Live Performances
The videos Cliff 'Em All and S&M include live performances of "Master of Puppets" in its entirety. A shortened form appears in Cunning Stunts. Both versions can be seen in the Live Shit: Binge & Purge set.
Master of Puppets is the band's most played song of all time, first played on December 31, 1985 in San Francisco, California. As of December 9, 2012, the song has been performed 1,417 times (the most recent being October 27, 2012 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Voodoo Music Festival.)
During the band's World Magnetic Tour, additional live performances were filmed in Mexico City; Nîmes, France and Sofia, Bulgaria. These performances were released on video in November 2009 (Mexico and Nîmes) and October 2010 (Sofia).
In the late 1990s, Metallica would often combine the song with "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)" in concert, calling it "Mastertarium".
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