Damaged Justice was the fourth concert tour by the American heavy metal band Metallica. It began on September 11, 1988, and ended on October 8, 1989. The name is believed to be inspired either by the cover of its fourth studio album ...And Justice for All, or by the song "Damage, Inc." from the group's previous album, Master of Puppets. The single "One" was released during the tour.
Itinerary The Damaged Justice tour was Metallica's first full-length world tour with bassist Jason Newsted, who replaced Cliff Burton following the latter's death in 1986 as they were in the middle of touring behind Master of Puppets. It began in Europe on September 11, 1988, and Royal Air Force were the supporting act on the tour's first few dates. Metallica then played two Monsters of Rock shows in Spain with Iron Maiden, Anthrax and Helloween, and played a few headlining shows with Anthrax, before heading to the UK, where Danzig served as the opening act. Queensrÿche replaced Danzig for the remainder of the European leg and also served as the supporting act for the tour's first North American leg. Following this was Metallica's first tour of Australia, which included support by Mortal Sin. The Cult were the opening act for the second North American leg of the tour from May 31 to September 1, 1989, and were replaced by Faith No More for remaining tour dates. The Damaged Justice tour concluded with three shows in Brazil in October 1989.
The tour marked the first and, to date, only time that Metallica has played in the U.S. state of Delaware. On August 7, 1989, the band headlined a special and very drunken gig at Newark's Stone Balloon, with Wrathchild America as the supporting act.
Recordings The Damaged Justice tour was the first time the band had used live recordings of their concerts in single B-Sides and EP's (Those used on the Jump in the Fire single from 1984 were demos with faked audience noise dubbed over). The concert of February 5, 1989 was recorded and "For Whom the Bell Tolls", "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)", "Seek and Destroy" and "Creeping Death" were used as B-Sides for the "One" single in Europe and Japan, as well as the majority of the concert being re-released as part of Fan Can 4.
Both of the August 29 and 30, 1989, shows in Seattle were also recorded and "Harvester of Sorrow", "One", "Breadfan" and "Last Caress" were used for The Good, The Bad and The Live. The same mix of these shows used here was used on the digital re-masters of the band's first four albums when uploaded to digital retailers, though a different set of songs were used in this case, two from the respective album. In 1993, these concerts were re-mixed and released as video in the box set Live Shit: Binge & Purge.
In 2020, Metallica released a live concert video of the Irvine show.
Tour dates + List of 1988 concertsDateCityCountryVenueSeptember 11, 1988BudapestHungaryMTK Football StadiumSeptember 13, 1988PaduaItalyPalasportSeptember 14, 1988MilanPalatrussardiSeptember 15, 1988BernSwitzerlandFesthalleSeptember 17, 1988PamplonaSpainPlaza de Toros de PamplonaSeptember 18, 1988MadridCasa de CampoSeptember 20, 1988ToulonFranceEspace Culture des LicesSeptember 21, 1988MontpellierZénith SudSeptember 22, 1988BarcelonaSpainLa MonumentalSeptember 24, 1988EdinburghScotlandEdinburgh PlayhouseSeptember 25, 1988September 26, 1988BradfordEnglandSt George's HallSeptember 28, 1988NewportWalesNewport CentreSeptember 29, 1988BirminghamEnglandNEC ArenaSeptember 30, 1988SheffieldSheffield City HallOctober 1, 1988AntrimNorthern IrelandAntrim ForumOctober 3, 1988DublinIrelandTop HatOctober 4, 1988October 6, 1988NewcastleEnglandNewcastle City HallOctober 8, 1988ManchesterManchester ApolloOctober 9, 1988LondonHammersmith OdeonOctober 10, 1988October 11, 1988October 13, 1988CopenhagenDenmarkK.B. HallenOctober 15, 1988HelsinkiFinlandHelsinki Ice HallOctober 17, 1988StockholmSwedenSolnahallenOctober 18, 1988OsloNorwaySkedsmohallenOctober 19, 1988GothenburgSwedenFrölundaborgOctober 21, 1988MunichWest GermanyRudi-Sedlmayer-HalleOctober 22, 1988SaarbrückenSaarlandhalleOctober 23, 1988WürzburgCarl-Diem-HalleOctober 24, 1988HanoverNiedersachsenhalleOctober 26, 1988CologneSporthalleOctober 27, 1988DortmundWestfalenhallenOctober 28, 1988HeidelbergRhein-Neckar-HalleOctober 29, 1988BrusselsBelgiumForest NationalOctober 31, 1988ParisFranceLe ZénithNovember 1, 1988FrankfurtWest GermanyFesthalle FrankfurtNovember 2, 1988StuttgartSchleyerhalleNovember 3, 1988RegensburgDonauhalleNovember 5, 1988LeidenNetherlandsGroenoordhallenNovember 15, 1988Toledo, OhioUnited StatesToledo Sports ArenaNovember 17, 1988Chicago, IllinoisUIC PavilionNovember 18, 1988Cincinnati, OhioCincinnati GardensNovember 19, 1988Columbus, OhioBattelle HallNovember 21, 1988Madison, WisconsinDane County ColiseumNovember 22, 1988Milwaukee, WisconsinMECCA ArenaNovember 24, 1988Indianapolis, IndianaMarket Square ArenaNovember 25, 1988Detroit, MichiganCobo ArenaNovember 26, 1988Richfield, OhioRichfield ColiseumNovember 28, 1988St. Louis, MissouriKiel AuditoriumNovember 29, 1988Kansas City, MissouriMunicipal AuditoriumNovember 30, 1988Oklahoma City, OklahomaMyriad Convention CenterDecember 2, 1988Albuquerque, New MexicoTingley ColiseumDecember 4, 1988Phoenix, ArizonaArizona Veterans Memorial ColiseumDecember 5, 1988San Diego, CaliforniaSan Diego Sports ArenaDecember 7, 1988Long Beach, CaliforniaLong Beach ArenaDecember 8, 1988December 10, 1988Daly City, CaliforniaCow PalaceDecember 11, 1988December 12, 1988Sacramento, CaliforniaARCO ArenaDecember 14, 1988Fresno, CaliforniaSelland ArenaDecember 16, 1988Salt Lake City, UtahSalt PalaceDecember 18, 1988Denver, ColoradoMcNichols Sports Arena