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31 Years Ago: Guns N’ Roses and Metallica Launch Ill-Fated Tour

It seemed Kurt Cobain knew something everyone else wasn’t aware of when he turned down the offer to have Nirvana open for Metallica and Guns N’ Roses on a tour which launched July 17, 1992, at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. Faith No More , who were familiar with their Bay area comrades Metallica, promptly took the opening slot and later wished they hadn’t. The road was paved with bumps and less than a month into the tour one of the most infamous riots in metal history transpired, causing $400,000 worth of damage.

Maybe the GN’R and Metallica tour was doomed from the start. Metallica were using more pyro onstage than a Fourth of July fireworks display, and Guns N’ Roses were perfectly happy taking two hours to get their stage set up after Metallica finished their set. Yet, at the time, both groups felt like they could do no wrong. Metallica’s Black Album  was still burning up the charts (it would eventually sell over 16 million copies) and Guns N’ Roses were touring behind their two albums released simultaneously, Use Your Illusion I and II , which sold a combined 14 million copies. By the end of the tour, however, both bands would learn that too much excess on any level is a recipe for disaster.

The Guns/Metallica tour was announced in a press conference at the Gaslight in Los Angeles on May 12, 1992. Tickets quickly sold out and opening night was a huge success, despite problems with the sound system, which plagued many shows in the run. A film crew shot Metallica’s set and their performance of “Creeping Death,” which was used in the 1992 documentary A Year and a Half in the Life of Metallica , in which James Hetfield pokes fun of Guns N’ Roses’ rider amongst other things.

To say there was a mutual lack of respect of one another’s artistic aesthetics is an understatement. And Metallica had good reason to be contemptuous of GN’R. During a performance on July 21 at the Silverdome in Pontiac, Michigan, Axl Rose vomited during “You Could Be Mine” and walked offstage. He returned and apologized to the crowd, and the band replayed the song. A little over a week later everything started to fall apart.

On July 29, during the band’s second show at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, Rose, suffering from severe throat pain, walked offstage near the end of the set during a cover of Bob Dylan ’s “Knockin' on Heaven's Door." Bassist Duff McKagan finished the song on vocals. The next day Rose was diagnosed with vocal cord damage. Doctors suggested he take at least a week off and GN'R rescheduled three shows. The situation went from tense to explosive.

On Aug. 8 at Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Metallica frontman James Hetfield lost his bearings half way through the show and during “Fade to Black,” he was standing on top of a pyro grate when it went off. Hetfield’s arm was blasted by a fountain of flames and he suffered second and third degree burns. Metallica immediately stopped the show and Hetfield sought medical attention.

Guns N’ Roses had an opportunity to be the heroes of the day, but the normally two-hour break between sets took three hours that evening. When Guns N’ Roses finally took the stage there were sound problems and Rose, citing a sore throat, left early. A riot ensued as furious crowd members streamed into the streets and set fires, flipped over cars, smashed windows and looted stores. Police eventually restored order but the damage was extensive. Metallica later implied that Guns N’ Roses fueled the fire and Guns guitarist Slash later wrote in his book Slash , “It was actually a huge issue for me because I’d lost face with everyone in Metallica.”

Metallica postponed six shows due to Hetfield’s injury and canceled an Aug. 17 gig at the British Columbia Place Stadium in Vancouver. When the band was again able to play, on Aug. 25 at the Phoenix International Raceway in Avondale, Ariz., Hetfield was in a heavy arm bandage that made it impossible to play guitar, so Metal Church’s John Marshall, who had been teching for Metallica, played rhythm guitar for the rest of the tour while Hetfield sang.

Faith No More wanted off the tour for a while, and vocalist Mike Patton reportedly had planned to defecate on Rose’s video monitor, but before he got the chance Guns booted the band on Sept. 21 due to undisclosed disagreements. They recruited Ice-T ’s thrash metal band Body Count to open all remaining dates but the Sept. 27 concert at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The mighty Motörhead opened for the last three nights, including the Los Angeles performance.

Following the final gig, McKagan’s family and friends staged an intervention and the bassist was whisked off into rehab. Even with lost income from canceled shows, Metallica made lots of money from the stadium tour. The same can’t be said for Guns, who hobbled home with 20 percent of what they expected to earn, claimed Slash in his memoir. In addition to being fined heavily every time they took the stage late, Rose blew lots of dough on extravagant backstage parties, each featuring different themes, including Casino Night, the Roman Bath Party and Axl’s Mexican Fiesta.

