# Metallica By Request Tour

The Metallica By Request Tour was a concert tour by American heavy metal band Metallica in support of their single Lords of Summer, which was released on March 19, 2014. An interactive tour, concertgoers could vote, via internet, which songs Metallica would include on each night's setlist and, at the concert, via SMS, to a song in the encore. Metallica debuted a new song, called "Lords of Summer". Metallica's only stop in North America was in Montreal for the Heavy Montreal festival.

## Tour dates

List of 2014 concerts, showing date, city, country, venue, and opening act :
| Date (2014) | City | Country | Venue | Opening act | Attendance | Gross |
| March 16 | Bogotá | Colombia | Simón Bolívar Park | Nepentes Recycled Orchestra of Cateura De La Tierra | 30,974 / 34,137 | $2,857,030 |
| March 18 | Quito | Ecuador | Parque Bicentenario | Mad Brain Recycled Orchestra of Cateura De La Tierra | 32,257 / 32,257 | $3,877,959 |
| March 20 | Lima | Peru | Estadio Nacional de Lima | Recycled Orchestra of Cateura De La Tierra | 27,858 / 31,600 | $1,925,090 |
| March 22 | São Paulo | Brazil | Estádio do Morumbi | Raven | 61,742 / 63,347 | $5,696,363 |
| March 24 | Asunción | Paraguay | Hipódromo de Asunción | Recycled Orchestra of Cateura De La Tierra | 28,277 / 32,200 | $2,256,140 |
| March 27 | Macul | Chile | Estadio Monumental David Arellano | Recycled Orchestra of Cateura | 43,296 / 43,296 | $3,508,790 |
| March 29 | La Plata | Argentina | Estadio Ciudad de La Plata | Cirse Recycled Orchestra of Cateura | 76,407 / 78,902 | $4,792,140 |
| March 30 | La Plata | Argentina | Estadio Ciudad de La Plata | Cirse Recycled Orchestra of Cateura | 76,407 / 78,902 | $4,792,140 |
| May 28 | Helsinki | Finland | Hietaniemi beach | Slayer Mastodon Ghost Gojira | — | — |
| May 30 | Stockholm | Sweden | Royal National City Park | Slayer Mastodon Ghost Gojira | 49,430 / 54,000 | $7,173,380 |
| June 1 | Oslo | Norway | Valle Hovin | Slayer Mastodon Ghost Gojira | — | — |
| June 3 | Horsens | Denmark | Horsens Statsfængsel | Slayer Mastodon Ghost Gojira | 35,000 / 35,000 | $4,442,697 |
| June 4 | Hamburg | Germany | Volksparkstadion | Slayer Mastodon Ghost | 43,518 / 43,518 | $4,272,566 |
| June 6 | Nuremberg | Germany | Zeppelinfeld | Avenged Sevenfold Alter Bridge In Extremo | — | — |
| June 8 | Nürburg | Germany | Nürburgring | Avenged Sevenfold Alter Bridge In Extremo | — | — |
| June 9 | Landgraaf | Netherlands | Megaland | Avenged Sevenfold Biffy Clyro Rob Zombie | — | — |
| June 28 | Pilton | England | Worthy Farm | Jack White Robert Plant | — | — |
| July 1 | Rome | Italy | Ippodromo delle Capannelle | Alice in Chains Volbeat Kvelertak | — | — |
| July 3 | Werchter | Belgium | Werchter Park | Placebo Skrillex Robert Plant | — | — |
| July 4 | Basel | Switzerland | St. Jakob-Park | Alice in Chains Airbourne | — | — |
| July 6 | Knebworth | England | Knebworth House | Alice in Chains Mastodon Airbourne | — | — |
| July 8 | Prague | Czech Republic | Incheba Open Air | Alice in Chains Children of Bodom Kvelertak | — | — |
| July 9 | Vienna | Austria | Trabrennbahn Krieau | Alice in Chains Children of Bodom Kvelertak | — | — |
| July 11 | Warsaw | Poland | National Stadium | Alice in Chains Anthrax Kvelertak | — | — |
| July 13 | Istanbul | Turkey | ITU Stadium | Mezarkabul | — | — |
| August 9 | Montreal | Canada | Parc Jean-Drapeau | Anthrax Dropkick Murphys Apocalyptica | — | — |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 460,455+ | $43,800,000+ |

## Personnel

* James Hetfield – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
* Lars Ulrich – drums
* Kirk Hammett – lead guitar, backing vocals
* Robert Trujillo – bass, backing vocals