Shit Hits the Sheds Tour explained
Concert Tour Name: | Shit Hits the Sheds |
Location: | North America |
Artist: | Metallica |
Start Date: | May 30, 1994 |
End Date: | August 21, 1994 |
Number Of Legs: | 1 |
Number Of Shows: | 51 |
Last Tour: | Nowhere Else to Roam (1993) |
This Tour: | Shit Hits the Sheds (1994) |
Next Tour: | 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 300,000 people.
Overview
This tour is also known for the debut of the song "The God That Failed", and Lars Ulrich's down-scaled drum kits. According to Ulrich's interview on guitar center in 2014, two rack toms were removed from his original drum setup, thus allowing the hi-hat cymbal and ride cymbal to be placed nearer to him and making his drum kit easier to play.
This was also the last tour that Metallica played in standard tuning before tuning down to E♭ standard due to James Hetfield's deteriorating vocals from the recent large-scale tour in support of Metallica (commonly known as the Black Album).
On the last date of the tour in Miami, the famed lead vocalist of Judas Priest, Rob Halford (who at the time was the lead vocalist for Fight), sang guest vocals on stage for a performance of "Rapid Fire" from his band's 1980 album British Steel.
Supporting acts
The supporting acts for this tour were Danzig, Suicidal Tendencies (whose bassist Robert Trujillo would join Metallica nine years later), Candlebox, and Fight.
Fight were a replacement for Alice in Chains, who were forced to withdraw from the tour due to lead vocalist Layne Staley's heroin addiction.[1] The Offspring (who had just released their breakthrough album Smash) were originally invited to replace Alice in Chains, but declined due to their desire to continue playing in clubs as well as logistical issues.[2]
Despite Alice in Chains' withdrawal from the tour, the band's guitarist, Jerry Cantrell, joined Metallica on "For Whom the Bell Tolls" during their August 9, 1994 performance in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Typical setlist
(Taken from the Holmdel, New Jersey Garden State Arts Center show on June 1, 1994)
- "Breadfan" (Budgie cover)
- "Master of Puppets"
- "Wherever I May Roam"
- "Harvester of Sorrow"
- "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)"
- "The God That Failed"
- "Kill/Ride Medley"
- "Ride the Lightning"
- "No Remorse"
- "The Four Horsemen"
- "Phantom Lord"
- "Fight Fire With Fire"
- "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
- "Disposable Heroes"
- "Seek & Destroy"
- Guitar Solo
- "Nothing Else Matters"
- "Creeping Death"
- Bass Solo
- "Fade to Black"
- "Whiplash"
Encore:
- "Sad but True"
- "One"
Encore 2:
- "Enter Sandman"
- "So What?" (Anti-Nowhere League cover)
Tour dates
List of 1994 concertsDate | City | Country | Venue |
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May 30, 1994 | Corfu | United States | |
June 1, 1994 | Holmdel Township | Garden State Arts Center |
June 3, 1994 | Quebec City | Canada | Hippodrome de Quebec |
June 4, 1994 | Barrie | Molson Park |
June 5, 1994 | Syracuse | United States | New York State Fair Grandstand |
June 7, 1994 | Allentown | Allentown Fairgrounds Grandstand |
June 8, 1994 | Wantagh | Jones Beach Amphitheatre |
June 10, 1994 | Essex Junction | Champlain Valley Expo |
June 11, 1994 | Mansfield | Great Woods Center |
June 12, 1994 | Swanzey | Cheshire Fair Grandstand |
June 14, 1994 | Philadelphia | Mann Music Center |
June 15, 1994 | Mechanicsburg | Williams Grove Speedway |
June 17, 1994 | Middletown | Orange County Fairgrounds |
June 18, 1994 | Cuyahoga Falls | Blossom Music Center |
June 19, 1994 | Cincinnati | Riverbend Music Center |
June 21, 1994 | Clarkston | Pine Knob Music Theatre |
June 22, 1994 |
June 24, 1994 | Ionia | Ionia Free Fair |
June 25, 1994 | Des Moines | Iowa State Fairgrounds |
June 26, 1994 | Somerset | River's Edge Park |
June 28, 1994 | Maryland Heights | Riverport Amphitheater |
June 29, 1994 | Columbus | Polaris Amphitheater |
July 1, 1994 | Milwaukee | Marcus Amphitheater |
July 2, 1994 | Noblesville | Deer Creek Music Center |
July 3, 1994 | Tinley Park | World Music Theater |
July 17, 1994 | Vancouver | Canada | Thunderbird Stadium |
July 19, 1994 | Seattle | United States | Memorial Stadium |
July 20, 1994 | Portland | Portland Meadows |
July 22, 1994 | Mountain View | Shoreline Amphitheatre |
July 23, 1994 | Sacramento | California Exposition Amphitheatre |
July 24, 1994 | San Bernardino | Blockbuster Pavilion |
July 26, 1994 | Carson | Velodrome Field |
July 27, 1994 | Phoenix | Desert Sky Pavilion |
July 29, 1994 | Park City | Park West Ski Resort |
July 30, 1994 | Whitney | Sam Boyd Stadium |
July 31, 1994 | San Diego | Brown Airfield |
August 2, 1994 | Albuquerque | University Stadium |
August 3, 1994 | Greenwood Village | Fiddler's Green Amphitheatre |
August 5, 1994 | Dallas | Starplex Amphitheatre |
August 6, 1994 | Austin | South Park Meadows |
August 7, 1994 | Baytown | Houston Raceway Park |
August 9, 1994 | Oklahoma City | Oklahoma State Fairgrounds Speedway |
August 10, 1994 | Bonner Springs | Sandstone Amphitheater |
August 12, 1994 | Burgettstown | |
August 13, 1994 | Saugerties | |
August 14, 1994 | Columbia | Merriweather Post Pavilion |
August 16, 1994 | Charlotte | Blockbuster Pavilion |
August 17, 1994 | Antioch | Starwood Amphitheatre |
August 19, 1994 | Atlanta | Lakewood Amphitheatre |
August 20, 1994 | Tampa | Florida State Fairgrounds |
August 21, 1994 | Miami | Bicentennial Park | |
Personnel
Notes and References
- http://www.metalunderground.com/news/details.cfm?newsid=84092 Sunday Old School: Alice in Chains
- Book: Christe, Ian . . . 2004 . 305 . 0-380-81127-8 .