More opening acts have been announced for Metallica’s World Magnetic tour in the USA in late 2009.
French band Gojira will be joining Metallica, along with Lamb of God, for the Fall shows in North America between September 14 – October 18, while Lars Ulrich’s brethren from Denmark Volbeat will be hanging for the Metallica shows between October 26 – December 12. Volbeat will play 15 shows with Metallica for around 300,000 people total.
Michael Poulsen, frontmen of Volbeat, says that it is surprisingly James Hetfield’s wish that Volbeat join Metallica on tour and not Lars Ulrich as you would think. James Hetfield became a fan couple of years ago when Volbeat were opener for Metallica’s concert in Aarhus, Denmark. Couple of weeks ago Metallica’s James Hetfield visited Volbeat’s Michael Poulsen in Denmark and offered him the slot on the tour. Volbeat had to turn down Social Distortion and Megadeth to go on tour with Metallica.
These are all the tour dates for Metallica’s World Magnetic in USA:
Metallica with Gojira and Lamb Of God:
9/14/2009 Nashville, TN Sommet Center
9/15/2009 Cincinnati, OH US Bank Arena
9/17/2009 Indianapolis, IN Conseco Fieldhouse
9/19/2009 Montreal, Canada Bell Centre
9/20/2009 Montreal, Canada Bell Centre
9/28/2009 San Antonio, TX AT&T Center
9/29/2009 Dallas, TX American Airlines Center
10/1/2009 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Bank Atlantic Center
10/3/2009 Tampa, FL St. Pete Times Forum
10/4/2009 Atlanta, GA Philips Arena
10/12/2009 Winnipeg, Canada MTS Centre
10/13/2009 Minneapolis, MN Target Center
10/15/2009 Cleveland, OH Quicken Loans Arena
10/17/2009 Charlottesville, VA JPJ Arena
10/18/2009 Charlotte, NC Time Warner Cable Arena
Metallica with Volbeat:
10/26/2009 Toronto, Canada Air Canada Centre
10/27/2009 Toronto, Canada Air Canada Centre
10/31/2009 Quebec City, Canada Colisee Pepsi
11/1/2009 Quebec City, Canada Colisee Pepsi
11/3/2009 Ottawa, Canada Scotiabank Place
11/9/2009 Grand Rapids, MI Van Andel Arena
11/10/2009 Buffalo, NY HSBC Arena
11/12/2009 Albany, NY Times Union Center
11/14/2009 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
11/15/2009 New York, NY Madison Square Garden
12/5/2009 Las Vegas, NV Mandalay Bay
12/7/2009 Boise, ID Idaho Center
12/8/2009 Sacramento, CA ARCO Arena
12/10/2009 Anaheim, CA Honda Center
12/12/2009 San Jose, CA HP Pavilion
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To the guys in the band…….
I have been a Metallica fan for many, many years. I originally had purchased tickets for the show on October 29, 2009. I had purchased four tickets as I was looking forward to sharing this concert experience with my son and my nephew. The date change to November 3, 2009 has now precluded me attending a show that I was very excited about. Not only as a fan, but also as a mother. I know that Metallica has a ‘more important’ concert to perform that night. I find it a bit disrespectful to the fans in Ottawa that can no longer attend the show,especially duing to the fact that my tickets were purchases a full six months in advance. As you are aware, Metallica has fans of many age groups and many of us have had to make arrangements to attend the show in the first place. As you know, the world is a 24/7 world where many people have to work shift work.
lamb of god rulz