Metallica Spicing "World Metallic Tour" With Covers, Rarities and Plenty of Fan Love : Rolling Stone

Metallica

World Metallic Tour 2009

Tickets $50-$76

WHAT TO EXPECT:
"On this tour, for some reason, we've got this wild hair up our ass," says Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich. The band, which returns in September after spending the summer in Europe, has started spicing up its set list of classics and Death Magnetic tracks with obscure cover songs (Saxon's "Motorcycle Man") and its own rarities (1984's "Trapped Under Ice"). Along the way, the group is feeling more positive than ever. "There's just this giant circle of love, as we call it," says Ulrich. "Energy into the fans and energy back from the fans, and it just keeps going."

THE LAST TIME AROUND:
October 2008: Metallica Tear Up New Songs, Eardrums at Tour Kickoff
Photos: Metallica's World Tour Kickoff in Arizona

THEIR HISTORY ON STAGE:

Metallica through the years

PLAYLIST TO GET YOU PUMPED:

"Seej and Destroy"
"Am I Evil?"
"Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
"Master of Puppets"
"Creeping Death"
"Fuel"
"Some Kind of Monster"
"The Day That Never Comes"
"One"
"Fade to Black"
"Enter Sandman"

WHERE TO CATCH IT:
9/14 – Nashville, TN @ Sommet Center
9/15 – Cincinnati, OH @ US Bank Arena
9/17 – Indianapolis, IN @ Conseco Fieldhouse
9/19 – Montreal, QUE @ Bell Centre
9/28 – San Antonio, TX @ AT&T Center
9/29 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
10/1 – Ft Lauderdale, FL @ Bank Atlantic Center
10/3 – Tampa, FL @ St Pete Times Forum
10/4 – Atlanta, GA @ Phillips Arena
10/12 – Winnipeg, MA @ MTS Centre
10/13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Target Center
10/15 – Cleveland, OH @ Quicken Loans Arena
10/17 – Charlottesville, VA @ JPJ Arena
10/18 – Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Bobcats Arena
10/26 – Toronto, ON @ Air Canada Centre
10/29 – Ottawa, ON @ Scotiabank Place
10/31 – Quebec City, QUE @ Colisee Pepsi
11/9 – Grand Rapids, MI @ Van Andel Arena
11/10 – Buffalo, NY @ HSBC Arena
11/12 – Albany, NY @ Times Union Center
11/14 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
12/5 – Las Vegas, NV @ Mandalay Bay
12/7 – Nampa, ID @ Idaho Center
12/8 – Sacramento, CA @ ARCO Arena
12/10 – Anaheim, CA @ Honda Center
12/12 – San Jose, CA @ HP Pavilion