2012 European Black Album Tour

The 2012 European Black Album Tour (also called The Metallica Vacation Tour 2012) was a concert tour by the American heavy metal band Metallica. Metallica (1991), commonly known as The Black Album, was performed in reverse order. The band confirmed that the tour would be a celebration of the 20th anniversary of the album. The tour headlined a few European festivals.^[1][2]

European Black Album Tour

Tour by Metallica
Location	Europe
Associated album	Metallica
Start date	May 7, 2012
End date	June 10, 2012
Legs	1
No. of shows	16
Metallica concert chronology

Support acts

• Gojira (Prague, Belgrade, Paris, Udine, Oslo, Werchter, Horsens, Warsaw, Helsinki)^[3]
• Machine Head (Prague, Belgrade, Udine, Warsaw, Helsinki)^[4]
• The Kills (Paris)^[5]
• Soundgarden (Werchter)
• Channel Zero (Werchter)
• Mastodon (Oslo, Werchter, Horsens)
• Ghost (Werchter, Helsinki)

Set list

1. "Hit the Lights"
2. "Master of Puppets"
3. "The Shortest Straw"/"No Remorse"/"Fuel"/"Ride the Lightning"/"The Four Horsemen"
4. "For Whom the Bell Tolls"
5. "Blackened"/"Battery"/"Fight Fire with Fire"/"Hell and Back"

The Black Album

6. "The Struggle Within"
7. "My Friend of Misery"
8. "The God That Failed"
9. "Of Wolf and Man"
10. "Nothing Else Matters"
11. "Through the Never"
12. "Don't Tread On Me"
13. "Wherever I May Roam"
14. "The Unforgiven"
15. "Holier Than Thou"
16. "Sad but True"
17. "Enter Sandman"

Encore

18. "Fuel"/"Creeping Death"/"Battery"/"Blackened/"Fight Fire with Fire"
19. "One"
20. "Seek & Destroy"

Tour dates

List of 2012 concerts

Date (2014)	City	Country	Venue	Attendance	Gross
May 7	Prague	Czech Republic	Synot Tip Arena
May 8	Belgrade	Serbia	Ušće Park
May 10	Warsaw	Poland	Sonisphere Festival
May 12	Saint-Denis	France	Stade de France	72,975 / 72,975	$6,431,760[6]
May 13	Udine	Italy	Stadio Friuli
May 23	Oslo	Norway	Valle Hovin	39,993 / 39,993	$4,604,146[7]
May 25	Lisbon	Portugal	Rock in Rio Festival
May 26	Madrid	Spain	Sonisphere Festival
May 28	Werchter	Belgium	Festivalpark
May 30	Yverdon-les-Bains	Switzerland	Sonisphere Festival
June 1	Nuremberg	Germany	Rock im Park Festival
June 2	Nürburgring		Rock am Ring Festival
June 4	Helsinki	Finland	Sonisphere Festival
June 6	Horsens	Denmark	State Prison Open Air	40,000 / 40,000	$4,331,340[8]
June 9	Donington Park	England	Download Festival
June 10	Nickelsdorf	Austria	Nova Rock Festival

Personnel

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