Metallica Announces WorldWired North American Tour 2018 – 2019

While it might have taken eight years for Metallica to a launch a full-scale North American Tour ahead of last year’s WorldWired 2017 excursion, the band is wasting little time in returning to the road. Metallica has just announced the WorldWired North American Tour 2018 – 2019 featuring visits to 36 cities.

The tour begins at the Kohl Center in Madison, Wisconsin on September 2. From there, Metallica visits Minneapolis, Lincoln, Grand Forks and Sioux Falls before crossing the border into Canada for shows in Winnipeg and Saskatoon. Up next is a run of October performances that includes stops in Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, University Park, Charlotte, Buffalo and Albany.

Metallica resumes the tour on November 26 in Las Vegas ahead of concerts in Boise, Salt Lake City, Portland, Sacramento, Fresno and Spokane. The band takes a few weeks off for the holidays and then returns to the road on January 18 in Tulsa. Next up are shows in Little Rock, Birmingham, Nashville, Raleigh, Cincinnati, Cleveland, El Paso, Lubbock, Wichita, Kansas City, Louisville and Indianapolis. The tour is currently slated to end in Grand Rapids on March 13.

A pre-sale for members of Metallica’s fan club starts tomorrow, February 27. Tickets go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. local time on Friday, March 2.

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