Loudwire contributor Jon Wiederhorn is the author of  Raising Hell: Backstage Tales From the Lives of Metal Legends , co-author of  Louder Than Hell: The Definitive Oral History of Metal , as well as the co-author of Scott Ian’s autobiography,  I’m the Man: The Story of That Guy From Anthrax , and Al Jourgensen’s autobiography,  Ministry: The Lost Gospels According to Al Jourgensen  and the Agnostic Front book  My Riot! Grit, Guts and Glory .

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On July 17, 1992 the world’s biggest hard rock band and the world’s biggest metal band kicked off a co-headlining North American tour in Washington DC. Here’s what went down…

As with almost everything Metallica have ever done, the idea to tour stadiums with Guns N’ Roses originated with Lars Ulrich. The two bands had first met in 1987, and bonded during Metallica’s five month residency in Los Angeles recording the … And Justice For All album.

Five years on, the phenomenal success of ‘The Black Album’ and Guns’ Use Your Illusion double-set, released just one month apart in 1991, had firmly established the Californian collectives as leaders of their respective genres, and Ulrich envisaged the creation of a historic touring package akin to a Rolling Stones/The Who bill in the 1960s.

The two bands had actually shared a stage before, on the occasion of a birthday party for (now long defunct) US metal magazine RIP. In the early hours of November 10, 1990, Lars Ulrich, Slash, Duff McKagan and guest vocalist Sebastian Bach from Skid Row ambled drunkenly onto the stage of LA’s Hollywood Palladium and introduced themselves as ‘Gak’ – Hollywood slang for cocaine – before launching into a messy version of Guns N’ Roses’ You’re Crazy . 

The Fucked-Up Four then attempted Metallica’s For Whom The Bell Tolls before Axl Rose took over on vocals for run through Skid Row’s Piece Of Me , and stayed onstage to trade lyrics with Bach on a version of Nazareth’s Hair Of The Dog . This all-star jam session closed out with a shambolic stumble through Metallica’s Whiplash , featuring James Hetfield and Kirk Hammett, at the close of which Axl Rose stage-dived into the crowd.

Such boozy camaraderie counted for little, however, when the two band’s managers sat down in LA restaurant Le Dome in the earliest days of 1992 to thrash out the idea for a joint tour. Guns N’ Roses were adamant that they should close the show each night, a demand to which Metallica happily acquiesced. 

The bands were guaranteed equal time on stage and a 50:50 split of the gate receipts – projected ticket sales suggested a gross of between 1 and 1.8 million dollars per night – and by mutual consent, Faith No More were nominated to open the show, though only after a similar offer to Nirvana had been rebuffed by the Seattle band.

Following a convivial bro-down at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert at London’s Wembley Stadium in April, on May 12, Lars Ulrich and Slash co-hosted a press conference at the Gaslight in Hollywood to announce the tour, which Ulrich revealed, would kick off in Washington DC’s RFK stadium on July 17, and close, on October 6, at the Kingdome in Seattle.

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“I’ve always wanted to play with these guys, ever since we met them in 1987,” said hype man Ulrich. “I’m the one who had all the late night conversations with the various members of Guns. 

Back in ’87, we were the bigger band, then they became the biggest band in the universe. Now, in the hard rock scene of 1992, we’re the two biggest bands. Taking the two biggest bands from one genre of music and putting them together is unprecedented.”

When it came time to unveil posters for the tour, the strapline above the two band names told its own story: it read ‘They Said It Would Never Happen’.

Anticipation for what lay ahead was sky high when the package rolled in to the nation’s capital. Metallica took to the stage as the sun dipped behind the Washington Monument, kicking off their set with Ride The Lightning -era favourite Creeping Death , and airing no fewer than four songs from their hugely successful self-titled album before closing out their main set with Kill ‘Em All ’s Whiplash . 

The quartet returned to the stage to conduct stadium-wide singalongs on Nothing Else Matters and Enter Sandman , exhumed a couple of classic covers – their take on Misfits’ Last Caress and Diamond Head’s Am I Evil ? – then rounded off the evening with thrasher Damage Inc . and explosive anti-war anthem One .

“Metallica seems fully aware that this tour presents a marvellous opportunity,’ wrote Los Angeles Daily News reviewer Bruce Britt afterwards. “In a performance that could only be compared to Attila the Hun’s tour of Mongolia, Metallica storm-trooped its way into the hearts of the crowd.”

Almost two hours separated the closing notes of One and the familiar introductory riff of Guns N’ Roses’ set opener It’s So Easy – two hours in which an increasingly drunken and restless crowd repeatedly cajoled female audience members into exposing their breasts for projection upon the giant screens flanking the stage – and when Axl Rose finally walked onstage energy levels in the crowd had already peaked. 

