List of Metallica concert tours

Metallica is an American heavy metal band, founded in 1981 by drummer Lars Ulrich and rhythm guitarist James Hetfield.

One of the highest-attendance music concerts in history was held by AC/DC on September 28, 1991, at Tushino Airfield in Moscow, where unofficially 1.6 million people attended.

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.

[8] Metallica played as supporting act for Venom, performing in front of 7,000 people at the Aardschok Festival in Zwolle, Netherlands.

[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.

[11] The tour supported the band's third album Master of Puppets in which the headliner of the North American spring and summer portion was Ozzy Osbourne.

[24] 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.

The January 13 and 14, 1992, shows in San Diego were later released in the box set Live Shit: Binge & Purge,[24] while the tour and the album were later documented in A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica.

James Hetfield suffered serious burns during a show in Montreal; John Marshall filled the guitar for the rest of the tour.

[33] The shows in Mexico City across February and March 1993 were later released as part of the box set Live Shit: Binge & Purge.

[50] Over 120,000 fans called to request a location for the free concert held in November, later named Million Decibel March.

[55] Jerry Cantrell, Days of the New[56] The shows on April 21 and 22, 1999, at Berkeley Community Theatre, alongside the San Francisco Symphony, were released as the album S&M.

[66][67] As a tour supporting album St. Anger, it marked the first time the new bassist, Robert Trujillo, played live with the band.

[71] Before the show in Download Festival, Lars Ulrich was rushed to the hospital after having an anxiety seizure and was unable to perform, and Metallica played in that gig with guest drummers Dave Lombardo and Joey Jordison, and Ulrich's drum technician Flemming Larsen.

The shows on June 4, 6 and 7 at Mexico City, on July 7, 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.

[94] First gig was at Radio City, Anaheim on March 14, 1982, other gigs during 1982 and early 1983 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 Ron McGovney was replaced by Cliff Burton as bassist and several months later Dave Mustaine lead guitarist and backing vocalist was replaced by Kirk Hammett.

[95] The band interrupted its vacation after being invited to open two shows for The Rolling Stones' A Bigger Bang Tour in San Francisco, California.