Shit Hits the Sheds Tour
Shit Hits The Sheds | ||||
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Tour by Metallica | ||||
Associated album | Live Shit: Binge & Purge | |||
Start date | May 30, 1994 | |||
End date | August 21, 1994 | |||
Legs | 1 | |||
Shows | 51 | |||
Metallica tour chronology | ||||
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The Shit Hits The Sheds was a concert tour by the American heavy metal band Metallica, which took place in 1994. The band played in 51 shows in North America, including a concert in Woodstock '94, which had an attendance of over 130,000 people. This is tour is also known for the debut of the song "The God That Failed". On the last date of the tour in Miami, famed lead singer of Judas Priest, Rob Halford, sang guest vocals on stage for a performance of "Rapid Fire" from his band's 1980 album British Steel. This was the last tour that Metallica played before tuning down to Eb standard, due to James Hetfield's deteriorating vocals from the recent large-scale tour in support of Metallica, commonly known as the Black Album.
Supporting acts for this tour were Danzig, Suicidal Tendencies (whose bassist Robert Trujillo would join Metallica nine years later), Candlebox and Fight. Alice in Chains was supposed to be on the bill, but due to vocalist Layne Staley's drug addiction, they were forced to cancel the offer.[1] As a result, Candlebox replaced Alice in Chains for the remainder of the tour. However, Jerry Cantrell joined in with Metallica on For Whom the Bell Tolls during their August 9, 1994 Oklahoma City, Oklahoma performance.
Typical setlist
(Taken from the Holmdel, New Jersey Garden State Arts Center show on June 1, 1994)
- "Breadfan" (originally performed by Budgie)
- "Master of Puppets"
- "Wherever I May Roam"
- "Harvester of Sorrow"
- "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
- "The God That Failed"
- "Kill/Ride Medley"
- "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
- "Disposable Heroes"
- "Seek & Destroy"
- Guitar Solo
- "Nothing Else Matters"
- "Creeping Death"
- Bass Solo
- "Fade to Black"
- "Whiplash"
- "Sad but True"
- "One"
- "Enter Sandman"
- "So What?" (originally performed by Anti-Nowhere League)
Tour dates
Date | City | Country | Venue | Boxscore |
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May 30, 1994 | Corfu, New York | United States | Darien Lake Performing Arts Center | |
June 1, 1994 | Holmdel, New Jersey | Garden State Arts Center | ||
June 3, 1994 | Quebec City, Quebec | Canada | Hippodrome de Quebec | |
June 4, 1994 | Barrie, Ontario | Molson Park | ||
June 5, 1994 | Syracuse, New York | United States | New York State Fair Grandstand | |
June 7, 1994 | Allentown, Pennsylvania | Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand | ||
June 8, 1994 | Wantagh, New York | Jones Beach Amphitheatre | ||
June 10, 1994 | Essex Junction, Vermont | Champlain Valley Expo | ||
June 11, 1994 | Mansfield, Massachusetts | Great Woods Center | ||
June 12, 1994 | Swanzey, New Hampshire | Cheshire Fair Grandstand | ||
June 14, 1994 | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | Mann Music Center | ||
June 15, 1994 | Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania | Williams Grove Speedway | ||
June 17, 1994 | Middletown, New York | Orange County Fairgrounds | ||
June 18, 1994 | Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio | Blossom Music Center | ||
June 19, 1994 | Cincinnati, Ohio | Riverbend Music Center | ||
June 21, 1994 | Clarkston, Michigan | Pine Knob Music Theatre | ||
June 22, 1994 | ||||
June 24, 1994 | Ionia, Michigan | Ionia Free Fair | ||
June 25, 1994 | Des Moines, Iowa | Iowa State Fairgrounds | ||
June 26, 1994 | Somerset, Wisconsin | River's Edge Park | ||
June 28, 1994 | Maryland Heights, Missouri | Riverport Amphitheater | ||
June 29, 1994 | Columbus, Ohio | Polaris Amphitheater | ||
July 1, 1994 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Marcus Amphitheater | ||
July 2, 1994 | Noblesville, Indiana | Deer Creek Music Center | ||
July 3, 1994 | Tinley Park, Illinois | World Music Theater | $584,797[2] | |
July 17, 1994 | Vancouver, British Columbia | Canada | Thunderbird Stadium | |
July 19, 1994 | Seattle, Washington | United States | Memorial Stadium | |
July 20, 1994 | Portland, Oregon | Portland Meadows | ||
July 22, 1994 | Mountain View, California | Shoreline Amphitheatre | ||
July 23, 1994 | Sacramento, California | California Exposition Amphitheatre | ||
July 24, 1994 | San Bernardino, California | Blockbuster Pavilion | ||
July 26, 1994 | Carson, California | Velodrome Field | ||
July 27, 1994 | Phoenix, Arizona | Desert Sky Pavilion | ||
July 29, 1994 | Park City, Utah | Park West Ski Resort | ||
July 30, 1994 | Whitney, Nevada | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||
July 31, 1994 | San Diego, California | Brown Airfield | ||
August 2, 1994 | Albuquerque, New Mexico | University Stadium | ||
August 3, 1994 | Greenwood Village, Colorado | Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre | ||
August 5, 1994 | Dallas, Texas | Starplex Amphitheatre | ||
August 6, 1994 | Austin, Texas | South Park Meadows | ||
August 7, 1994 | Baytown, Texas | Houston Raceway Park | ||
August 9, 1994 | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma | Oklahoma State Fair Arena | ||
August 10, 1994 | Bonner Springs, Kansas | Sandstone Amphitheater | ||
August 12, 1994 | Burgettstown, Pennsylvania | Star Lake Amphitheatre | ||
August 13, 1994 | Saugerties, New York | Woodstock '94 | ||
August 14, 1994 | Columbia, Maryland | Merriweather Post Pavilion | ||
August 16, 1994 | Charlotte, North Carolina | Blockbuster Pavilion | ||
August 17, 1994 | Antioch, Tennessee | Starwood Amphitheatre | ||
August 19, 1994 | Atlanta, Georgia | Lakewood Amphitheatre | ||
August 20, 1994 | Tampa, Florida | Florida State Fairgrounds | ||
August 21, 1994 | Miami, Florida | Bicentennial Park |
Personnel
- James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Kirk Hammett – lead guitar
- Lars Ulrich – drums
- Jason Newsted – bass, backing vocals