With Izzy Stradlin and Steven Adler now part of Gn’R history, Rose, Slash and Duff McKagan now stood at the core of an expanded thirteen piece touring band featuring three backing vocalists and a three piece horn section. 

At their best, the new look Guns possessed the cocksure swagger of the mid ‘70s Stones - whose Wild Horses was co-opted as one of three covers (alongside Wings’ Live And Let Die and the second Misfits’ song of the night, Attitude ) in the opening hour of the set – but with Rose, Slash and drummer Matt Sorum all granted indulgent solo instrumental showcases in hour two, momentum slowed painfully. Each time Axl pleaded with the crowd to “Wake the fuck up!” his words echoed off increasing numbers of empty, up-turned seats. 

To neutrals, it was all too evident who’d walked away with the honours on the two heavweight’s first bruising encounter, with reviewer Britt cautioning “If Guns N’ Roses isn’t careful, this tour could sound the band’s death knell.”

In truth, the drama was only just beginning…

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Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour

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The Guns N' Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour is a North American tour featuring co-headliners American Hard Rock band Guns N' Roses and American Heavy Metal band Metallica , during their Use Your Illusion and Wherever We May Roam tours respectively in 1992. The two had previously collaborated on a one-off supergroup that performed on November 9, 1990; that show was one of few pre-1995 performances where Metallica tuned their guitars down to Eb standard for the duration of the show.

During the summer of 1992, Lars Ulrich and Guns N' Roses lead guitarist Slash held a press conference announcing the tour, claiming that the two biggest bands in the world touring together is a "no brainer".

Out of the 36 Planned Shows only 10 Were cancelled (July 31st - Aug 5th - Cancelled for Unknown Reasons) (August 9th - August 22nd - Cancelled Due to the Montreal Incident, Read Below for the Incidents information.

The tour would also include the infamous 1992 Montreal riot, on August 8th 1992 GNR&Metallica Played the Olympic Stadium, Then about An Hour and a half into Metallica's Set: 8:05 PM, The Song was Fade to Black, Everything went casually but Lars was confused by James' Onstage Positioning, but it was too Late as I said at 8:05 PM Pyrotechnics Launched from under the stage onto James. They all Ran over Kirk said something among the lines of 'Dude are you alright' but then after a Security Guard walks on James hand, James Screamed and Punched him in the Privates. Jason after James was aborted into an ambulance and they all went backstage, said something like this to calm the crowd 'James isnt okay but we'll come back later I dont know when, Thank you Montreal' Then 1 Minute Later Lars said the Infamous quote from VH1's Behind the Music 'There was an Incident with the pyrotechnics, unfortunately James, is on his way to the hospital right now, Sorry but we cant continue the concert for you guys tonight, But we promise you one thing and we always go by our words, We will come back, Finish our concert and play for you guys as soon as we can in the next couple of months, Thank you Montreal we're sorry Okay.' then to close Metallica's Set once and for All Kirk said 'Thanks for being so Patient, thanks alot' Then they left. After that the Riot ensued.

Despite hardships, the tour would overall be a financial success for Metallica. The band however would swear off touring with Guns N' Roses ever again after the tour was over.

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Typical Setlist [ ]

• Creeping Death
• Harvester of Sorrow
• Welcome Home (Sanitarium)
• Sad But True
• Wherever I May Roam
• Of Wolf and Man
• For Whom the Bell Tolls
• The Unforgiven
• The Shortest Straw
• Guitar Solo
• Fade to Black
• Master of Puppets Short Version
• Seek & Destroy
• Nothing Else Matters
• Am I Evil? Diamond Head cover
• Last Caress Misfits cover
• Enter Sandman

Tour Dates [ ]

Songlist [ ], personnel [ ], july 17 - august 8 [ ].

• James Hetfield - Lead Vocals/Rhythm Guitar
• Kirk Hammett - Lead Guitar
• Jason Newsted - Bass Guitar/Backing Vocals
• Lars Ulrich - Drums

August 25 - October 6 [ ]

• James Hetfield : Lead Vocals
• Kirk Hammett : Lead Guitar
• John Marshall : Rhythm Guitar
• Jason Newsted : Bass/Backing Vocals
• Lars Ulrich : Drums

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Metallica, Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC to headline PowerTrip concert at Empire Polo Club

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The lineup for October’s PowerTrip metal festival just got twice as heavy.

