Metallica By Request Tour

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Metallica By Request Tour
World tour by Metallica
Location
  • Europe
  • North America
  • South America
Associated album Lords of Summer
Start dateMarch 16, 2014 (2014-03-16)
End dateAugust 9, 2014 (2014-08-09)
Legs3
No. of shows
  • 17 in Europe
  • 8 in South America
  • 1 in North America
  • 26 total
Box office$43,800,000+ [1]
Metallica concert chronology

The Metallica By Request Tour [2] was a concert tour by American heavy metal band Metallica in support of their single Lords of Summer , which was released on March 19, 2014. An interactive tour, concertgoers could vote, via internet, which songs Metallica would include on each night's setlist and, at the concert, via SMS, to a song in the encore. Metallica debuted a new song, called "Lords of Summer". Metallica's only stop in North America was in Montreal for the Heavy Montreal festival.

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Tour dates

List of 2014 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act [3] [4]
Date (2014)CityCountryVenueOpening actAttendanceGross
March 16 Bogotá Colombia Simón Bolívar Park Nepentes
Recycled Orchestra of Cateura
De La Tierra
30,974 / 34,137$2,857,030
March 18 Quito EcuadorParque BicentenarioMad Brain
Recycled Orchestra of Cateura
De La Tierra
32,257 / 32,257$3,877,959
March 20 Lima Peru Estadio Nacional de Lima Recycled Orchestra of Cateura
De La Tierra
27,858 / 31,600$1,925,090
March 22 São Paulo Brazil Estádio do Morumbi Raven 61,742 / 63,347$5,696,363
March 24 Asunción Paraguay Hipódromo de Asunción Recycled Orchestra of Cateura
De La Tierra
28,277 / 32,200$2,256,140
March 27 Macul Chile Estadio Monumental David Arellano Recycled Orchestra of Cateura43,296 / 43,296$3,508,790
March 29 La Plata Argentina Estadio Ciudad de La Plata Cirse
Recycled Orchestra of Cateura
76,407 / 78,902$4,792,140
March 30
May 28 Helsinki Finland Hietaniemi beach Slayer
Mastodon
Ghost
Gojira
May 30 Stockholm Sweden Royal National City Park 49,430 / 54,000$7,173,380
June 1 Oslo Norway Valle Hovin
June 3 Horsens Denmark Horsens Statsfængsel 35,000 / 35,000$4,442,697
June 4 Hamburg Germany Volksparkstadion Slayer
Mastodon
Ghost
43,518 / 43,518$4,272,566
June 6 Nuremberg Zeppelinfeld Avenged Sevenfold
Alter Bridge
In Extremo
June 8 Nürburg Nürburgring
June 9 Landgraaf Netherlands Megaland Avenged Sevenfold
Biffy Clyro
Rob Zombie
June 28 Pilton EnglandWorthy Farm Jack White
Robert Plant
July 1 Rome Italy Ippodromo delle Capannelle Alice in Chains
Volbeat
Kvelertak
July 3 Werchter BelgiumWerchter Park Placebo
Skrillex
Robert Plant
July 4 Basel Switzerland St. Jakob-Park Alice in Chains
Airbourne
July 6 Knebworth England Knebworth House Alice in Chains
Mastodon
Airbourne
July 8 Prague Czech RepublicIncheba Open AirAlice in Chains
Children of Bodom
Kvelertak
July 9 Vienna Austria Trabrennbahn Krieau
July 11 Warsaw Poland National Stadium Alice in Chains
Anthrax
Kvelertak
July 13 Istanbul Turkey ITU Stadium Mezarkabul
August 9 Montreal Canada Parc Jean-Drapeau Anthrax
Dropkick Murphys
Apocalyptica
Total460,455+$43,800,000+

Personnel

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