WorldWired Tour

The WorldWired Tour was a concert tour by American heavy metal band Metallica in support of their tenth studio album +more_to_Self-Destruct'>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.

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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. +more The tour has grossed $426. 9 million, from 139 concerts three years since it began in 2016 and now is the ninth highest-grossing tour 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 COVID-19 pandemic.

Setlist

The following setlist was performed at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, and is not intended to represent all of the shows on tour.

# "Hardwired" # "Atlas, Rise!" # "For Whom the Bell Tolls" # "The Memory Remains" # "The Unforgiven" # "Now That We're Dead" # "Moth Into Flame" # "Wherever I May Roam" # "Halo on Fire" # "Hit the Lights" # "Sad but True" # "One" # "Master of Puppets" # "Fade to Black" # "Seek & Destroy" Encore # "Blackened" # "Nothing Else Matters" # "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.

Important

Tour dates

	Date	City	Country	Venue	Opening act	Attendance	Revenue
Leg 1 - Warm-up shows	Leg 1 - Warm-up shows	Leg 1 - Warm-up shows	Leg 1 - Warm-up shows	Leg 1 - Warm-up shows	Leg 1 - Warm-up shows	Leg 1 - Warm-up shows
February 6, 2016	San Francisco	United States	AT&T Park	Cage the Elephant	41,119 / 43,681	$4,341,114
August 20, 2016	Minneapolis	United States	+more_Bank_Stadium'>U. S. Bank Stadium	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	48,492 / 48,492	$5,158,790
September 24, 2016	New York City	United States	Central Park	N/A	N/A	N/A
September 27, 2016	New York City	United States	Webster Hall	N/A	N/A	N/A
October 22, 2016	Mountain View	United States	Shoreline Amphitheatre	N/A	N/A	N/A
October 23, 2016	Mountain View	United States	Shoreline Amphitheatre	N/A	N/A	N/A
Leg 2 - Latin America	Leg 2 - Latin America	Leg 2 - Latin America	Leg 2 - Latin America	Leg 2 - Latin America	Leg 2 - Latin America	Leg 2 - Latin America
October 26, 2016	San Juan	Puerto Rico	Coliseo de Puerto Rico	Zafakon	13,039 / 13,641	$1,368,148
October 29, 2016	Quito	Ecuador	Parque Bicentenario	Basca	35,000	N/A
November 1, 2016	Bogota	Colombia	Hipódromo de Los Andes	Victimized	23,434 / 29,255	$2,145,370
November 3, 2016	Guatemala City	Guatemala	Estadio Cementos Progreso	Metal Requiem	N/A	N/A
November 5, 2016	San Jose	Costa Rica	Estadio Nacional	Heresy	32,934 / 33,953	$2,216,090
Leg 3 - Intimate/promo shows	Leg 3 - Intimate/promo shows	Leg 3 - Intimate/promo shows	Leg 3 - Intimate/promo shows	Leg 3 - Intimate/promo shows	Leg 3 - Intimate/promo shows	Leg 3 - Intimate/promo shows
November 18, 2016	London	England	House of Vans	N/A	N/A	N/A
November 29, 2016	Toronto	Canada	The Opera House	N/A	N/A	N/A
December 15, 2016	Los Angeles	United States	The Fonda Theatre	N/A	N/A	N/A
December 17, 2016	Oakland	United States	Fox Oakland Theatre	N/A	2,800 / 2,800	$165,550
Leg 4 - Asia	Leg 4 - Asia	Leg 4 - Asia	Leg 4 - Asia	Leg 4 - Asia	Leg 4 - Asia	Leg 4 - Asia
January 11, 2017	Seoul	South Korea	Gocheok Sky Dome	Babymetal	N/A	N/A
January 15, 2017	Shanghai	China	Mercedes-Benz Arena	N/A	N/A	N/A
January 18, 2017	Beijing	China	LeSports Center	Lang Lang	N/A	N/A
January 20, 2017	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	AsiaWorld-Arena	N/A	N/A	N/A
January 22, 2017	Singapore	Singapore	Singapore Indoor Stadium	N/A	N/A	N/A
Leg 5 - Europe	Leg 5 - Europe	Leg 5 - Europe	Leg 5 - Europe	Leg 5 - Europe	Leg 5 - Europe	Leg 5 - Europe
February 3, 2017	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena	Hatesphere	N/A	N/A
February 7, 2017	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena	I'll Be Damned	N/A	N/A
February 9, 2017	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena	Defecto	N/A	N/A
