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Every Metallica Tour, Ranked — From 1983 to Now
Best Metallica Tours: Ranking every major trek from the metal band.
As other members entered the lineup — guitarist Kirk Hammett (1983-present) and bassists Cliff Burton (1982-86), Jason Newsted (1986-2001) and, since 2001, Robert Trujillio — Metallica polished its performing craft to the point where it could even play shows alongside the San Francisco Symphony. This tour was comprised of a handful of best-of setlist dates in Europe and North America, with a tour-ending stop in Rio de Janeiro, all supporting a new one-off single: “Lords of Summer,” which was released digitally in March and physically for Record Store Black Friday in November. The Bay Area punk thrashers were tightening things up considerably, and even premiered the title track for its next album, Master of Puppets, on New Year’s Eve in San Francisco (also the first time it shared a stage with Mustaine’s Megadeth).
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