The WorldWired Tour was a concert tour by the 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.
Background 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.
The tour has grossed $430 million and was attended by more than 4.1 million people from 139 concerts, making it the 5th highest-grossing tour of 2010s.
The tour ended on August 25, 2019, in Mannheim, Germany. The band had plans to continue the tour in late 2019 and early 2020, but the tour dates in Australia were cancelled because of issues James had with alcohol, while the South American leg was postponed to 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Set list The following set list was performed at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, and is not intended to represent all of the shows on tour.
"Hardwired" "Atlas, Rise!" "For Whom the Bell Tolls" "The Memory Remains" "The Unforgiven" "Now That We're Dead" "Moth Into Flame" "Wherever I May Roam" "Halo on Fire" "Hit the Lights" "Sad but True" "One" "Master of Puppets" "Fade to Black" "Seek & Destroy" Encore "Blackened" "Nothing Else Matters" "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 + List of 2016 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueSources for Warm-up dates:Warm-up concerts boxscores:Sources for tour dates in Latin America:Sources for attendance in South America:South American Boxscore:Sources for Intimate/promo shows:Intimate/promo shows Boxscore: Date (2016) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance RevenueFebruary 6San FranciscoUnited StatesAT&T ParkCage the Elephant41,119 / 43,681$4,341,114August 20MinneapolisU.S. Bank StadiumAvenged SevenfoldVolbeat48,492 / 48,492$5,158,790September 24New York CityCentral Parkrowspan="4" rowspan="4" rowspan="4" September 27Webster HallOctober 22Mountain ViewShoreline AmphitheatreOctober 23October 26San JuanPuerto RicoColiseo de Puerto RicoZafakon13,039 / 13,641$1,368,148October 29QuitoEcuadorParque BicentenarioBascaNovember 1BogotáColombiaHipódromo de Los AndesVictimized23,434 / 29,255$2,145,370 November 3Guatemala CityGuatemalaEstadio Cementos ProgresoMetal RequiemNovember 5San JoseCosta RicaEstadio NacionalHeresy32,934 / 33,953$2,216,090 November 18LondonEnglandHouse of Vansrowspan="4" rowspan="3" rowspan="3" November 29TorontoCanadaThe Opera HouseDecember 15Los AngelesUnited StatesThe Fonda TheatreDecember 17OaklandFox Oakland Theatre2,800 / 2,800$165,550
+ List of 2017 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueSources for tour dates in Asia:Sources for tour dates in Latin America:Latin American Boxscore:Sources for tour dates in North America:North American Boxscore: Date (2017) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance RevenueJanuary 11SeoulSouth KoreaGocheok Sky DomeBabymetalJanuary 15ShanghaiChinaMercedes-Benz Arena8,670 / 8,670$1,178,308January 18BeijingLeSports CenterLang Langrowspan="3" rowspan="3" January 20Hong KongAsiaWorld–Arenarowspan="2" January 22SingaporeSingapore Indoor StadiumFebruary 3CopenhagenDenmarkRoyal ArenaHatesphere59,266 / 59,266$6,292,736February 7I'll Be DamnedFebruary 9DefectoFebruary 12Los AngelesUnited StatesHollywood PalladiumMarch 1Mexico CityMexicoForo SolIggy PopCerberus197,745 / 197,745$9,744,945March 3Iggy PopHalcón 7March 5Iggy PopLos Sicarios del Rock & RollMarch 25São PauloBrazilAutódromo José Carlos PaceRancidCage the Elephantrowspan="3" rowspan="3" March 31Buenos AiresArgentinaHipódromo de San IsidroApril 1SantiagoChileO'Higgins ParkMay 10BaltimoreUnited StatesM&T Bank StadiumAvenged SevenfoldVolbeat40,850 / 40,850$5,001,943May 12PhiladelphiaLincoln Financial FieldVolbeat49,722 / 51,728$6,104,939May 14East RutherfordMetLife StadiumAvenged SevenfoldVolbeat46,941 / 49,155$5,955,038May 17UniondaleNassau ColiseumVolbeat14,941 / 14,941$2,198,951May 19FoxboroughGillette Stadium47,778 / 48,905$6,095,723May 21ColumbusMapfre StadiumJune 4St. LouisBusch StadiumVolbeatLocal H38,778 / 41,246$4,633,807June 7DenverSports Authority Field at Mile HighAvenged SevenfoldVolbeat51,955 / 57,027$6,299,803June 9NewtonIowa SpeedwayJune 11HoustonNRG Stadium45,715 / 47,764$5,659,560June 14San AntonioAlamodomeAvenged SevenfoldLocal H45,343 / 47,784$5,293,857June 16ArlingtonAT&T Stadium45,860 / 45,860$5,481,881June 18ChicagoSoldier Field51,041 / 51,041$6,095,723July 5OrlandoCamping World StadiumAvenged SevenfoldVolbeat49,961 / 53,163$5,613,708July 7Miami GardensHard Rock Stadium42,168 / 45,433$4,163,523July 9AtlantaSunTrust Park39,024 / 41,246$4,531,443July 12DetroitComerica Park40,573 / 43,159$4,501,650July 14Quebec CityCanadaPlains of AbrahamJuly 16TorontoRogers CentreAvenged SevenfoldVolbeat51,018 / 51,018$6,934,370July 19MontrealParc Jean-Drapeau29,218 / 34,375$3,258,580July 29PasadenaUnited StatesRose BowlAvenged SevenfoldGojira63,285 / 63,285$6,684,282August 4GlendaleUniversity of Phoenix Stadium52,926 / 54,881$5,246,586August 6San DiegoPetco Park43,491 / 44,916$4,846,411August 9SeattleCenturyLink Field47,175 / 56,082$4,944,489August 12San FranciscoGolden Gate ParkAugust 14VancouverCanadaBC PlaceAvenged SevenfoldGojira31,075 / 31,075$3,405,806August 16EdmontonCommonwealth Stadium44,502 / 44,502$6,223,238September 2CopenhagenDenmarkRoyal ArenaAphyxionSeptember 4AmsterdamNetherlandsZiggo DomeKvelertak33,498 / 33,498$2,773,774September 6September 8ParisFranceAccorHotels Arena36,765 / 36,765$3,659,706September 10September 12LyonHalle Tony Garnier16,062 / 16,062$1,526,828September 14CologneGermanyLanxess Arena36,326 / 36,326$3,850,043September 16October 22LondonEnglandThe O2 Arena39,976 / 41,130$4,245,290October 24October 26GlasgowScotlandSSE Hydro12,748 / 12,748$1,382,510October 28ManchesterEnglandManchester Arena19,423 / 19,423$2,038,870October 30BirminghamGenting Arena14,811 / 14,811$1,585,316November 1AntwerpBelgiumSportpaleis45,242 / 45,242$4,411,706November 3November 9San FranciscoUnited StatesAT&T Park
+ List of 2018 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, opening act, tickets sold, number of available tickets and amount of gross revenueSources for attendance in North America:North American Boxscore: Date (2018) City Country Venue Opening act Attendance RevenueFebruary 1LisbonPortugalAltice ArenaKvelertak18,248 / 18,248$1,695,417February 3MadridSpainWiZink Center33,894 / 33,894$3,686,603February 5February 7BarcelonaPalau Sant Jordi17,438 / 17,438$1,726,177February 10TurinItalyPala Alpitour14,728 / 14,728$1,303,943February 12BolognaUnipol Arena29,453 / 29,453$2,791,531February 14February 16MannheimGermanySAP Arena14,208 / 14,208$1,557,877March 27HerningDenmarkJyske Bank Boxen14,906 / 14,906$1,924,626March 29HamburgGermanyBarclaycard Arena14,415 / 14,415$1,577,360March 31ViennaAustriaWiener Stadthalle15,811 / 15,811$1,776,415April 2PragueCzech RepublicO2 Arena19,221 / 19,221$2,367,157April 5BudapestHungaryBudapest Sports Arena13,485 / 13,485$1,325,678April 7StuttgartGermanySchleyerhalle29,291 / 29,291$3,334,047April 9April 11GenevaSwitzerlandPalexpo20,914 / 20,914$2,534,956April 26MunichGermanyOlympiahalle14,706 / 14,706$1,639,676April 28KrakówPolandTauron Arena19,751 / 19,751$2,190,452April 30LeipzigGermanyArena Leipzig12,185 / 12,185$1,378,421May 2OsloNorwayTelenor Arena24,836 / 24,836$2,300,122May 5StockholmSwedenEricsson Globe32,990 / 32,990$2,903,553May 7May 9HelsinkiFinlandHartwall Arena28,589 / 28,589$2,651,938May 11September 2MadisonUnited StatesKohl CenterJim Breuer16,137 / 16,137$1,995,140September 4MinneapolisTarget Center17,873 / 17,873$2,407,742September 6LincolnPinnacle Bank Arena14,950 / 14,950$1,825,630September 8Grand ForksAlerus Center16,970 / 16,970$1,912,505September 11Sioux FallsDenny Sanford Premier Center12,018 / 12,018$1,494,540September 13WinnipegCanadaBell MTS Place17,129 / 17,129$1,913,053September 15SaskatoonSaskTel Centre16,874 / 16,874$1,922,719October 6AustinUnited StatesZilker Parkrowspan="2" rowspan="2" October 13October 16MilwaukeeFiserv Forum17,091 / 17,091$2,185,835October 18PittsburghPPG Paints Arena18,502 / 18,765$2,359,924October 20State CollegeBryce Jordan Center15,588 / 15,588$1,919,035October 22CharlotteSpectrum Center17,718 / 17,718$2,085,875October 25PhiladelphiaWells Fargo Center18,545 / 18,545$2,163,595October 27BuffaloKeyBank Center18,542 / 18,542$2,290,542October 29AlbanyTimes Union Center15,661 / 15,661$1,936,231November 26Las VegasT-Mobile Arena19,032 / 19,032$2,551,915November 28BoiseTaco Bell Arena11,868 / 12,719$1,454,270November 30Salt Lake CityVivint Smart Home Arena16,215 / 16,215$2,026,905December 2SpokaneSpokane Veterans Memorial Arena12,854 / 12,916$1,597,670December 5PortlandModa Center18,273 / 18,273$2,285,680December 7SacramentoGolden 1 Center16,591 / 16,591$2,069,225December 9FresnoSave Mart Center14,854 / 14,854$1,855,485