Leg 6 - North America	Leg 6 - North America	Leg 6 - North America	Leg 6 - North America	Leg 6 - North America	Leg 6 - North America	Leg 6 - North America
February 12, 2017	Los Angeles	United States	Hollywood Palladium	N/A	N/A	N/A
Leg 7 - Latin America	Leg 7 - Latin America	Leg 7 - Latin America	Leg 7 - Latin America	Leg 7 - Latin America	Leg 7 - Latin America	Leg 7 - Latin America
March 1, 2017	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol	Iggy Pop	197,745 / 197,745	$9,744,945
March 3, 2017	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol	Iggy Pop	197,745 / 197,745	$9,744,945
March 5, 2017	Mexico City	Mexico	Foro Sol	Iggy Pop	197,745 / 197,745	$9,744,945
March 25, 2017	São Paulo	Brazil	Autódromo José Carlos Pace	Rancid Cage the Elephant	N/A	N/A
March 31, 2017	Buenos Aires	Argentina	Hipódromo de San Isidro	Rancid Cage the Elephant	N/A	N/A
April 1, 2017	Santiago	Chile	O'Higgins Park	Rancid Cage the Elephant	N/A	N/A
Leg 8 - North America	Leg 8 - North America	Leg 8 - North America	Leg 8 - North America	Leg 8 - North America	Leg 8 - North America	Leg 8 - North America
May 10, 2017	Baltimore	United States	M&T Bank Stadium	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	55,705 / 55,705	$5,970,421
May 12, 2017	Philadelphia	United States	Lincoln Financial Field	Volbeat	49,722 / 53,836	$5,421,187
May 14, 2017	East Rutherford	United States	MetLife Stadium	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	46,941 / 51,468	$5,196,437
May 17, 2017	Uniondale	United States	Nassau Coliseum	Volbeat	14,941 / 14,941	$2,198,951
May 19, 2017	Foxborough	United States	Gillette Stadium	Volbeat	47,778 / 48,905	$6,095,723
May 21, 2017	Columbus	United States	Mapfre Stadium	Volbeat, Biffy Clyro	29,962 / 30,000	$3,960,421
-	June 4, 2017	United States	St. Louis	Busch Stadium	Volbeat	38,778 / 43,366	$4,192,393
June 7, 2017	Denver	United States	Sports Authority Field at Mile High	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	57,955 / 58,913	$5,884,163
June 9, 2017	Newton	United States	Iowa Speedway	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	N/A	N/A
June 11, 2017	Houston	United States	NRG Stadium	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	46,720 / 51,023	$4,854,471
June 14, 2017	San Antonio	United States	Alamodome	Avenged Sevenfold	45,343 / 49,271	$4,527,655
June 16, 2017	Arlington	United States	AT&T Stadium	Avenged Sevenfold	45,860 / 48,348	$4,247,778
June 18, 2017	Chicago	United States	Soldier Field	Avenged Sevenfold	51,041 / 52,360	$5,313,715
July 5, 2017	Orlando	United States	Camping World Stadium	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	49,961 / 53,163	$5,613,708
July 7, 2017	Miami Gardens	United States	Hard Rock Stadium	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	42,168 / 45,433	$4,163,523
July 9, 2017	Atlanta	United States	SunTrust Park	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	39,024 / 41,246	$4,531,443
July 12, 2017	Detroit	United States	Comerica Park	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	40,573 / 43,159	$4,501,650
July 14, 2017	Quebec City	Canada	Plains of Abraham	N/A	N/A	N/A
July 16, 2017	Toronto	Canada	Rogers Centre	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	N/A	N/A
July 19, 2017	Montreal	Canada	Parc Jean-Drapeau	Avenged Sevenfold Volbeat	29,218 / 34,375	$3,258,580
July 29, 2017	Pasadena	United States	Rose Bowl	Avenged Sevenfold Gojira	63,285 / 63,285	$6,684,282
August 4, 2017	Glendale	United States	University of Phoenix Stadium	Avenged Sevenfold Gojira	52,926 / 54,881	$5,246,586
August 6, 2017	San Diego	United States	Petco Park	Avenged Sevenfold Gojira	43,491 / 44,916	$4,846,411
August 9, 2017	Seattle	United States	CenturyLink Field	Avenged Sevenfold Gojira	47,175 / 56,082	$4,944,489
August 12, 2017	San Francisco	United States	Golden Gate Park	N/A	N/A	N/A
August 14, 2017	Vancouver	Canada	BC Place	Avenged Sevenfold Gojira	N/A	N/A
August 16, 2017	Edmonton	Canada	Commonwealth Stadium	Avenged Sevenfold Gojira	N/A	N/A
