WorldWired Tour


The WorldWired Tour was a concert tour by the American heavy metal band Metallica in support of their tenth studio album Hardwired... to Self-Destruct, which was released on November 18, 2016. It is also their first worldwide tour after the World Magnetic Tour six years earlier.

Background

The tour started on October 26, 2016, in Puerto Rico, followed by four more dates on the Latin American tour.
A performance at the 59th annual Grammy Awards on February 12, 2017, was also a part of the tour.
In 2018, the WorldWired Tour reached another $67.9 million from 37 shows, 24 in Europe and 13 in North America. The tour has grossed $430 million, from 139 concerts three years since it began in 2016 and now is the 5th highest-grossing tour of 2010s and 20th of all time.
The tour ended on August 25, 2019, in Mannheim, Germany. The band had plans to continue the tour in late 2019 and early 2020, but the tour dates in Australia were cancelled because of issues James had with alcohol, while the South American leg was postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Set list

The following set list was performed at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, and is not intended to represent all of the shows on tour.
  1. "Hardwired"
  2. "Atlas, Rise!"
  3. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  4. "The Memory Remains"
  5. "The Unforgiven"
  6. "Now That We're Dead"
  7. "Moth Into Flame"
  8. "Wherever I May Roam"
  9. "Halo on Fire"
  10. "Hit the Lights"
  11. "Sad but True"
  12. "One"
  13. "Master of Puppets"
  14. "Fade to Black"
  15. "Seek & Destroy"
Encore
  2. "Blackened"
  3. "Nothing Else Matters"
  4. "Enter Sandman"

    Kirk/Rob doodle

In 2017, Kirk Hammett and Rob Trujillo began to cover songs written by artists from the region in which the concert was being performed.

Tour dates

Date CityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceRevenue
February 1LisbonPortugalAltice ArenaKvelertak18,248 / 18,248$1,695,417
February 3MadridSpainWiZink CenterKvelertak33,894 / 33,894$3,686,603
February 5MadridSpainWiZink CenterKvelertak33,894 / 33,894$3,686,603
February 7BarcelonaSpainPalau Sant JordiKvelertak17,438 / 17,438$1,726,177
February 10TurinItalyPala AlpitourKvelertak14,728 / 14,728$1,303,943
February 12BolognaItalyUnipol ArenaKvelertak29,453 / 29,453$2,791,531
February 14BolognaItalyUnipol ArenaKvelertak29,453 / 29,453$2,791,531
February 16MannheimGermanySAP ArenaKvelertak14,208 / 14,208$1,557,877
March 27HerningDenmarkJyske Bank BoxenKvelertak14,906 / 14,906$1,924,626
March 29HamburgGermanyBarclaycard ArenaKvelertak14,415 / 14,415$1,577,360
March 31ViennaAustriaWiener StadthalleKvelertak15,811 / 15,811$1,776,415
April 2PragueCzech RepublicO2 ArenaKvelertak19,221 / 19,221$2,367,157
April 5BudapestHungaryBudapest Sports ArenaKvelertak13,485 / 13,485$1,325,678
April 7StuttgartGermanySchleyerhalleKvelertak29,291 / 29,291$3,334,047
April 9StuttgartGermanySchleyerhalleKvelertak29,291 / 29,291$3,334,047
April 11GenevaSwitzerlandPalexpoKvelertak20,914 / 20,914$2,534,956
April 26MunichGermanyOlympiahalleKvelertak14,706 / 14,706$1,639,676
April 28KrakówPolandTauron ArenaKvelertak19,751 / 19,751$2,190,452
April 30LeipzigGermanyArena LeipzigKvelertak12,185 / 12,185$1,378,421
May 2OsloNorwayTelenor ArenaKvelertak24,836 / 24,836$2,300,122
May 5StockholmSwedenEricsson GlobeKvelertak32,990 / 32,990$2,903,553
May 7StockholmSwedenEricsson GlobeKvelertak32,990 / 32,990$2,903,553
May 9HelsinkiFinlandHartwall ArenaKvelertak28,589 / 28,589$2,651,938
May 11HelsinkiFinlandHartwall ArenaKvelertak28,589 / 28,589$2,651,938
September 2MadisonUnited StatesKohl CenterJim Breuer16,137 / 16,137$1,995,140
September 4MinneapolisUnited StatesTarget CenterJim Breuer17,873 / 17,873$2,407,742
September 6LincolnUnited StatesPinnacle Bank ArenaJim Breuer14,950 / 14,950$1,825,630
September 8Grand ForksUnited StatesAlerus CenterJim Breuer16,970 / 16,970$1,912,505
September 11Sioux FallsUnited StatesDenny Sanford Premier CenterJim Breuer12,018 / 12,018$1,494,540
September 13WinnipegCanadaBell MTS PlaceJim Breuer17,129 / 17,129$1,913,053
September 15SaskatoonCanadaSaskTel CentreJim Breuer16,874 / 16,874$1,922,719
October 6AustinUnited StatesZilker ParkJim Breuerrowspan="2" rowspan="2"
October 13AustinUnited StatesZilker ParkJim Breuer--
October 16MilwaukeeUnited StatesFiserv ForumJim Breuer17,091 / 17,091$2,185,835
October 18PittsburghUnited StatesPPG Paints ArenaJim Breuer18,502 / 18,765$2,359,924
October 20State CollegeUnited StatesBryce Jordan CenterJim Breuer15,588 / 15,588$1,919,035
October 22CharlotteUnited StatesSpectrum CenterJim Breuer17,718 / 17,718$2,085,875
October 25PhiladelphiaUnited StatesWells Fargo CenterJim Breuer18,545 / 18,545$2,163,595
October 27BuffaloUnited StatesKeyBank CenterJim Breuer18,542 / 18,542$2,290,542
October 29AlbanyUnited StatesTimes Union CenterJim Breuer15,661 / 15,661$1,936,231
November 26Las VegasUnited StatesT-Mobile ArenaJim Breuer19,032 / 19,032$2,551,915
November 28BoiseUnited StatesTaco Bell ArenaJim Breuer11,868 / 12,719$1,454,270
November 30Salt Lake CityUnited StatesVivint Smart Home ArenaJim Breuer16,215 / 16,215$2,026,905
December 2SpokaneUnited StatesSpokane Veterans Memorial ArenaJim Breuer12,854 / 12,916$1,597,670
December 5PortlandUnited StatesModa CenterJim Breuer18,273 / 18,273$2,285,680
December 7SacramentoUnited StatesGolden 1 CenterJim Breuer16,591 / 16,591$2,069,225
December 9FresnoUnited StatesSave Mart CenterJim Breuer14,854 / 14,854$1,855,485

Cancelled and postponed shows

DateCityCountryVenueReason
October 17, 2019PerthAustraliaOptus StadiumCancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 20, 2019AdelaideAustraliaAdelaide OvalCancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 22, 2019MelbourneAustraliaMarvel StadiumCancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 24, 2019MelbourneAustraliaMarvel StadiumCancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 26, 2019SydneyAustraliaANZ StadiumCancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 29, 2019BrisbaneAustraliaQueensland Sport and Athletics CentreCancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 31, 2019AucklandNew ZealandMount Smart StadiumCancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
November 2, 2019AucklandNew ZealandMount Smart StadiumCancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction