Shit Hits the Sheds Tour

Shit Hits The Sheds
Tour by Metallica
Associated album Live Shit: Binge & Purge
Start date May 30, 1994
End date August 21, 1994
Legs 1
Shows 51
Metallica concert chronology
Nowhere Else to Roam
(1993)		 Shit Hits the Sheds
(1994)		 Poor Touring Me
(1996-1997)

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 performance at Woodstock '94, which had an attendance of over 130,000 people. The Woodstock '94 performance is abnormal (compared to the rest of the tour) in that none of Metallica's supporting acts also performed at Woodstock.

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)

  1. "Breadfan" (originally performed by Budgie)
  2. "Master of Puppets"
  3. "Wherever I May Roam"
  4. "Harvester of Sorrow"
  5. "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
  6. "The God That Failed"
  7. "Kill/Ride Medley"
  8. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
  9. "Disposable Heroes"
  10. "Seek & Destroy"
  11. Guitar Solo
  12. "Nothing Else Matters"
  13. "Creeping Death"
  14. Bass Solo
  15. "Fade to Black"
  16. "Whiplash"
  17. "Sad but True"
  18. "One"
  19. "Enter Sandman"
  20. "So What?" (originally performed by Anti-Nowhere League)

Tour dates

Date City Country Venue Boxscore
May 30, 1994Corfu, New YorkUnited StatesDarien Lake Performing Arts Center
June 1, 1994Holmdel, New JerseyGarden State Arts Center
June 3, 1994Quebec City, QuebecCanadaHippodrome de Quebec
June 4, 1994Barrie, OntarioMolson Park
June 5, 1994Syracuse, New YorkUnited StatesNew York State Fair Grandstand
June 7, 1994Allentown, PennsylvaniaAllentown Fairgrounds Grandstand
June 8, 1994Wantagh, New YorkJones Beach Amphitheatre
June 10, 1994Essex Junction, VermontChamplain Valley Expo
June 11, 1994Mansfield, MassachusettsGreat Woods Center
June 12, 1994Swanzey, New HampshireCheshire Fair Grandstand
June 14, 1994Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaMann Music Center
June 15, 1994Mechanicsburg, PennsylvaniaWilliams Grove Speedway
June 17, 1994Middletown, New YorkOrange County Fairgrounds
June 18, 1994Cuyahoga Falls, OhioBlossom Music Center
June 19, 1994Cincinnati, OhioRiverbend Music Center
June 21, 1994Clarkston, MichiganPine Knob Music Theatre
June 22, 1994
June 24, 1994Ionia, MichiganIonia Free Fair
June 25, 1994Des Moines, IowaIowa State Fairgrounds
June 26, 1994Somerset, WisconsinRiver's Edge Park
June 28, 1994Maryland Heights, MissouriRiverport Amphitheater
June 29, 1994Columbus, OhioPolaris Amphitheater
July 1, 1994Milwaukee, WisconsinMarcus Amphitheater
July 2, 1994Noblesville, IndianaDeer Creek Music Center
July 3, 1994Tinley Park, IllinoisWorld Music Theater$584,797[2]
July 17, 1994Vancouver, British ColumbiaCanadaThunderbird Stadium
July 19, 1994Seattle, WashingtonUnited StatesMemorial Stadium
July 20, 1994Portland, OregonPortland Meadows
July 22, 1994Mountain View, CaliforniaShoreline Amphitheatre
July 23, 1994Sacramento, CaliforniaCalifornia Exposition Amphitheatre
July 24, 1994San Bernardino, CaliforniaBlockbuster Pavilion
July 26, 1994Carson, CaliforniaVelodrome Field
July 27, 1994Phoenix, ArizonaDesert Sky Pavilion
July 29, 1994Park City, UtahPark West Ski Resort
July 30, 1994Whitney, NevadaSam Boyd Stadium
July 31, 1994San Diego, CaliforniaBrown Airfield
August 2, 1994Albuquerque, New MexicoUniversity Stadium
August 3, 1994Greenwood Village, ColoradoFiddler's Green Amphitheatre
August 5, 1994Dallas, TexasStarplex Amphitheatre
August 6, 1994Austin, TexasSouth Park Meadows
August 7, 1994Baytown, TexasHouston Raceway Park
August 9, 1994Oklahoma City, OklahomaOklahoma State Fair Arena
August 10, 1994Bonner Springs, KansasSandstone Amphitheater
August 12, 1994Burgettstown, PennsylvaniaStar Lake Amphitheatre
August 13, 1994Saugerties, New YorkWoodstock '94
August 14, 1994Columbia, MarylandMerriweather Post Pavilion
August 16, 1994Charlotte, North CarolinaBlockbuster Pavilion
August 17, 1994Antioch, TennesseeStarwood Amphitheatre
August 19, 1994Atlanta, GeorgiaLakewood Amphitheatre
August 20, 1994Tampa, FloridaFlorida State Fairgrounds
August 21, 1994Miami, FloridaBicentennial Park

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Sunday Old School: Alice in Chains Metal Underground.
  2. ↑ "Billboard - Google Books". Books.google.com.co. 1994-07-16. Retrieved 2014-05-19.