1990s Tours
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| 1990 | Tour 1990 | Europe/North America: May 11 – September 11, 1990 | 12 | Warrior Soul, Dio, Bonham, Aerosmith (headliner) |
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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. 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. |
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| 1991 | Monsters of Rock '91 | North America/Europe: August 1 – September 28, 1991 | 24 | AC/DC (headliner), Pantera, Mötley Crüe, Queensrÿche, The Black Crowes |
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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 150,000 and 500,000 people, with some unofficial estimates as high as 1,600,000. |
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| 1991–1992 | Wherever We May Roam Tour | World Tour: October 12, 1991 – July 5, 1992 Europe: October 22 – December 18, 1992 |
174 | Metal Church |
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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, while the tour and the album were later documented in A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica. |
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| 1992 | Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour | North America: July 17 – October 6, 1992 | 25 | Guns N' Roses (co-headliner), Faith No More, Motörhead |
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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. |
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| 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 |
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The shows in Mexico City across February and March 1993 were later released as part of the box set Live Shit: Binge & Purge. It is also the first time the band met Robert Trujillo who would join the band almost a decade later. |
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| 1994 | Shit Hits the Sheds Tour | USA: May 28 – August 21, 1994 | 51 | Danzig, Suicidal Tendencies, Candlebox, Fight |
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The tour included a performance at Woodstock '94 on August 13 in front of a crowd of 350,000. |
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| 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 |
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During the tour, a song from each of the next two albums were played ("2 × 4" and "Devil's Dance"). At the Donington Park concert, Metallica joined the Monsters of Rock for a fifth time. |
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| 1996 | Lollapalooza No. 6 | North America: June 4 – August 4, 1996 | 28 | Soundgarden, Cocteau Twins, Devo, Ramones, Rancid, Shaolin Monks, Screaming Trees, Psychotica |
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Metallica headlined the festival tour, in front of crowds of about 20,000, with many shows being sold out. |
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| 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 |
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The tour supported the recently released album Load. The May 9 and 10, 1997 shows in Fort Worth, Texas were later released in the video Cunning Stunts. |
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| 1997 | Blitzkrieg '97 | Europe: August 22–24, 1997 | 3 | |
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Metallica plays at European festivals to fulfill earlier contractual obligations. They play three back-to-back shows at the Pukkelpop Festival in Belgium, Blind Man's Ball in Germany, and Reading Festival in England. |
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| 1997 | Re-Load Promo Tour | USA/Europe: November 11–18, 1997 | 6 | |
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The tour promoted the just-released album ReLoad. Over 120,000 fans called to request a location for the free concert held in November, later named Million Decibel March. |
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| 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 |
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The shows on April 21 and 22, 1999 at Berkeley Community Theatre, alongside the San Francisco Symphony, were released as the album S&M. |
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| 1998 | Garage Inc Promo Tour | North America: November 17–24, 1998 | 5 | Battery |
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The tour supported the album Garage Inc. |
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| 1999 | Garage Remains the Same Tour | Mexico/South America: April 30 – May 14, 1999 Europe/USA: May 21 – December 8, 1999 |
53 | Monster Magnet |
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The tour supported the album Garage Inc. 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. |
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| 1999–2000 | M2K Mini Tour | USA: December 28, 1999 – January 10, 2000 | 10 | Ted Nugent, Sevendust, Kid Rock, Black Sabbath, Creed |
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The New Year's Eve show in Pontiac, Michigan was in front of 50,000 people. |
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