Leg 9 - Europe	Leg 9 - Europe	Leg 9 - Europe	Leg 9 - Europe	Leg 9 - Europe	Leg 9 - Europe	Leg 9 - Europe
September 2, 2017	Copenhagen	Denmark	Royal Arena	Aphyxion	N/A	N/A
September 4, 2017	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
September 6, 2017	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Ziggo Dome	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
September 8, 2017	Paris	France	AccorHotels Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
September 10, 2017	Paris	France	AccorHotels Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
September 12, 2017	Lyon	France	Halle Tony Garnier	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
September 14, 2017	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
September 16, 2017	Cologne	Germany	Lanxess Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
October 22, 2017	London	England	The O2 Arena	Kvelertak	39,976 / 41,130	$4,245,290
October 24, 2017	London	England	The O2 Arena	Kvelertak	39,976 / 41,130	$4,245,290
October 26, 2017	Glasgow	Scotland	SSE Hydro	Kvelertak	12,748 / 12,748	$1,382,510
October 28, 2017	Manchester	England	Manchester Arena	Kvelertak	19,423 / 19,423	$2,038,870
October 30, 2017	Birmingham	England	Genting Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
November 1, 2017	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
November 3, 2017	Antwerp	Belgium	Sportpaleis	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
Leg 10 - North America	Leg 10 - North America	Leg 10 - North America	Leg 10 - North America	Leg 10 - North America	Leg 10 - North America	Leg 10 - North America
November 9, 2017	San Francisco	United States	AT&T Park	N/A	N/A	N/A
Leg 11 - Europe	Leg 11 - Europe	Leg 11 - Europe	Leg 11 - Europe	Leg 11 - Europe	Leg 11 - Europe	Leg 11 - Europe
February 1, 2018	Lisbon	Portugal	Altice Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
February 3, 2018	Madrid	Spain	WiZink Center	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
February 5, 2018	Madrid	Spain	WiZink Center	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
February 7, 2018	Barcelona	Spain	Palau Sant Jordi	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
February 10, 2018	Turin	Italy	Pala Alpitour	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
February 12, 2018	Bologna	Italy	Unipol Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
February 14, 2018	Bologna	Italy	Unipol Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
February 16, 2018	Mannheim	Germany	SAP Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
March 27, 2018	Herning	Denmark	Jyske Bank Boxen	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
March 29, 2018	Hamburg	Germany	Barclaycard Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
March 31, 2018	Vienna	Austria	Wiener Stadthalle	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
April 2, 2018	Prague	Czech Republic	O2 Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
April 5, 2018	Budapest	Hungary	Budapest Sports Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
April 7, 2018	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyerhalle	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
April 9, 2018	Stuttgart	Germany	Schleyerhalle	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
April 11, 2018	Geneva	Switzerland	Palexpo	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
April 26, 2018	Munich	Germany	Olympiahalle	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
April 28, 2018	Krakow	Poland	Tauron Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
April 30, 2018	Leipzig	Germany	Arena Leipzig	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
May 2, 2018	Oslo	Norway	Telenor Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
May 5, 2018	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
