Summer Sanitarium Tour


The Summer Sanitarium Tour was a concert tour by the American heavy metal band Metallica. The first edition took place during the summer of 2000, with 20 shows in the United States. A second edition was held during the summer of 2003, with 21 shows in North America. The tour was sponsored by MTV and Mars Music and promoted by SFX Concerts.

Background

It marks the final tour for bassist Jason Newsted, who quit the band in January 2001. Before the concert in Atlanta on July 7, 2000, frontman James Hetfield injured his back in a jet skiing accident and was forced to sit out three shows. Newsted sang most of the songs during these concerts, and the vocals and rhythm guitar were also taken by musicians from the supporting acts, such as Kid Rock and his guitarists Kenny Olson and Jason Krause, Serj Tankian and Daron Malakian of System of a Down, and Jonathan Davis of Korn.
The tour grossed $42 million in 2000 and $48.8 million in 2003.

Support acts

;2000
;2003

Setlist

The following setlist was obtained from the concert held on July 12, 2000; at the Mile High Stadium in Denver, Colorado. It does not represent all concerts for the duration of the tour.
  1. "Creeping Death"
  2. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  3. "Seek & Destroy"
  4. "Fade to Black"
  5. "Fuel"
  6. "Whiplash"
  7. "Sad but True"
  8. "No Leaf Clover"
  9. "King Nothing"
  10. "Master of Puppets" / "Welcome Home "
  11. "Battery"
;Encore
  2. "Nothing Else Matters"
  3. "One"
  4. "Turn the Page"
  5. "Enter Sandman"

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
July 4, 2003PontiacUnited StatesPontiac Silverdome
July 5, 2003TorontoCanadaSkyDome
July 6, 2003FoxboroughUnited StatesGillette Stadium
July 8, 2003East RutherfordUnited StatesGiants Stadium
July 11, 2003AtlantaUnited StatesTurner Field
July 12, 2003PhiladelphiaUnited StatesVeterans Stadium
July 13, 2003OrlandoUnited StatesFlorida Citrus Bowl
July 18, 2003LandoverUnited StatesFedExField
July 19, 2003ColumbusUnited StatesOhio Stadium
July 20, 2003MontrealCanadaParc Jean-Drapeau
July 25, 2003St. LouisUnited StatesEdward Jones Dome
July 26, 2003StickneyUnited StatesHawthorne Race Course
July 27, 2003MinneapolisUnited StatesHubert H. Humphrey Metrodome
August 1, 2003DenverUnited StatesInvesco Field at Mile High
August 2, 2003HoustonUnited StatesReliant Stadium
August 3, 2003IrvingUnited StatesTexas Stadium
August 6, 2003West Valley CityUnited StatesUSANA Amphitheatre
August 7, 2003SeattleUnited StatesSeahawk Stadium
August 9, 2003Los AngelesUnited StatesLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
August 10, 2003San FranciscoUnited States3Com Park

;Festivals and other miscellaneous performances