Guns N’ Roses, AC/DC and Tool will join the previously rumored Metallica, Iron Maiden and Ozzy Osbourne for the inaugural edition of the festival from Coachella promoter Goldenvoice.

Like its classic-rock forebearer Desert Trip, the concert will bring two acts per night to Indio’s Empire Polo Club, on the weekend of Oct. 6-8. The lineup will pair Guns N’ Roses and Iron Maiden on Friday, AC/DC and Osbourne on Saturday and Tool and Metallica on Sunday.

Three-day general admission tickets start at $599. Tickets go on sale April 6.

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Goldenvoice has thrown a metal festival on the Coachella site before — Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax (the “Big Four” of thrash metal) performed together in 2011.

But this bill more closely follows the format of 2016’s Desert Trip, which brought together Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Paul McCartney, Neil Young and Roger Waters in what became the most lucrative music festival in U.S. history, grossing $160 million.

Word of the fest first circulated on Tuesday, after Metallica and Osbourne posted links to a brief video pointing fans to a new website for PowerTrip. Metallica’s PowerTrip headline gig will follow a two-night run at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood in August . Iron Maiden last performed in Los Angeles in 2019, and though the 74-year-old Osbourne’s health issues recently led to canceled tour plans , the onetime Black Sabbath frontman said he’d hit the stage again if he recovered.

Former Coachella headliners Guns N’ Roses last performed in L.A. in 2021, while AC/DC headlined Dodger Stadium in 2015. Tool played in Anaheim last year.

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The Explosive Guns N’ Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour and the Infamous Montreal Riot

The Guns N’ Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour of 1992 marked a monumental collaboration that quickly turned tumultuous. The infamous Montreal riot incident forever altered the course of the tour, leaving a lasting legacy and lessons for the concert industry.

The year was 1992, a time when rock music was at its zenith, and two legendary bands were set to embark on an explosive tour that would leave an indelible mark on the music world. The Guns N’ Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour brought together the powerhouse forces of Guns N’ Roses and Metallica for a series of electrifying co-headlining performances. Taking place during Guns N’ Roses’ Use Your Illusion Tour and Metallica’s Wherever We May Roam Tour, this highly anticipated tour promised an unforgettable experience for fans of both bands.

Announced in a press conference held in Los Angeles on May 12, 1992, by Metallica’s Lars Ulrich and Guns N’ Roses’ Slash, the tour kicked off on July 17, 1992, at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. The initial choice for the opening act was Faith No More, but Axl Rose had hoped to have Seattle’s Nirvana join the lineup. However, Kurt Cobain declined the invitation, leading to a different opening act for the tour.

The Guns N’ Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour was a financial success for Metallica, but Guns N’ Roses faced financial setbacks due to extravagant spending and repeated late appearances. Nevertheless, the tour was recognized with a Metal Edge Readers’ Choice Award for “Best Concert Tour” in 1992, showcasing the immense impact of this dynamic collaboration.

The Montreal Riot Incident

Amid the intense energy and anticipation surrounding the Guns N’ Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour, a fateful event unfolded on August 8, 1992, in Montreal, Canada, forever altering the trajectory of the tour and leaving an indelible mark on rock concert history. During Metallica’s performance earlier in the evening, an accident occurred that would have far-reaching consequences.

Metallica’s frontman, James Hetfield, suffered burns due to a pyrotechnics mishap, severely impairing his ability to continue playing guitar. As a result, Metallica’s set was cut short, leaving the crowd disappointed and eager for Guns N’ Roses to take the stage. However, Axl Rose made the controversial decision not to perform in protest of the situation, igniting the fury of the already disgruntled audience.

The angered concertgoers vented their frustration by vandalizing the stage, hurling objects, and inciting chaos within the venue. The Montreal riot incident became a defining moment in the tour, garnering widespread media attention and forever staining the reputation of both bands and the concert industry as a whole. It remains one of the most infamous incidents in the annals of rock music.

Aftermath and Consequences

Following the Montreal riot, the Guns N’ Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour confronted a series of consequences that reverberated throughout the music industry. James Hetfield’s injuries required significant time off for recovery and medical treatment, forcing Metallica to adjust their performances. Hetfield resumed the tour with a bandage, unable to play guitar, while John Marshall, a former Metallica roadie and guitar tech, filled in on rhythm guitar.

The incident strained the relationship between Guns N’ Roses and Metallica, casting a shadow over future collaborations and interactions. Guns N’ Roses’ reputation suffered as Axl Rose’s decision not to perform and the ensuing riot intensified their image as unpredictable and volatile. The incident also prompted heightened scrutiny and stricter regulations regarding stage safety and crowd control at live events.