May 7, 2018	Stockholm	Sweden	Ericsson Globe	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
May 9, 2018	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
May 11, 2018	Helsinki	Finland	Hartwall Arena	Kvelertak	N/A	N/A
Leg 12 - North America	Leg 12 - North America	Leg 12 - North America	Leg 12 - North America	Leg 12 - North America	Leg 12 - North America	Leg 12 - North America
September 2, 2018	Madison	United States	Kohl Center	Jim Breuer
-	United States	Jim Breuer
September 4, 2018	Minneapolis	United States	Target Center	Jim Breuer
-	United States	Jim Breuer
September 6, 2018	Lincoln	United States	Pinnacle Bank Arena	Jim Breuer	15,018
-	September 8, 2018	Grand Forks	Alerus Center	Jim Breuer	16,970
-	September 11, 2018	Sioux Falls	Denny Sanford Premier Center	Jim Breuer	12,018
-	September 13, 2018	Winnipeg	Canada	Jim Breuer	Bell MTS Place	17,129
-	September 15, 2018	Saskatoon	Canada	Jim Breuer	SaskTel Centre	16,874
-	October 6, 2018	Austin	United States	Jim Breuer	Zilker Park	N/A	N/A
October 13, 2018	Austin	United States	Jim Breuer	Zilker Park	N/A	N/A
October 16, 2018	Milwaukee	Fiserv Forum	United States	Jim Breuer	17,091	$2,185,835
October 18, 2018	Pittsburgh	PPG Paints Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	18,502 / 18,765	$2,359,924
October 20, 2018	University Park	Bryce Jordan Center	United States	Jim Breuer	15,588
-	October 22, 2018	Charlotte	United States	Jim Breuer	Spectrum Center	17,718
-	October 25, 2018	Philadelphia	United States	Jim Breuer	Wells Fargo Center	18,545 / 18,545	$2,163,595
October 27, 2018	Buffalo	KeyBank Center	United States	Jim Breuer
-	United States	Jim Breuer
October 29, 2018	Albany	Times Union Center	United States	Jim Breuer	15,661 / 15,661	$1,936,231
November 26, 2018	Las Vegas	T-Mobile Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	19,032 / 19,032	$2,551,915
November 28, 2018	Boise	Taco Bell Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	11,868 / 12,719	$1,454,270
November 30, 2018	Salt Lake City	Vivint Smart Home Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	16,215 / 16,215	$2,026,905
December 2, 2018	Spokane	Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	12,854 / 12,916	$1,597,670
December 5, 2018	Portland	Moda Center	United States	Jim Breuer	18,273 / 18,273	$2,285,680
December 7, 2018	Sacramento	Golden 1 Center	United States	Jim Breuer	16,591 / 16,591	$2,069,225
December 9, 2018	Fresno	Save Mart Center	United States	Jim Breuer	14,854 / 14,854	$1,855,485
January 18, 2019	Tulsa	BOK Center	United States	Jim Breuer	17,612 / 17,612	$2,195,900
January 20, 2019	North Little Rock	Verizon Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	17,432 / 17,859	$1,679,923
January 22, 2019	Birmingham	Legacy Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	17,462 / 18,003	$1,713,460
January 24, 2019	Nashville	Bridgestone Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	16,340 / 16,340	$2,213,550
January 28, 2019	Raleigh	PNC Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	20,052 / 20,052	$2,409,015
January 30, 2019	Cincinnati	U. S. Bank Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	16,587 / 17,070	$2,060,625
February 1, 2019	Cleveland	Quicken Loans Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	18,515 / 18,515	$2,463,702
February 28, 2019	El Paso	Don Haskins Center	United States	Jim Breuer	12,546 / 12,546	$1,558,320
March 2, 2019	Lubbock	United Supermarkets Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	14,653 / 14,653	$1,813,730
March 4, 2019	Wichita	Intrust Bank Arena	United States	Jim Breuer	15,187 / 15,187	$1,648,058
March 6, 2019	Kansas City	Sprint Center	United States	Jim Breuer	18,535 / 18,535	$2,047,000
March 9, 2019	Louisville	KFC Yum! Center	United States	21,657 / 21,657	$2,531,895
March 11, 2019	Indianapolis	Bankers Life Fieldhouse	United States	17,068 / 17,068	$2,129,940
March 13, 2019	Grand Rapids	Van Andel Arena	11,692 / 11,692	$1,421,960
