ARTIST ARCHIVE
Metallica tours
Follow the artist through the places, dates and chapters of life on tour.
Origin: Los Angeles · Formed: 1981 · Identity source ↗
12 source-named itineraries · 10 concert years · 228 distinct listed appearances · 1986–2026
A selection of source-named itineraries held in Tour Atlas, including regional legs and partial database records. This is not a complete touring history. Overlapping chapters can describe the same tour; each page states its own scope.
YEAR BY YEAR
Metallica concerts by year
Calendar-year records include listed home concerts and touring dates. They are separate from source-named tours.
CHAPTERS ON THE ROAD
Metallica · a touring chronology
Damage Inc.
Accepted source-listed 1970–1999 tour members · 1986-05-24–1987-01-25
Metallica · Damage Inc.: source-linked tour dates.
Cape Girardeau → Essen · 4 listed performances · 4 cities
Damaged Justice
Accepted source-listed 1970–1999 tour members · 1988-10-10–1989-08-30
Metallica · Damaged Justice: source-linked tour dates.
London → Seattle · 9 listed performances · 8 cities
Damaged Justice
Selected May 1989 Pacific dates · 1989-05-01–1989-05-24
Eleven May dates connect New Zealand, Australia, Japan and Hawaii.
Auckland → Honolulu · 11 listed performances · 9 cities
Wherever We May Roam
Accepted source-listed 1970–1999 tour members · 1992-01-18–1993-04-08
Metallica · Wherever We May Roam: source-linked tour dates.
New Orleans → Perth · 5 listed performances · 5 cities
Nowhere Else to Roam
Australian leg · 1993-03-27–1993-04-08
9 Australian shows from Nowhere Else to Roam, preserved as individual nights.
Sydney → Perth · 9 listed performances · 5 cities
Poor Re-Touring Me
Accepted source-listed 1970–1999 tour members · 1998-04-04–1998-09-08
Metallica · Poor Re-Touring Me: source-linked tour dates.
Sydney → Greenwood Village · 23 listed performances · 20 cities
Madly in Anger with the World
Australasian chapter · 2004-01-16–2004-02-01
Festival appearances and headline shows share the same January calendar.
Auckland → Perth · 10 listed performances · 7 cities
Madly in Anger With the World Tour
Accepted source-listed 2000–2026 tour members · 2004-01-19–2004-05-28
Metallica · Madly in Anger With the World Tour: source-linked tour dates.
Brisbane → Helsinki · 4 listed performances · 4 cities
World Magnetic
Accepted source-listed 2000–2026 tour members · 2009-01-17–2010-09-26
Metallica · World Magnetic: source-linked tour dates.
Philadelphia → Saitama · 9 listed performances · 8 cities
Worldwired
Accepted source-listed 2000–2026 tour members · 2017-06-07–2019-06-18
Metallica · Worldwired: source-linked tour dates.
Denver → Manchester · 11 listed performances · 11 cities
M72 World Tour
Accepted source-listed 2000–2026 tour members · 2023-04-27–2026-07-03
Metallica · M72 World Tour: source-linked tour dates.
Amsterdam → London · 59 listed performances · 35 cities
M72 World Tour
Australasian chapter · 2025-11-01–2025-11-19
Six November stadium shows run east from Perth through Australia, then cross to Auckland.
Perth → Auckland · 6 listed performances · 6 cities
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