The Full Arsenal Tour

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The Full Arsenal Tour
Tour by Metallica
The Full Arsenal Tour Official Poster.jpeg
Location North America
Start date July 28, 2012
End date August 27, 2012
Legs 1
No. of shows

13 total

  • 8 in Mexico
  • 5 in Canada
Metallica concert chronology

The Full Arsenal Tour was a 2012 concert tour by American heavy metal band Metallica. Few of the shows were recorded for the band's movie Metallica: Through the Never, was the first tour that the band had two songs for the encore rather than three, and included stage antics like the stage falling apart, the Death Magnetic Coffins, and much more.

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock, and acid rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall loudness. The genre's lyrics and performance styles are sometimes associated with aggression and machismo.

Metallica American heavy metal band

Metallica is an American heavy metal band. The band was formed in 1981 in Los Angeles, California by drummer Lars Ulrich and vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield, and has been based in San Francisco, California for most of its career. The group's fast tempos, instrumentals and aggressive musicianship made them one of the founding "big four" bands of thrash metal, alongside Megadeth, Anthrax and Slayer. Metallica's current lineup comprises founding members Hetfield and Ulrich, longtime lead guitarist Kirk Hammett and bassist Robert Trujillo. Guitarist Dave Mustaine and bassists Ron McGovney, Cliff Burton and Jason Newsted are former members of the band.

<i>Metallica: Through the Never</i> 2013 film by Nimród Antal

Metallica: Through the Never is a 2013 American thriller concert film featuring American heavy metal band Metallica. Its title is derived from the song "Through the Never", from the band's self-titled 1991 album. It follows young roadie Trip's surreal misadventures, intercut with concert footage shot in Vancouver and Edmonton in August 2012.

Contents

Set list

Setlist from Vancouver (2012/08/25) [1]

  1. Creeping Death
  2. For Whom The Bell Tolls
  3. Fuel
  4. Ride The Lightning
  5. One
  6. Cyanide
  7. The Memory Remains
  8. Wherever I May Roam
  9. Sad But True
  10. Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
  11. ...And Justice for All
  12. Fade to Black
  13. Master of Puppets
  14. Battery
  15. Nothing Else Matters
  16. Enter Sandman

Encore

  1. Hit the Lights
  2. Seek and Destroy

Tour dates

List of concerts, showing date, city, country, venue and opening act.
Date City Country Venue Opening act Attendance Gross
Leg 1 - North America
July 28, 2012 Mexico City Mexico Palacio de los Deportes Koltdown177,832 / 177,832$9,369,019 [2]
July 30, 2012
August 1, 2012
August 2, 2012
August 4, 2012Voltax
August 6, 2012
August 7, 2012
August 9, 2012
August 17, 2012 [lower-alpha 1] Edmonton Canada Rexall Place Stryker32,508 / 32,508$2,814,569 [2]
August 18, 2012 [lower-alpha 1]
August 24, 2012 [lower-alpha 1] Vancouver Rogers Arena Jim Breuer33,464 / 33,464$2,425,499 [2]
August 25, 2012 [lower-alpha 1]
August 27, 2012 [lower-alpha 1] N/AN/A

Personnel

James Hetfield American musician, songwriter and record producer

James Alan Hetfield is an American musician, singer, and songwriter known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering a classified advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler. Metallica has won nine Grammy Awards and released ten studio albums, three live albums, four extended plays and 24 singles.

Lars Ulrich Danish musician

Lars Ulrich is a Danish musician, songwriter, actor, and record producer. He is best known as the drummer and co-founder of the American heavy metal band Metallica. The son of tennis player Torben Ulrich and grandson of tennis player Einer Ulrich, he also played tennis in his youth and moved to Los Angeles at age 16 to train professionally. However, rather than playing tennis, Ulrich began playing the drums. After publishing an advertisement in The Recycler, Ulrich met vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and formed Metallica.

Kirk Hammett American musician

Kirk Lee Hammett is an American musician who has been lead guitarist and a contributing songwriter for the heavy metal band Metallica since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003, Hammett was ranked 11th on Rolling Stone's list of The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time. In 2009, Hammett was ranked number 15 in Joel McIver's book The 100 Greatest Metal Guitarists.

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 This show was filmed for the upcoming Metallica 3D movie directed by Nimrod Antal.

References

  1. ↑ "2012-08-25 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada - Metallica". Metallica. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "Pollstar - Welcome to the New Pollstar!" (PDF). www.pollstarpro.com. Retrieved May 24, 2018.
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