Leg 13 - Europe	Leg 13 - Europe	Leg 13 - Europe	Leg 13 - Europe	Leg 13 - Europe	Leg 13 - Europe	Leg 13 - Europe
May 1, 2019	Lisbon	Portugal	Estádio do Restelo	Ghost Bokassa	42,000
-	May 3, 2019	Madrid	Spain	Ghost Bokassa	Valdebebas	69,897 / 70,000	$6,781,467
May 5, 2019	Barcelona	Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys	Spain	Ghost Bokassa	51,799 / 53,760	$5,285,919
May 8, 2019	Milan	Italy	SNAI San Siro Hippodrome	Ghost Bokassa	47,427 / 47,500	$3,992,522
May 10, 2019	Zürich	Switzerland	Letzigrund	Ghost Bokassa	46,349 / 47,226	$5,671,665
May 12, 2019	Paris	France	Stade de France	Ghost Bokassa	74,889 / 76,183	$6,917,057
June 8, 2019	Slane	Ireland	Slane Castle	Ghost Stiff Little Fingers Bokassa Fangclub	71,122 / 78,824	$8,194,075
June 11, 2019	Amsterdam	Netherlands	Johan Cruyff Arena	Ghost Bokassa	50,576 / 50,576	$5,151,429
June 13, 2019	Cologne	Germany	RheinEnergieStadion	Ghost Bokassa	41,460 / 42,021	$4,267,243
June 16, 2019	Brussels	Belgium	King Baudouin Stadium	Ghost Bokassa	49,039 / 49,039	$5,243,080
June 18, 2019	Manchester	England	Etihad Stadium	Ghost Bokassa	40,473 / 42,154	$4,510,011
June 20, 2019	London	England	Twickenham Stadium	Ghost Bokassa	51,819 / 52,244	$6,080,657
July 6, 2019	Berlin	Germany	Olympiastadion	Ghost Bokassa	68,452 / 68,452	$6,745,329
July 9, 2019	Gothenburg	Sweden	Ullevi	Ghost Bokassa	63,348 / 63,348	$4,668,092
July 11, 2019	Copenhagen	Denmark	Telia Parken	Ghost Bokassa	44,944 / 45,698	$4,811,332
July 13, 2019	Trondheim	Norway	Granåsen	Ghost Bokassa	38,794 / 38,794	$4,348,793
July 16, 2019	Hämeenlinna	Finland	Kantolan Tapahtumapuisto	Ghost Bokassa	55,519 / 55,519	$5,330,615
July 18, 2019	Tartu	Estonia	Raadi Airfield	Ghost Bokassa	59,099 / 59,099	$4,791,241
July 21, 2019	Moscow	Russia	Luzhniki Stadium	Ghost Bokassa	61,546 / 63,505	$6,073,606
August 14, 2019	Bucharest	Romania	Arena Națională	Ghost Bokassa	48,725 / 48,800	$3,567,074
August 16, 2019	Vienna	Austria	Ernst-Happel-Stadion	Ghost Bokassa	54,176 / 54,765	$5,347,522
August 18, 2019	Prague	Czech Republic	Letňany	Ghost Bokassa	73,555 / 73,658	$6,494,648
August 21, 2019	Warsaw	Poland	PGE Narodowy	Ghost Bokassa	53,877 / 53,877	$4,829,962
August 23, 2019	Munich	Germany	Olympiastadion	Ghost Bokassa	68,117 / 68,315	$6,805,574
August 25, 2019	Mannheim	Germany	Maimarktgelände	Ghost Bokassa	64,017 / 64,045	$5,917,606

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Cancelled and postponed shows

Date	City	Country	Venue	Reason
October 17, 2019	Perth	Australia	Optus Stadium	Cancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 20, 2019	Adelaide	Australia	Adelaide Oval	Cancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 22, 2019	Melbourne	Australia	Marvel Stadium	Cancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 24, 2019	Melbourne	Australia	Marvel Stadium	Cancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 26, 2019	Sydney	Australia	ANZ Stadium	Cancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 29, 2019	Brisbane	Australia	Queensland Sport and Athletics Centre	Cancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
October 31, 2019	Auckland	New Zealand	Mount Smart Stadium	Cancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction
November 2, 2019	Auckland	New Zealand	Mount Smart Stadium	Cancelled due to Hetfield's recovery from addiction

Personnel

James Hetfield - lead vocals, rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar *Lars Ulrich - drums *Kirk Hammett - lead guitar, backing vocals *Robert Trujillo - bass guitar, backing vocals

WorldWired Tour

Background

Setlist

Kirk/Rob doodle

Important

Tour dates

Cancelled and postponed shows

Personnel

Notes

Metallica concert tours

2016 concert tours

2017 concert tours

2018 concert tours

2019 concert tours

Concert tours postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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