasión y Gloria: Tres Noches en la Ciudad de México , Français Pour Une Nuit and Quebec Magnetic respectively.[81][82] The tour ended with concerts in Australia and in New Zealand in November 2010.[83]

2010s tours

Year(s)	Title	Legs (locations) and dates	Number of shows [note 5]	Supporting acts[note 2]
2011	2011 Vacation Tour	North America/Europe/South America/Asia: April 23 - October 30, 2011	17	Biffy Clyro
Tour features the first two Big Four U.S. shows in Indio, California [84] and New York City,[85][86] respectively, as well as the band's first ever show in India.[87][88]
2012	2012 European Black Album Tour	Europe: May 7 - June 10, 2012	16
Tour headlining European festivals, such as Sonisphere Festival, Download Festival, Nova Rock Festival, Rock in Rio Lisboa, Rock Werchter, Rock am Ring and Rock im Park. As a late celebration for The Black Album's 20th anniversary, it was played in its enterity in reverse.[89]
2012	El Arsenal Completo/The Full Arsenal	North America: July 28 - August 29, 2012	13
Few of the shows were recorded for the band's movie Metallica: Through the Never, was the first tour that the band had two songs for the encore rather than three, and included stage antics like the stage falling apart, the Death Magnetic Coffins, and much more.
2013	Summer Tour 2013	North America/Asia/Europe/South America: June 8 - September 21, 2013	14	Anvil, The Sacrilege (Singapore)
At the second Orion Music + More festival held in Detroit, the band played under the fake-name "Dehaan" - "Dehaan" being a reference to actor Dane DeHaan, who starred in Metallica: Through the Never - and played Kill 'Em All in its entirety, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the release.[90] Following the tour, Metallica played a show called "Freeze 'Em All" in Antarctica's Carlini Base, becoming the first band to play on all seven continents.[91]
2014	Metallica by Request	Europe/South America and Montreal in North America: March 16, 2014 - August 9, 2014	25	Raven (Brazil) De La Tierra (South America)
An interactive tour, concertgoers could vote, via internet, which songs Metallica would include on each night's setlist and, at the concert, via SMS, to a song in the encore. Metallica debuted a new song, called "Lords of Summer". Metallica's only stop in North America was in Montreal for the Heavy Montreal festival.
2015	Metallica Lords of Summer	North America, South America and Europe: May 9, 2015 - September 19, 2015	25
Back-to-back gigs in Quebec City marked both the last concert held at Colisée Pepsi and the first musical performance held at Centre Videotron.[92]
2016-Onward	WorldWired Tour	North America, South America, Europe, Asia: September 27 2016, - Ongoing	17	Heresy (Costa Rica) Victimized (Colombia)[93]
An ongoing tour in support of their new album, Hardwired... to Self-Destruct

First and Other Performance

Year(s)	Locations and dates	Number of shows	Supporting acts
1982	California: March 14 – November 30, 1982	31	Saxon, Exodus[94][95]
First gig was at Radio City, Anaheim on 3/14/1982, other gigs during 1982 as a band were not played as a tour, as the new band released several demos and went through a couple of line-up changes, as Dave Mustaine lead guitarist and backing vocalist was replaced by Kirk Hammett, and Ron McGovney was replaced by Cliff Burton as bassist.[1][2]
2000–2003	California/England: November 30, 2000 – June 1, 2003	10
Without a bass player, the band played few shows as they auditioned for a bassist.[96] The year 2001 was the first since the band's formation when Metallica played no shows at all.[97] During their only performance of 2002, the band introduced themselves as Bob's Band (after Bob Rock who helped on bass).[96]
2005	Rolling Stones Gigs 2005	2	The Rolling Stones (headliner), Everclear[98]
The band interrupted its vacation after being invited to open two shows for The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour in San Francisco, California.[99]

Notes

1. Complete list of shows for 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, and 1989 are listed on the Metallica.com website. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
2. Most of the supporting acts listed here joined Metallica only for a part of the whole tour.
3. Complete list of shows for 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, and 1999 are listed on the Metallica.com website. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
4. Complete list of shows for 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2010 are listed on the Metallica.com website. Retrieved 2011-01-01.
5. Complete list of shows for 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015 are listed on the Metallica.com website. Retrieved 2011-01-01.

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