Despite the challenges, the Guns N’ Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour persevered, with subsequent opening acts like Body Count and Motörhead joining the lineup. The incident became a captivating topic of discussion, captivating the music industry and fans alike, leaving an indelible mark on the legacy of both bands and the tour itself.

Legacy and Lessons Learned

The Montreal riot incident continues to echo through time, leaving a lasting legacy and valuable lessons for both musicians and the concert industry at large. It served as a stark reminder of the potential consequences of mishaps, disputes, and unpredictable behavior during live performances.

The incident emphasized the necessity of effective communication, professionalism, and comprehensive contingency planning to ensure seamless concerts and audience satisfaction. It also highlighted the need for stringent safety protocols and regulations to protect performers and concertgoers alike.

In the aftermath of the riot, the concert industry implemented enhanced security measures, improved crowd control techniques, and better stage safety guidelines. Additionally, increased coordination between artists, tour organizers, and venue staff became paramount to prevent such incidents from recurring.

Although the Montreal riot incident cast a shadow on the Guns N’ Roses/Metallica Stadium Tour, it remains an enduring chapter in the history of both bands and the metal/rock music industry. It exemplifies the power of co-headlining tours and the timeless appeal of their music. The incident has become a significant part of metal/rock music lore, adding to the mystique and legend surrounding Guns N’ Roses and Metallica’s careers.

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The Day Guns N’ Roses and Metallica Announced a Co-Headlining Tour

The early-'90s era has gone down in the history books as the period when grunge took over the industry in virtually every manner. But there were still two bands from the ‘80s who were unaffected by the rise of Nirvana , Pearl Jam  and all those other artists.

Sitting pretty at the dawn of a new decade, Guns N’ Roses and Metallica decided to kick it up a notch, pairing for a stadium tour that was announced on May 12, 1992.

“There could not have been a bigger rock 'n' roll bill,” Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash said in his eponymous 2007 memoir. “It was too cool. They had just released the Black Album and we were riding high with Use Your Illusion I and II .”

The idea for this pairing was hatched by Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich , who at the time was so taken by Guns N' Roses that he started wearing a white leather jacket in the style of Axl Rose circa the “Paradise City” video. It would take place that summer across North America.

A meeting between Ulrich, Rose, Slash, Metallica's James Hetfield and their respective management representatives took place in the fancy Los Angeles French restaurant Le Dome, according to the book Into the Black: The Inside Story of Metallica (1991-2014) . They were ostensibly there to iron out the logistics, of which there would be many.

Who goes on first? Who is going to support? How much is the purse each night? In order, the answers were: Metallica, Faith No More  (after Nirvana declined) and a lot – about $750,000 per show.

“We had a meeting before it began because the Metallica camp was concerned," Slash recalled. "We were having major problems getting onstage on time, riding that high–low roller coaster. Metallica was not a band to pull that kind of shit at all, so they wisely opted to play first so as to avoid being pulled down by our bullshit.”

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Slash and Ulrich held a press conference at the Hollywood club Gaslight to reveal the details of the trek.

“I’ve always wanted to play with these guys, ever since we met them in 1987,” Ulrich said. “I’m the one who had all the late night conversations with the various members of Guns. Back in ’87, we were the bigger band, then they became the biggest band in the universe. Now, in the hard-rock scene of 1992, we’re the two biggest bands. Taking the two biggest bands from one genre of music and putting them together is unprecedented.”

Slash memorably added: “There has been, like, major obstacles … but we still really want to do this. But we’ll get around it.”

Ulrich admitted that he didn't “think any of us realized when we sat down and had our drunken talks about doing this tour together, how tough it would be to get the three months of this happening – because if it was left to the managers, agents and accountants, this would have never got off the ground.”

Meanwhile, Slash said he hadn't “seen anything like this happen since I was a kid. It was bands going out, having these huge festivals, and everything changed while I was coming up as a guitar player, everything just sort of changed – it got really boring.”

“Boring” is the last word to describe the 26-date march. Kicking off on July 17 at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., and running through early October when it came to a close in Seattle, the tour was fraught with episodes like the Montreal date when Hetfield was burned in a pyrotechnics accident and when Rose ended his band's set prematurely, leading to a full-scale riot .

That was the low point of a three-month journey that often had Guns N' Roses going on hours late and Rose stalking offstage mid-set. But audiences who saw one of the shows witnessed a chaotic and fascinating experiment in music history.

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Guns N' Roses The True Story Behind The GNR & Metallica 1992 Stadium Tour!

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