"World Magnetic Tour" - METALLICA

Metallica has kicked-off the tour of USA in support of the new album Death Magnetic. USA is the first leg of the Metallica world tour that has been named “World Magnetic Tour“. The Metallica World Magnetic world tour will go through USA until late January 2009 and will continue with Metallica concert dates in Europe until late July 2009. Late 2008 and the complete 2009 are expected to be filled in with Metallica concerts all around the world.

The Metallica World Magnetic tour kicks-off with an indoor arena tour of North America in late 2008/early 2009. Support band for all the USA tour dates is “The Sword” while “Down” will be the special guest for the October/November dates, “Lamb Of God” for the December shows, and “Machine Head” for the January concerts.

Here is the full schedule of the announced concert dates for the Metallica World Magnetic USA indoor arena tour:

All Metallica October/November tour dates with Down and The Sword :

October 21 - Glendale, AZ Jobing Arena
October 23 - Albuquerque, NM Tingley Coliseum
October 25 - Kansas City, MO Sprint Center
October 26 - Des Moines, IA Wells Fargo Arena
November 1 - Portland, OR Rose Quarter
November 3 - Salt Lake City, UT Energy Solutions Arena
November 4 - Denver, CO Pepsi Center
November 6 - Omaha, NE Qwest Center
November 8 - Moline, IL iWireless Center
November 9 - Columbus, OH Schottenstein Center
November 17 - St. Louis, MO Scottrade Center
November 18 - Tulsa, OK BOK Center
November 20 - Houston, TX Toyota Center
November 22 - Little Rock, AR Alltel Arena
November 23 - New Orleans, LA New Orleans Arena

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All Metallica December tour dates with Lamb of God and The Sword:

December 1 - Seattle, WA Key Arena
December 2 - Vancouver, BC GM Place
December 4 - Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
December 5 - Calgary, AB Pengrowth Saddledome
December 7 - Edmonton, AB Rexall Place
December 12 - Ontario, CA Citizens Business Bank Arena
December 13 - Fresno, CA Save Mart Center
December 15 - San Diego, CA Cox Arena
December 17 - Los Angeles, CA The Forum
December 20 - Oakland, CA Oracle Arena

All Metallica January tour dates with Machine Head and The Sword:

January 12 - Milwaukee, WI Bradley Center
January 13 - Detroit, MI Joe Louis Arena
January 15 - Washington, DC Verizon Center
January 17 - Philadelphia, PA Wachovia Center
January 18 - Boston, MA TD Banknorth Center
January 26 - Chicago, IL Allstate Arena
January 29 - Uniondale, NY Nassau Coliseum
January 31 - Newark, NJ Prudential Center