WorldWired Tour


The WorldWired Tour is a concert tour by 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.
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 $426.9 million, from 139 concerts three years since it began in 2016 and now is the ninth highest-grossing tour of all time.

Personnel

Songs performed

Kill 'Em All
Ride the Lightning
Master of Puppets
The $5.98 E.P. - Garage Days Re-Revisited '
  • "Helpless"
  • "The Wait"
  • "Last Caress"
...And Justice for All
  • "Blackened"
  • "One"
  • "The Shortest Straw"
  • "Harvester of Sorrow"
Metallica
  • "Enter Sandman"
  • "Sad but True"
  • "Holier than Thou"
  • "The Unforgiven"
  • "Wherever I May Roam"
  • "Through the Never"
  • "Nothing Else Matters"
  • "Of Wolf & Man"
  • "The God That Failed"
Load
  • "King Nothing"
  • "The Outlaw Torn"
Reload
  • "Fuel"
  • "The Memory Remains"
Garage Inc. '
S&M
St. Anger
Death Magnetic
Hardwired... to Self-Destruct
Non-album songs
This setlist was performed during the warm-up show at the US Bank Stadium on August 20, 2016, but has since had alterations to it:
  1. "Creeping Death"
  2. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  3. "Fuel"
  4. "King Nothing"
  5. "The Memory Remains"
  6. "The Unforgiven"
  7. "Leper Messiah"
  8. "Welcome Home "
  9. "Sad but True"
  10. "Wherever I May Roam"
  11. "One"
  12. "Master of Puppets"
  13. "Battery"
  14. "Fade to Black"
  15. "Seek & Destroy"
Encore
  2. "Hardwired"
  3. "Whiskey in the Jar"
  4. "Nothing Else Matters"
  5. "Enter Sandman"

    2017

The following setlist was performed during the Asia leg at the Gocheok Sky Dome on January 11, 2017, but has since had alterations to it:
  1. "Hardwired"
  2. "Atlas, Rise!"
  3. "Sad but True"
  4. "Wherever I May Roam"
  5. "The Unforgiven"
  6. "Now That We're Dead"
  7. "Moth into Flame"
  8. "Harvester of Sorrow"
  9. "Halo on Fire"
  10. "The Four Horsemen"
  11. "One"
  12. "Master of Puppets"
  13. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  14. "Fade to Black"
  15. "Seek & Destroy"
Encore
  2. "Battery"
  3. "Nothing Else Matters"
  4. "Enter Sandman"

    2018/2019

The following setlist was performed during the European leg at the Altice Arena on February 1, 2018, but has since had alterations to it. This setlist format was used for the 2018/2019 indoor arena tour.
  1. "Hardwired"
  2. "Atlas, Rise!"
  3. "Seek & Destroy"
  4. "Harvester of Sorrow"
  5. "Welcome Home "
  6. "Now That We're Dead"
  7. "Dream No More"
  8. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  9. "Halo on Fire"
  10. "Am I Evil?"
  11. "Creeping Death"
  12. "Moth into Flame"
  13. "Sad but True"
  14. "One"
  15. "Master of Puppets"
Encore
  2. "Spit Out the Bone"
  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

Cancelled and postponed shows

DateCityCountryVenueReason
October 17, 2019PerthAustraliaOptus StadiumRecovery from addiction
October 20, 2019AdelaideAustraliaAdelaide OvalRecovery from addiction
October 22, 2019MelbourneAustraliaMarvel StadiumRecovery from addiction
October 24, 2019MelbourneAustraliaMarvel StadiumRecovery from addiction
October 26, 2019SydneyAustraliaANZ StadiumRecovery from addiction
October 29, 2019BrisbaneAustraliaQueensland Sport and Athletics CentreRecovery from addiction
October 31, 2019AucklandNew ZealandMount Smart StadiumRecovery from addiction
November 2, 2019AucklandNew ZealandMount Smart StadiumRecovery from addiction
May 1, 2020ConcordUnited StatesCharlotte Motor SpeedwayCoronavirus pandemic
May 3, 2020ConcordUnited StatesCharlotte Motor SpeedwayCoronavirus pandemic
May 8, 2020Daytona BeachUnited StatesDaytona International SpeedwayCoronavirus pandemic
May 10, 2020Daytona BeachUnited StatesDaytona International SpeedwayCoronavirus pandemic
May 15, 2020ColumbusUnited StatesMapfre StadiumRecovery from addiction
May 17, 2020ColumbusUnited StatesMapfre StadiumRecovery from addiction
September 17, 2020LouisvilleUnited StatesKentucky Exposition CenterCoronavirus pandemic
September 18, 2020LouisvilleUnited StatesKentucky Exposition CenterRecovery from addiction
September 20, 2020LouisvilleUnited StatesKentucky Exposition CenterRecovery from addiction
September 26, 2020New York CityUnited StatesCentral ParkCoronavirus pandemic